My hard drive partition can’t access correctly.

My hard drive partition can’t access correctly.

Hello Shajahan!

From what I’ve read, tell me if this is correct. Your SATA RAID hard drive suddenly stopped working properly and you are certain that no physical damage has harmed your hard drive. You’ve downloaded and installed Partition Recovery software but you didn’t mention if your files are still there. So, are they still in the drive? If not, then, your hard drive has already been corrupted or something similar to that. Is your hard drive internal or external? Also, is it formatted as NTFS?

Anyway, here are some solutions that you should try to apply to troubleshoot your current situation:

1. Use diskmgmt.msc to see if your drive is visible in your computer. This is something that needs to be cleared up. You can’t access, meaning it is visible? Or  you can't access it because your computer does not detect it at all?.

2. If this is an external hard drive go ahead and try it with another computer or laptop and see if you can access the partition that way. If this is the case, then, it is the settings in your computer itself that needs readjustment.

3. If your hard drive is internal, open your tower and disconnect it. Don’t forget to turn off your computer completely and unplug your power cord from the power source to avoid electrocution or damage to your tower. Reconnect it properly and turn your computer back on and see if it is now accessible.

4. By any chance, is your hard drive partitioned in a way that one partition is Windows XP and the other is Windows Vista?  If this is the case there is a high possibility that you have installed it in the wrong order. You can perform a “Format” on your drive and install it all over again. That is of course, if you do not have important files in the hard drive.

5. You can also try to download another brand of disk recovery software because some are better than the rest. There is a lot of free software or trial software that you can get from the internet. Research a little on which one is the best (based on reviews) and run it in your computer.

6. Download Find and Mount software and run it to detect all the partitions in your computer. Once they are detected, try to access them.

7. Since you are using Windows, download and install TestDisk and make sure it is for Windows. You may have to unzip the file, unzip it to an accessible drive. Go into the “testdisk-6.8” folder and open the “win”. You should see a file named “testdisk_win” and execute that file. A command window will be used so you can only be able to navigate through this via your keyboard. Select the correct drive and choose “Analyze” then press “Enter” on your keyboard.  Once it has finished analyzing the partition, it will show “Structure OK”. Select the “Change Partition” option and then “Enter”. Select “Write new partition table” and “Close TestDisk” once it is done.  Don’t  forget to restart your computer after closing “TestDisk”.

8. In your disk management menu, is there a letter assigned to your hard drive partition? Does it show but is greyed out?  Try right-clicking it to see what options are available to you. There should be an option to switch it to “Active”. You may need to restart your computer once you have done this.

Remember, these are different solutions that you can try and do not necessarily need to follow the steps in any order.

I hope this helps!