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zgmfx20a
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 - Nov 13, 2010 at 12:46 AM
zgmfx20a
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 - Nov 15, 2010 at 09:17 PM
Hello,
i have 640gb external transcend storejet hdd....few days ago when i want to copy from laptop to hdd it shows message cyclic redundancy check error.then i safely remove then plug in again.then i open a folder then it show message your disk is not formatted.then i open the properties it show my current used space (379GB),but when i check the folders properties and sum the size it just 2GB++..where is the rest of my file..if possible i dont want to format,because i have many important data in that hdd...thx for ur help


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jack4rall
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Nov 13, 2010 at 06:53 AM
Hello,
Right-click on your drive --> properties --> Let me know the File System. Is it RAW ?.
Good Luck.
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zgmfx20a
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Nov 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM
no...in disk management it says the format is fat32 and the status is healthy...
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Nov 13, 2010 at 03:32 PM
Hello,
Try this 1.
Right click on that drive-->properties--> Click on "Tools" tab ---> Click on "Check Now" button and select those two options---> click on "Start".
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Nov 15, 2010 at 09:17 PM
cannot complete the checkdisk...when in the middle it show box windows cannot complete checkdisk
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