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After installing Vista x64: File directory corrupted and unreadable.

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by MadBull, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. MadBull

    MadBull Guest

    I did exactly the following steps to get this error:

    Pre-requisites:
    1) Windows XP Pro (installed on Hard drive C)
    2) Two hard drives (C and D)

    Steps:
    1) Bootup computer with Vistax64 DVD
    2) Choose Install Now option
    3) Select C Drive
    4) Format C Drive
    5) Complete installation on C Drive
    6) Install drivers from Gigabyte CD for LAN, Sound, SATA drivers, etc
    7) Attempt to access hard drive D

    Can't access hard drive D, even though it was never touched by anyone.
    Everytime I double click I get the error message:

    "D:\ is not accessible.

    The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."

    Note: The HDD is not dying, its brand new and was accessed literally an
    hour ago without any problems. All my important documents are in there,
    I need to recover them. I have an external HDD ready, but cannot access
    the drive!!!!


    HELP!


    --
    MadBull

    vista ultimate 32-bit sp1 *//*3.2ghz amd x2 5000+ be *//* 4gb ddr2
    800mhz (ocz/patriot) *//* asus m2a-vm *//* asus radeon eah4850 512mb
    *//* 2x seagate 7200.10 320gb sata *// *samsung syncmaster 765mb crt
    *//* samsung syncmaster 710m lcd *//* ocz stealthxstream 600w psu
     
    MadBull, Jun 10, 2009
    #1
  3. Mark Levitzki

    Mark Levitzki Guest

    You formatted C:\ but not D:\ drive?

    I can only speculate but you may've not had this problem if you formatted
    all drives, before your project started.
     
    Mark Levitzki, Jun 10, 2009
    #2
  4. Rick Rogers

    Rick Rogers Guest

    Hi,

    Using Disk Manager (diskmgmt.msc from the start/search line), assign a drive
    letter to D:. You should then be able to access it, though there is a chance
    you may also need to alter permissions or take ownership of the files with
    the current user account.

    --
    Best of Luck,

    Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
    http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
    Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
    My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

    "MadBull" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
    news:cda3de794c3a74cd90168126e5ad23f5@nntp-gateway.com...
    >
    > I did exactly the following steps to get this error:
    >
    > Pre-requisites:
    > 1) Windows XP Pro (installed on Hard drive C)
    > 2) Two hard drives (C and D)
    >
    > Steps:
    > 1) Bootup computer with Vistax64 DVD
    > 2) Choose Install Now option
    > 3) Select C Drive
    > 4) Format C Drive
    > 5) Complete installation on C Drive
    > 6) Install drivers from Gigabyte CD for LAN, Sound, SATA drivers, etc
    > 7) Attempt to access hard drive D
    >
    > Can't access hard drive D, even though it was never touched by anyone.
    > Everytime I double click I get the error message:
    >
    > "D:\ is not accessible.
    >
    > The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
    >
    > Note: The HDD is not dying, its brand new and was accessed literally an
    > hour ago without any problems. All my important documents are in there,
    > I need to recover them. I have an external HDD ready, but cannot access
    > the drive!!!!
    >
    >
    > HELP!
    >
    >
    > --
    > MadBull
    >
    > vista ultimate 32-bit sp1 *//*3.2ghz amd x2 5000+ be *//* 4gb ddr2
    > 800mhz (ocz/patriot) *//* asus m2a-vm *//* asus radeon eah4850 512mb
    > *//* 2x seagate 7200.10 320gb sata *// *samsung syncmaster 765mb crt
    > *//* samsung syncmaster 710m lcd *//* ocz stealthxstream 600w psu
     
    Rick Rogers, Jun 11, 2009
    #3
  5. MadBull

    MadBull Guest

    Well D: drive is a second hard drive, its physically seperate from C:. I
    figured if Windows XP could read it, then so could Vista because they
    were both NTFS. I used D: drive as my backup before upgrading from XP,
    but it turned out that my backup is corrupt in Vista......:mad:

    I did some googl'ing and think the following is similar to the problem
    I'm having:
    > It sounds like the filesystem is corrupt. A filesystem 'type' (such as
    > NTFS, which is what most Windows OSes use) tells the drive how to store
    > data, and present it to a user. Errors such as "corrupt master file
    > table" would lean me in that direction.

