WD My Passport Essential 500Gb Could Not Access!!!

[xtremegamer]

Hi...

Today Morning When i Plugged my Wd Portable Windows says i need to Format Disk, I was Shocked when i try to open tat drive it says "Q:\ is Not Accessible , The file or Directory is corrupted and Unreadable, i have checked HDD Health Status in HD Tune it Shows Ok , Is there anyway to Repair NTFS File System without Formatting or Data Loss......

[scoutingwraith]

Try downloading a bootable disc of a Linux distro. Boot with the burned disc into the Linux WITHOUT installing it and then see if you can access your files through the Linux system.
The other option i can think of is to disassemble the hard drive enclosure and connect your HD directly via SATA cable to the motherboard to see if the problem still persists

[xtremegamer]

Hi...

The drive is Only 2 Months Old , it's in Warranty so i cannot Disassemble i think the file system is corrupted, the problem is lot's of data in it, Well i will try Linux.......Thankzz mate....

[scoutingwraith]

Originally Posted by xtremegamer

Hi...

The drive is Only 2 Months Old , it's in Warranty so i cannot Disassemble i think the file system is corrupted, the problem is lot's of data in it, Well i will try Linux.......Thankzz mate....

Yeah sorry i did not consider that. Try the linux distro if not test on another computer. Use Ubuntu if you want.....just be careful with the linux distro not to erase anything by mistake.

[xtremegamer]

Hi scoutingwraith...

Yeah i tried in Ubuntu 11.04 , the portable is not showing in Explorer but it showing in Ubuntu Disk Utility and there is no option to Repair File System only options are Format, Change Partition Label and File System what to do any idea.......

[scoutingwraith]

Originally Posted by xtremegamer

Hi scoutingwraith...

Yeah i tried in Ubuntu 11.04 , the portable is not showing in Explorer but it showing in Ubuntu Disk Utility and there is no option to Repair File System only options are Format, Change Partition Label and File System what to do any idea.......

Hmm at this point i think you should try contacting WD and see if they have a program for recovering and replacing your hard drive. That is if you have the warranty and you have the invoice.

[fri77]

Did you solve it??? Because I have the same problem here...

Do you know if there is any software to restore the data???

Thank you

[anticupidon]

When i have this kind of situation,i use Testdisk
A small guide here
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step
If the drive doesn't show any file while in Testdisk,i image the drive using dd,or ddrescue,then iextract the data from the image.

[slickric21]

Had the same problem on my 500gb passport.

I thought i was clever so disassembled it...... Bad move its not got any sata connectors, but the usb connector is actually hardwired onto the drive.

Binned the thing in the end its worthless now theres no way to connect it to anything.