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I'm currently having problem with my External HDD Partitions OS : Windows 8 64 bit.

I plugged in my laptop USB port and my laptop recognized the HDD and this is what I sees in "My Computer"

So here's the problem, After plug in my External HDD, my laptop detected 2 partitions Which is, E:/ and F:/ But I can't access my F:/ partitions, when I double click or right or try to do anything with it, I get not responding anymore!

Even I try to open ANY HDD Check Programs or anything, Nothing will respond until I plug out my External HDD from my laptop.

I tried enter into Command Prompt at start up and do "chkdsk F: /f /x /r" It took fews hours, and after I log back into my PC it still same. This is what I tried, before start up, if I do it in Windows, it wont scan, its just stuck, till i remove my external HDD.

Can anyone help me with this? All of my Data is in that F: partition :(

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  • Disk looks pretty dead. Some file recovery may be possible (search site for answers to that effect. I favour findntfs and findpart tools, but GUI tools available too). Consider using SMART tools to detect imminent disk failure. Remember to make backups of your data - especially on an external drive that presumably gets moved around. Good luck.
    – RJFalconer
    Jul 7, 2015 at 12:07

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From that last screenshot it looks like your disk is dying. Adding 1558 bad clusters to Bad Clusters File is something to seriously worry about. Considering the last message failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50, it can mean several things. But the bad clusters are probably the cause.

I think your MFT is corrupt and maybe some other parts too.
In the past I had the same kind of issue with an external harddrive. I executed the following command line chkdsk /F X: (where X is the drive letter) about 120 times before it was fixed completely and I only lost 4 files (instead of 1.2 million). This may sound pretty weird but not trying is getting you nowhere either. And since you have bad clusters you might also want to try chkdsk /R X: or chkdsk /B X:.

Moreover to prevent more data loss buy a new drive, and when plugging it out, use the 'eject' option, it is there for a reason. People who say that function is useless were lucky enough to not experience data corruption (yet).

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  • I tried it. It stuck here. i1328.photobucket.com/albums/w531/OmgKarin/…
    – OmgKarin
    Aug 25, 2014 at 6:16
  • Try it at system start-up.
    – Mixxiphoid
    Aug 25, 2014 at 6:31
  • Ok, gonna try that now, and let you know!
    – OmgKarin
    Aug 25, 2014 at 6:54
  • I have tried chkdsk /f F: Doesn't work still, so now im trying with chkdsk /r F: but im stuck at stage 5 of 5, 10 percent complete. <86007 of 97435536 free clusters processed> for the pass 20-30mins :(
    – OmgKarin
    Aug 25, 2014 at 7:54
  • Chkdsk can take days on large and damaged disk to complete, you have to be patient. Because of parameter '/r' it is trying to fix the data of bad clusters, which can take some time. If you cannot wait that long you can also try to use a data recovery tool, browse the web there are plenty of them.
    – Mixxiphoid
    Aug 25, 2014 at 8:15

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