    There's really only two ways of fixing this that I can think of, A)
    Re-install XP or B) Run Linux off a CD to see if the drive is
    accessible. But I wanted to wait incase there was an easier way!


    --
    MadBull

    vista ultimate 64-bit sp1. 3.6ghz amd phenom ii x3 720be*.* 4gb ddr2
    800mhz. gigabyte ma790x-ud4p. asus radeon eah4850 512mb. samsung
    syncmaster 765mb crt
     
    MadBull, Jun 11, 2009
    #4
  6. andy

    andy Guest

    Use TestDisk to analyze the partition/file system on the D: drive.
    http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

    On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:29:22 -0500, MadBull <guest@unknown-email.com>
    wrote:

    >
    >I did exactly the following steps to get this error:
    >
    >Pre-requisites:
    >1) Windows XP Pro (installed on Hard drive C)
    >2) Two hard drives (C and D)
    >
    >Steps:
    >1) Bootup computer with Vistax64 DVD
    >2) Choose Install Now option
    >3) Select C Drive
    >4) Format C Drive
    >5) Complete installation on C Drive
    >6) Install drivers from Gigabyte CD for LAN, Sound, SATA drivers, etc
    >7) Attempt to access hard drive D
    >
    >Can't access hard drive D, even though it was never touched by anyone.
    >Everytime I double click I get the error message:
    >
    >"D:\ is not accessible.
    >
    >The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
    >
    >Note: The HDD is not dying, its brand new and was accessed literally an
    >hour ago without any problems. All my important documents are in there,
    >I need to recover them. I have an external HDD ready, but cannot access
    >the drive!!!!
    >
    >
    >HELP!
     
    andy, Jun 11, 2009
    #5
  7. MadBull

    MadBull Guest

    Hi andy, thanks for the link. Except I don't know what I'm doing with
    this program. The instructions are usually one sentence long and don't
    explain much. :(

    andy;1063740 Wrote:
    > Use TestDisk to analyze the partition/file system on the D: drive.
    > 'TestDisk - CGSecurity' (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk)
    >
    > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:29:22 -0500, MadBull <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
    > wrote:
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > >I did exactly the following steps to get this error:
    > > >
    > > >Pre-requisites:
    > > >1) Windows XP Pro (installed on Hard drive C)
    > > >2) Two hard drives (C and D)
    > > >
    > > >Steps:
    > > >1) Bootup computer with Vistax64 DVD
    > > >2) Choose Install Now option
    > > >3) Select C Drive
    > > >4) Format C Drive
    > > >5) Complete installation on C Drive
    > > >6) Install drivers from Gigabyte CD for LAN, Sound, SATA drivers, etc
    > > >7) Attempt to access hard drive D
    > > >
    > > >Can't access hard drive D, even though it was never touched by anyone.
    > > >Everytime I double click I get the error message:
    > > >
    > > >"D:\ is not accessible.
    > > >
    > > >The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
    > > >
    > > >Note: The HDD is not dying, its brand new and was accessed literally
    > > an
    > > >hour ago without any problems. All my important documents are in
    > > there,
    > > >I need to recover them. I have an external HDD ready, but cannot
    > > access
    > > >the drive!!!!
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >HELP! > >


    --
    MadBull

    vista ultimate 64-bit sp1. 3.6ghz amd phenom ii x3 720be*.* 4gb ddr2
    800mhz. gigabyte ma790x-ud4p. asus radeon eah4850 512mb. samsung
    syncmaster 765mb crt
     
    MadBull, Jun 11, 2009
    #6

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