Pteroduck Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 So one of the drives on my NAS just went bad.It says ," I:\ is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."I tried partition wizard but to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Is it a RAID NAS or just a multi-disk large storage box? What brand NAS and what hard drive size, model and mfg.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Its a multi disk large storage box. Its a self made one, the drive was 160gb WD black edition and I'm not exactly sure of what you mean by mfg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Mfg = Manufacturer So the mfg = self made First If you have any really important data on the disk I'd try to recover and copy that data to another storage device. There are a few decent free options that you can choose from some of which are discussed pretty extensively in other threads here at OCC Second Attempt let Windows repair the system files Run the sfc /scannow command from an elevated (run as adminstator) command prompt - make sure to specify the drive you want to scan and attempt repair. In your situation the command would look like this; sfc /scannow /offbootdir=I:\ /offwindir=I:\windows If that doesn't work with the drive in the box, you may need to remove the drive from the box and attach it directly to one of the other SATA ports on your motherboard. Note the new drive letter assignment and re-run the above command line Third If Windows cant repair the system files you might attempt to format the entire drive and see if it become usable Fourth Never overlook the simple stuff, such as a faulty SATA cable, loose cable etc. Even using the fairly tame recommendation noted in number 2 above, there is a risk of data loss - hence my recommendation that if there is anything important on there try and recover and save to another storage device before proceeding. Good luck. If none of the recommendations above will restore the drive, you will have to replace it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 I would take it out of your external enclosure. I have had a few External HDD's go out, but after taking them out of the case I would notice without the sata -> usb controller they worked fine. The size of the drive though my friend, sounds like an ancient HDD. I always tell people , that daily usage and storage puts miles on a HDD like a car doing long distance driving does. I would assume your HDD is having a motor issue with its arm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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