external drive not working

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Kenjie

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i have simpletech 160gb external drive

i cannot access my external drive,i can see the drive but i cannot access it i dont want to format because lots of important file are in it.

when i check it from disk management right click the drive E: then on the property windows i choose tools clik the check now boton. it gives me error

The disk check could not be performed because Windows cannot access the disk.

can some one help me to fix my external drive.

Thanks in advance
 

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Hello Kenjie,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Can you see the drive in Windows Explorer? If yes, then do you get any warning message when you click on it?
 

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Kenjie said:
i have simpletech 160gb external drive

i cannot access my external drive,i can see the drive but i cannot access it i dont want to format because lots of important file are in it.

when i check it from disk management right click the drive E: then on the property windows i choose tools clik the check now boton. it gives me error

The disk check could not be performed because Windows cannot access the disk.

can some one help me to fix my external drive.

Thanks in advance
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Attach/turn on External drive, Elevate a (cmd) command Prompt, right click and run as Administrator:
see:http://www.vista4beginners.com/Check-Disk

Type:
e:

copy/paste the following command and hit ENTER.
chkdsk /r

force a dismount so checkdisk can run [select yes](y)

otherwise-
If this was done in XP, and the issue is now you cant access the data in Vista
I would put it back into an XP machine, copy all the data off it, put it into Vista and format/assign drive letter run a full disk check, then copy the data back to it if it is ok.
 
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Hello garysgold

i can see the drive in windows explorer.

if i click it it gives me error message box

Location is not available
E:\ is not accessible.
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable


i really need to get the files inside that external drive:(
 

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Rive

these solve the problem..
thanks alot yeheyyyyy..

this is really amazing i thought it was a hopeless case.

thanks ;)
 
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I Have a similar problem

I am having problems with my HP pc where the usb connection stops working after a short time

fx. i hook up a usb key or a external HD - the pc finds the drive and i can open it!

but after a short time the drive is according to Vista empty
but if i disconnect it and re-connect it again it works again for a short time?

what can i do??
 

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