Jump to content

unable to open drive


Nickkirc

Recommended Posts

Hello,

 

I have a crashed hard drive from a laptap.  The laptop would not boot returning unable to read drive.   I took out the drive and hook it up to a cms drive box and connected it to another computer.  The new computer would assign a drive letter, but would not read the drive.

 

I downloaded the recurva software, installed, and opened it.  The software shows the assigned drive letter, however, when proceeding to select that drive, the software returns: Unable to open drive".

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Moderators

first guess is the drive has died at the physical level.

if available, try connecting it to a Linux PC as I have had some success with Linux reading drives that Windows couldn't.

 

on a side note: using an email address as your member ID may not be advisable.

Backup now & backup often.
It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.
Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.