I had an 80 GB WD drive that decided to die during a Win XP reinstall. I was trying to install over the old install that had died due to a virus just so I could get to my data.
Now XP tells me that the partition is either no existant or too damaged to repair. I put the drive in my brother's box to try and salvage my data. Just from having the drive attached, his computer takes forever to boot and start the OS. When I tried to access the drive it took forever and then told me the drive isn't formated.
Does anyone know if the drive is dead or if somehow the partition just got corrupted somehow? I don't want to try too much with it until I can salvage my data... If my data is lost I won't be a happy camper, and no more WD drives for me.
Now XP tells me that the partition is either no existant or too damaged to repair. I put the drive in my brother's box to try and salvage my data. Just from having the drive attached, his computer takes forever to boot and start the OS. When I tried to access the drive it took forever and then told me the drive isn't formated.
Does anyone know if the drive is dead or if somehow the partition just got corrupted somehow? I don't want to try too much with it until I can salvage my data... If my data is lost I won't be a happy camper, and no more WD drives for me.