Hi all!

A friend of mine had just reinstalled its Windows XP SP2, but very SOON then he found that
one of his internal HDDs which is around 100GB can't be read.
The error is as follows:
[
Can't access G:\
File or directory can't be read.
]

He can see his Desktop and access the main Drive, but not Drive G.
Is it possible to save the data in the drive G?
It seems to me those data are very important to him, coz he felt so sad.Specs on his COMPUTER please?

Is it plugged in correctly, and did he reinstall windows on that HDD or ANOTHER one?

PLUS, it may be setup as read-only and not accessible.Is the drive seen correctly in the BIOS? What are the properties when you right click on the drive in My Computer? What is the file format listed?

Have him answer the above questions and also try This...I got a message from him, knowing the problem has been fixed already.
This is what he's tried: chkdsk G:/f.
He is kinda curious of why the command [chkdsk G:/f.] could fix the
problem, so am I.
Could you explain why the command can help.

Quote from: kwfine on May 28, 2007, 07:46:33 AM

This is what he's tried: chkdsk G:/f.He is kinda curious of why the command [chkdsk G:/f.] could fix the
problem, so am I.Could you explain why the command can help.

Quote from: kwfine on May 28, 2007, 07:46:33 AM

This is what he's tried: chkdsk G:/f.He is kinda curious of why the command [chkdsk G:/f.] could fix the
problem, so am I.Could you explain why the command can help.

Simple explanation:

1. Sometimes data on hard drives can get "corrupted" (scrambled)
2. For this reason Microsoft provide tool called chkdsk
3. Chkdsk is short for "check disk"
4. Chkdsk can read sectors on disk and find errors.
5. Often it can fix these errors.