Can't back up using HDD enclosure?

[JJ_Drummer]

Hey in windows xp pro i got the unmountable boot volume blue screen and dell told me to back up my files to another computer by using a HDD enclosure so i did. when i try to click on my hard drive on the other computer I get the message "G:/ is not accessible

Error performing inpage operation"

What can i do to fix this i have tried the Chkdsk G:/r thing it didn't work it got to stage 3 0f 5 and then just dissaperared

thanks for the help

[Dalo Harkin]

Ok - take the HDD out of the enclosure and connect it directly to the PC that you are 'slaving' it to, by this I mean put it as a slave on the main cable.

boot the PC and see if its in My Computer.

If not then go to control panel, admin tools, computer management and then disk management on the left hand side - there will be a list of drives connected to the PC optical and HDD and then just right click on your drive and 'activate' you should then be able to access the drive in my computer :)

[JJ_Drummer]

That HDD will not boot

 

That HDD will not boot remember it gets the unmountable boot volume message. so how would i even be able to start the computer like that.

[Dalo Harkin]

You are not trying to boot from it - you are using another PC yes that has an OS on it?

then what you are trying to do is add the drive as a secondary HDD, not boot from it.

[JJ_Drummer]

OK

 

Ok i dnt think i can do that as my vroken HDD is SATA and the other computer has the old style HDD in it

[JJ_Drummer]

So is there a way

 

Is there a way to maybe repair the HDD error about inpage operation or something so thati can just get my data off it

[Dalo Harkin]

This is the easiest way to get the data off it - there are obviously issues with your HDD and as you cannot boot from the drive - you need to slave it to another PC so that you can get your data off it.

[JJ_Drummer]

Ok

 

ok but are there any other ways becasue i can't do that sorry

thanks for all your help by the way much appriciated

[Dalo Harkin]

There are no other ways:-

what are you having trouble with - can you not open the PC that you are trying to slave it to or can you not add an HDD - I can talk you through both, if the enclosure that you have does not work then you could buy another, but what I have suggested is Free and is the best option.

[JJ_Drummer]

Yes

 

The enclosure works fine and the HDD is installed on my computer and is there under G:/ in my computer but when i click on it to open it i get the

"G:/ is not accessible

Error performing inpage operation"

message.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

It sounds to me that this sata drive is completely knackered JJ :(

[Dalo Harkin]

right that makes more sense - the drive is giving you that error as it has an OS on it - goto

control panel>admin tools> computer management>disk management and then right click on the G drive and try and activate it - I am guessing you may have to change it to a simple volume - but come back and let us know what it says.

[JJ_Drummer]

k

 

i right clicked it and it says mark as active but it is fadded out so i can't click it and it says (active) next to healthy under the status colum

[Dalo Harkin]

Hmmm - I would say that Wolfey is right and the drive is toast

[JJ_Drummer]

So

 

So dnt you know what that error message means or indicates about the HDD

Edited October 7, 2008 by JJ_Drummer

[Guest Wolfeymole]

JJ

 

If you have inserted this sata drive into an enclosure then attached it via USB then the host pc should see it and whatever is on it.

 

It's not being used as a boot drive so whether there is an os on it or not is irrelevant.

 

Your saying you can't access it and it's my opinion the reason you can't is because it has died.

[JJ_Drummer]

Well

 

Im pretty sure the only thing that was dammaged on it was the OS files

[Guest Wolfeymole]

99.9% of the time when you see the words Unmountable Boot Volume it means the drive is dead.

 

You might see it in the bios as being physically attached but that doesn't mean it's working.

 

Is it listed in My Computer and if so can you explore it?

[JJ_Drummer]

yes it is listed on my computer as a harddrive but i cannot acces it

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Run chkdsk on it again.

[JJ_Drummer]

yes it is listed on my computer as a harddrive but i cannot acces it

i\even if it has died is there any way of getting my data off it.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

You could try some file recovery software like Recover My Files but to get them back completely if it is possible you will have to pay for it.

 

Have a look.

 

Data Recovery Software to Undelete Files; Disk recovery; Recover Deleted Files

[JJ_Drummer]

on the chkdsk stage one i have a lot of "file record segment XXXXXX is unreadable"

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Do you have need of a paperweight JJ because that's all the drive is worth mate.

[JJ_Drummer]

ok thanks for the help ill post back later tell you what i find out from chkdsk and stuff thanks alot ta you and that other guy :)