Hi Forum,
Recently I discovered a problem with USB HD which was not there before - w'7 can't access the drive any more and wants to format it.. while it is perfectly OK for XP machine.
I tried couple of things, but whatever I do, w7 system can't access the drive that was accessible before, and still is for XP (and linux, running on my Samsung TV).
I downloaded both versions of Testdisk (64 and windows), and w'7 version detects only RAW healthy partition, while XP (and USB disk works OK on that machine) detects Intel/PC partition.
I need to have access to USB disk from both machines
How should I proceed ? Should I select Intel/DOS partition and hope for the best?
Thank you in advance!
Problem with USB HD
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Re: Problem with USB HD
Run TestDisk, select the disk, use PC/Intel (should be selected by default in your case), Advanced, select the partition, Boot, RebuildBS, List.
If you can see your files, choose Write, confirm, Quit
If you can see your files, choose Write, confirm, Quit