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    Aug 14, 2008, 09:28 AM
    Starjet 2.5, Transcend Corrupt
    I have a external hard drive, which I think got corrupted by not safely removing the drive as advised. I guess the guy using the drive unplugged it while its was copy data to or from his computer.

    When I plugged the drive into my computer, it could be recognised as "local disk" with "RAW" file system with both used and free space at 0 bytes.

    How can I recover the hard drive in this state?
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    Aug 14, 2008, 04:38 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by benn11
    How can i recover the hard drive in this state?
    Hmm, you maybe don't. What OS are you running? Can you see a partition in Disk Management or your OS's disk tools?
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    Aug 15, 2008, 01:10 AM
    I am running XP SP 2

    The drive is not displayed in disk manager, but this gives me an idea to test the drive on another OS, what do you think?
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    Aug 15, 2008, 08:21 PM
    I would pull the drive out of the enclosure and confirm its physical operation by installing it directly into the machine and then using the drive manufacturer's diagnostic software from a boot disk for non-destructive testing. If it checks out, the enclosure may have an issue.
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    Aug 18, 2008, 03:25 AM
    All right, will try it out!
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