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Hello!.

I Have a WD Passport 0748 1TB that has failed. the drive shows in My computer.
but when i click on it i get the following message. E:\ is not accessible. the parameter is incorrect.

i use recovery software programs, Diskinternals; Stellar Pheonix.etc .i can recover my files from those programs
but i dont have a extra hard drive to backup my files. i believe its a easy fix since my files are
showing up on data recovery programs. im new to testdisk and i dont wanna make any mistakes.ive read the testdisk
step by step guide. but im getting that i have no clue about

so i tried testdisk to fix my hard drive. because i believe the drive failed due to something to with the boot sector.
i have screenshots the whole recovery process i did. so it can be easier you guys to help me out

okay so i click intel. then analyse. (Window 1 / 2)
i get the no partition is bootable (screenshot below)
WINDOW 3

so i enter quick search (screenshot below).
WINDOW 4


i've enter P for primary and enter continue which brings me to the following window.
WINDOW 5


i do a deeper search and while its searching the drive. i get this error while scaning
i see a D next to FAT16. correct if im wrong but dont that mean its DELETED?? is that the problem. SCREENSHOT BELOW
WINDOW 6


So now the my deeper search scan is now done (screenshot below)
WINDOW 7


so i enter continue and it takes me back to WINDOW 4. so i enter P again for primary

i enter continue and theres a option to WRITE. so i write. it tells me to restart PC.
i restart it and the Hard drive still
doesnt work. im guessing from the CHECK FAT: cant read boot sector error.
theres a problem with boot sector
so i go the advance section. enter boot and i get the screenshot below...

ADVANCE 1



does any one know what the problem can be.
i would realy appreciate the help.
Also in the dump section i see a error that says ntldr is missing

As your partition isn't lost, no need to use Analyse/Quick Search/...
Run "cmd" (right-click Run as Administrator"), "chkdsk /f d:" (replace d: by the correct drive letter).
What is the result ?

cgrenier wrote:As your partition isn't lost, no need to use Analyse/Quick Search/...
Run "cmd" (right-click Run as Administrator"), "chkdsk /f d:" (replace d: by the correct drive letter).
What is the result ?

WOW! Thanks alot. It worked like a charm. Your a lifesaver lol.
I truly appreciate the help. Take care and god bless

One more thing. Before my hard drive failed. My drive health status was caution on crystaldisk. Current pending sector count. Not good. Now its still the same after i just recover it.

How do i go about getting the health Status back to good ?

You need to replace your HD, otherwise you may loose your data again.