Cleaning up a external HDD I deleted by mistake System Volume Information, and now I cant access the Disk.
I can see with TestDisk that all files are there, but I can not open them.
¿How can I recover access to the Disk?
I see that I could backup the files and format the Disk, but probably there is a more simple way to just recover access to it.
Thanks
How to acces a external HDD after deleting System Volume Information
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Re: How to acces a external HDD after deleting System Volume Information
Run "cmd" (right click run as administrator) and "chkdsk /f d:" (replace d: by the correct drive letter)
If it doesn't fix the problem, copy the files using TestDisk, Advanced, List, reformat the disk and copy the files back.
If it doesn't fix the problem, copy the files using TestDisk, Advanced, List, reformat the disk and copy the files back.
Re: How to acces a external HDD after deleting System Volume Information
I will have to copy all files. But how to do that keeping the structure of the directories?
All I want is the files and directories that are in the disk, and I dont want to undelete any old files previously deleted in the disk.
How can I copy everything? Should I copy the image of the disk? Or copy each directory one by one?
Not sure which will be the next step after Advanced, List,...
All I want is the files and directories that are in the disk, and I dont want to undelete any old files previously deleted in the disk.
How can I copy everything? Should I copy the image of the disk? Or copy each directory one by one?
Not sure which will be the next step after Advanced, List,...