I am having PARTITION problems... disk management says they are healthy. PLEASE HELP! - GoFuckYourself.com

Murderous · 05-22-2006, 08:41 AM

I have a 200 GB HDD divided into 2 - 95 GB partitions. One partition quit working, the other works well. The windows disk management under administrative tools lists both partitions as being healthy. Even when I click on the drive letter it will open the drive and show my files.

However... when I click on any files or folders there is a brief delay then it declares that my drive needs formatting. I have 95 GB worth of shit on there, I can NOT format this drive. I have partition magic 8.0 but it does not help. What can I us to do a disk repair... windows and PM both get stuck about 1/2 way through the checking process then stop responding.

I do not understand how the drive shows the files, but will not let me click them.

I am looking for suggestions. Perhaps a better program than Partition Magic or otherwise.

What ya think.

Lace · 05-22-2006, 08:43 AM

Bad HD mabye?

duckduckgoose · 05-22-2006, 06:41 PM

SpinRite is recommended :
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Also, I like O&O Disk Recovery :
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05-22-2006, 08:41 AM	#1
Murderous Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,938	I am having PARTITION problems... disk management says they are healthy. PLEASE HELP! I have a 200 GB HDD divided into 2 - 95 GB partitions. One partition quit working, the other works well. The windows disk management under administrative tools lists both partitions as being healthy. Even when I click on the drive letter it will open the drive and show my files. However... when I click on any files or folders there is a brief delay then it declares that my drive needs formatting. I have 95 GB worth of shit on there, I can NOT format this drive. I have partition magic 8.0 but it does not help. What can I us to do a disk repair... windows and PM both get stuck about 1/2 way through the checking process then stop responding. I do not understand how the drive shows the files, but will not let me click them. I am looking for suggestions. Perhaps a better program than Partition Magic or otherwise. What ya think.

05-22-2006, 08:43 AM	#2
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05-22-2006, 06:41 PM	#3
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