lost access to my secondary hard drive

[eldinv]

for some reason last nite when i was done using my computer i left it on, and came back to it this morning. i couldnt engage it from sleep for some reason. when i held a button on my keyboard, i saw the hard drive light come on and stay on, same for the computer activity. since it didnt start...

i simply restarted, it got to the starting windows flash screen and after that went blank..so i did a hard shut down. then started it and it ran the check disk thing, it looked like it went ok. it started up but then the d and e drive did not want to open.. i shut down the pc, unplug the sata plug from both the mother board and switch it. also unplug the back of the hard drive and reconnect, still nothing.

i put some screenys of what it looks like. dont know what happen. its not an old drive and its not brand new.

if you can think of something let me know please, and thanks in advance.

ev.

 

[A Guy]

Right click on the drive, click properties. On the security tab "To change permissions click Edit", click on edit button. Click on System to display it's permissions below, see that Allow has everything checked except for special permission. A Guy

 

[kucing13]

Does the disk available in Disk managment.?
You can check it by going to Run>type "diskmgmt.msc"(without the quotes).
see if the disk accessible from there. Furthermore you can try several other solution

right click on the disk>change drive letter/path>add your desired letter


feel free to ask

 

[eldinv]

i can change the drive letter, no problem then the autoplayer opens and it says denied when i try to access the drive..on the third partion shown in the screen shot "backup, i formated that drive since there was nothing really in there but a system image, after formated gave it same name and drive letter, bingo it work. i can access. i dont want to do that to my d drive cause that has over 200gb worth of stuff.

any other solutions?

 

[eldinv]

Right click on the drive, click properties. On the security tab "To change permissions click Edit", click on edit button. Click on System to display it's permissions below, see that Allow has everything checked except for special permission. A Guy

i did this, but had to add my name cause it only had system and adminstrator, which i am. but maybe its talking about hidden adminstrator.

so i hit add, check all the boxes except special permission, apply and ok, got a series of error messages about my video files. but then i was able to see the drive and its contents and play the media files.

how did this all of a sudden get blocked. very strange. it was working fine two days ago and then blocked me out. lol

 

[kucing13]

do you have any new software installed or recent hardware change? Just asking

 

[eldinv]

do you have any new software installed or recent hardware change? Just asking

pokerstars and winrar x64 edition.

kinda horrible cause last time i messed with the security it was a huge problem, well actually i had encrypted the files in a previous OS and never decrypted them or saved or certification keys. so all that stuff was gone

 

[kucing13]

that might be cause. That's why it's essential to create restore point and create backup image before modifying anything or install something new to you pc

 

[eldinv]

that might be cause. That's why it's essential to create restore point and create backup image before modifying anything or install something new to you pc

create a backup or restore after installing a program, really. never heard of that so, im going to install aim, should i create a system image on my backup

 

[A Guy]

So you have it sorted now? Great

The idea is make a restore point (restore actually works quite well in Windows 7 as opposed to the hit or miss in XP) BEFORE you add programs, as insurance. Make backups before anything big, just in case. You can always manage your system restore points in CCleaner if you get too many. I use Quick Restore Maker v 2b Customizable, and pin it to my start menu.

Quick Restore Maker v 2b Customizable

A Guy

 

[kucing13]

this tutorial should help you

System Image Recovery

and how often should i make a backup image of my windows 7 drive?

feel free to ask

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello eldinv.



Have a look at the tutorial at the link below for a very easy way to create restore points when ever needed at every system restart or manually see " 4 A " in the tutorial.


System Restore Point : Create at System Startup

 

[eldinv]

lol. i was only kidding and yes i know how to make a backup and a restore point, i was only kidding when i said i was going to install AIM and should i do a back or restore point.

that was a silly suggest i think, after several years i never heard of such a thing as to make a backup before installing such a program. i might take that advice when installing a program like VMWare that makes several changes to your computer.

anyhow thanks for help,

eldin

 

[gregrocker]

Set a System Restore point before you make ANY changes to your setup.

Run Chkdsk /r on each separate drive, then backup a SysImage and your data and run HD maker's full diagnostics/repair CD scan: Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

Any kind of backup is never a bad suggestion. You might have lost more than a System Image there quite easily with no restore point or image/data backup to external.

 

[kucing13]

lol. i was only kidding and yes i know how to make a backup and a restore point, i was only kidding when i said i was going to install AIM and should i do a back or restore point.

that was a silly suggest i think, after several years i never heard of such a thing as to make a backup before installing such a program. i might take that advice when installing a program like VMWare that makes several changes to your computer.

anyhow thanks for help,

eldin

very much welcome