"you need to format the HDD before you can use it" HDD ADATA CH94
I have a problem. Yesterday i took my HDD, and copied some movies from my friends laptop. I copied around 19 GB worth of data on it. Then removed that HDD and placed it aside. Then remembered a few minutes later that i wanted to copy something else, so i plugged it in and suddenly i got "Need to format drive G: before you use it". I thought oh shit that error again. Because before i used to get that, but then i plug it in another computer (usually my own) and boom it works again. But now, i got back home and plugged it in but still i get the same message. I tried it on my brother's computer and my sisters as well. I still get the same error.
What i think what the problem might be is that the boot sector might be corrupted. Anyone has an idea of how to fix this damn problem? There is no way i will format my HDD, cause i have over 250 GB worth of data that i cannot afford to loose again (i had another HDD in the past that got fried - god knows how - and i lost 350 something GB that i was not able to recover back). The data is not backed up since my shitty computer cannot contain all of the info.
I tried to google the problem and nothing helped. I still didn't try the boot sector recovery thing cause i want to leave that option to the end, since i do not want to risk loosing all my data.
Regards,
n0br41ner
I have a problem. Yesterday i took my HDD, and copied some movies from my friends laptop. I copied around 19 GB worth of data on it. Then removed that HDD and placed it aside. Then remembered a few minutes later that i wanted to copy something else, so i plugged it in and suddenly i got "Need to format drive G: before you use it". I thought oh shit that error again. Because before i used to get that, but then i plug it in another computer (usually my own) and boom it works again. But now, i got back home and plugged it in but still i get the same message. I tried it on my brother's computer and my sisters as well. I still get the same error.
What i think what the problem might be is that the boot sector might be corrupted. Anyone has an idea of how to fix this damn problem? There is no way i will format my HDD, cause i have over 250 GB worth of data that i cannot afford to loose again (i had another HDD in the past that got fried - god knows how - and i lost 350 something GB that i was not able to recover back). The data is not backed up since my shitty computer cannot contain all of the info.
I tried to google the problem and nothing helped. I still didn't try the boot sector recovery thing cause i want to leave that option to the end, since i do not want to risk loosing all my data.
Regards,
n0br41ner
My Computer
At a glance
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit 7600 Mult...Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00GHz2.00 GBIntel(R) G41 Express Chipset
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit 7600 Multiprocessor Free
- CPU
- Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00GHz
- Motherboard
- Intel Corporation DG41RQ
- Memory
- 2.00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD800BB-22JHC0 ATA Device
