HDD shows "Import failed" in Disk Management


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    HDD shows "Import failed" in Disk Management


    Hello, my name is AmalM and I'm new here.

    I have two internal HDDs. One is a Samsung and the other is a Western Digital Caviar.
    The WDC has the problem. There were three partitions in it. One day when I turned on my PC, I couldn't see any of those partitions in "My Computer". It's detected in both BIOS and Disk Management. When I checked Disk Management, it showed "Error".

    So I download Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics and checked my HDD. Quick test failed:



    And the Extended search said that there are some bad sectors and asked me to fix it. I pressed Ok. And when I went to Disk Management again, it says " Import failed" :



    And then I used TestDisk:




    Here it shows my lost three partitions.
    I pressed p and I could see all my files. So, I thought there's some hope and I came here:



    Here, I selected "write" option and pressed y:

    And this message showed:



    Please help me fix that drive. 3/4 of my files are in it. Please help me.
    I think it happened because one of the wires to the HDD was loose. I fixed it now. I changed the wires.
    If you need any more details from me, please reply.
    Please help me.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Oh my god!
    When I right clicked the Disk and clicked "Offline" in Disk Management, it showed some error but the partitions are now back:

    But one partition is still missing. And you can see it as "Unallocated space" in Disk Management. How do I recover it?
    Anyway, I got these 2 partitions. Now, I'm confident that I'll get the other one too. Thank god.

    EDIT: The partitions which came back are now shown as Read-only. How do I change it to Read/Write?
    I still need help. Please help me.

    EDIT: The last partition also came back after I rebooted my PC. Now the only problem is that these partitions are Read-Only. How do I change it to Read/Write? Please help me.
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    SOLVED

    Everything's fine now. I'm so happy that I got all my files back.
    I tried setting it Offline/Online but didn't work. I don't know how it worked now. Maybe because I run the Extended scan and recovered the bad sectors from the Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnosticss tool.
    Also, I fixed the Read-only error with the help of this link: Hard drive Locked as Read-Only - Microsoft Community

    Thank you.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 1,074
    Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
       #4

    I am glad you got it sorted out and thanks for the running updates.
      My Computer


 

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