Posted by charles on August 18, 19101 at 20:27:20:
In Reply to: HD suddenly loses format ?? posted by Bill on August 13, 19101 at 11:13:29:
I have the same problem with my drive. One day it just decided to lose its format. I don't have the EXACT problem as you do...but it's similar.
By the way...what does it mean when your hard drive is "RAW"?
: 9gig IBM SCSI UW. Adaptec 2940uw card.
: This drive is my backup (no OS). It's been fine for years.
: Last week I was working with no problems, then I rebooted.
: When Win98se came up, it showed a drive letter but "zero
: mb used, zero mb available". FDISK says the partition is
: fine and the Adaptec utility for checking drive integrity
: showed no problem. However, Windows setup says the drive is
: NOT formatted for Windows (which of course it has been for a
: while). At the command prompt, the drive can't be found period.
: So, I assume that somehow it 'lost' it's format.
: (The SCSI card still powers a scsi CDR drive OK, so I think it's fine.)
: I REALLY need the data on this drive and therefor cannot simply reformat.
: Anyone ever seen this before?