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Discussions about corrupted drives on WindowsForum.com cover a range of issues including hard drives becoming inaccessible, showing as RAW, or causing boot failures. Common scenarios involve drives that fail after system freezes, partition operations, or forced shutdowns. Users often encounter errors like 'drive not accessible' or 'no bootable device' and seek help recovering data from drives that Windows prompts to format. Troubleshooting steps mentioned include using system repair tools, command prompt utilities like bootrec, and attempting data recovery from the corrupted drive. Many threads involve Windows 7 systems, but the core problem of drive corruption applies broadly.
  1. N

    Hard drive broke

    I think my hard drive is faulty , i can only open one page at a time . Also i do not have the restore windows option , it was alright last night . Thanks .
    • NettleWarbler
    • Thread
    • backup browser performance corrupted drive data recovery disk check disk health hard drive failure memory issues resource usage smart status startup issues system restore windows diagnostics
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. M

    Windows 7 Issues Reinstalling Windows 7: System Restore, Software Problems, and D Drive Concerns

    Hello, markm here. Samsung RV 515. Purchased 2011. OS win 7 home premium 64. sp 1 is on disk. I reinstalled os 2 weeks ago. I could not before and can not after use system restore or create disk image. Hopefully I can upload the screenshots. Also I'm having trouble updating. I downloaded win...
    • markm
    • Thread
    • corrupted drive d drive disk image disk issues error message help request home premium offline installation os installation recovery tools reinstall samsung screenshots sfc scan software sp1 system restore troubleshooting update issues windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  3. J

    Windows 8 drive is not accessible after extend using partition wizard 9.

    Drive E 'main data partition which contains all my important files' becomes RAW (not NTFS) after extending OS Drive C using partition wizard 9 software which finished successfully without errors! (all details available below): MY HARDDISK WAS RUNNING WITHOUT PROBLEMS BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE...
    • johnjacke
    • Thread
    • access issues automatic repair backup boot sector chkdsk corrupted drive data recovery disk management drive issues file name linkage file system formatting risks hdd issues ntfs errors partition wizard raw drive recovery tools resize partition tech support windows 8.1
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. R

    Windows 7 Help! How to fix - No bootable device error!

    I have an HP g60 windows 7 Home Premium its almost 3 years old. I started a program (Adobe Flash CS5 portable, I believe) and then I hibernated the laptop. It was taking a longer time than usual to do this so I did a force shutdown by pressing the power button. After an hour I decided to turn...
    • RaenCamp
    • Thread
    • adobe flash black screen bootable command prompt corrupted drive data recovery error hard drive hibernation hp laptop installation disk last known good configuration mbr repair recovery options shutdown system repair system restore tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. E

    Windows 7 I need a disc image of Windows 7 Home 64 bit for my daughter's laptop. (I have the activation key)

    After trying every solution I can think of to boot my daughter's laptop, I've made my decision. I'm going to create a fresh install on a new, larger 640 gig drive. If that goes well, I told her that I would save what files I could from the corrupted drive. (I'll cross that bridge with her...
    • ejjames
    • Thread
    • 64-bit activation key clean install corrupted drive disk image file recovery home edition installation laptop windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  6. K

    Windows 7 D drive not accessible

    A while ago my computer froze up and I couldnt do anything, so I had to restart it. When it came back up my D drive wasn't accesible. If i try to open it it says I need to format it to use it. If I click cancel it says D:\ is not accessible. The volume does not contain a recognized file...
    • KSW
    • Thread
    • accessibility corrupted drive d drive data recovery disk management file system format issues storage issues troubleshooting windows error
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  7. C

    Windows 7 i need to recover files from a corrupted hd

    so i had a hd go out on me. so i order a new 1.5 tb hd and install win 7 fresh on it. when i try to access my old hd it just states it has drive I with no info and ask to be formatted before used. i want to recover my old files off of it. I really need them. Link Removed due to 404 Error
    • cbwhat
    • Thread
    • corrupted drive data recovery file recovery formatting hard drive old files storage issues tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. M

    Windows 7 Help Needed: Troubleshooting Blue Screen Errors and Potential Hard Drive Failure

    Hi :), My hubby's computer died this morning:(. It's giving me blue screens - bad pool header errors - can not reference memory and write memory errors. His hard drive is 5 years old. He is running win 7 home pro 64bit. I "think" its an AMD processor - not really sure but can check. I tried...
    • melissarose
    • Thread
    • amd processor blue screen corrupted drive crash installation issues memory issues repair utility system crash tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. T

    Windows 7 No Hard Drive Found, Just Installed It?

    Hello, I just added a new hard drive to replace the old one that is apparently corrupted. And I'm not sure what I did wrong. I was told to unplug the power supply and the old hd. Add the new one, and power it back up with the Windows 7 installation dvd. Did that and in trying to change the order...
  10. NicciAdonai

    Windows 7 Can Install 32-bit But Not 64-bit?

    Recently a power surge did something funny to my computer. Everything pointed to drive corruption, so I bought a 1TB drive to replace my 2x160GB RAID 0 array. Now I can install the 32-bit version with seemingly no problems but not the 64-bit. I usually get a BSOD but sometimes I get an error...
    • NicciAdonai
    • Thread
    • 32-bit 64-bit ahci backup bios settings bsod corrupted drive corrupted files dvd drive hardware issues installation performance power surge raid ram system issues troubleshooting usb installation windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  11. H

    Windows 7 TPM Encrypted drive

    Hello Everyone, Ill start by saying thankyou to all that will help me in this intriguing problem. Last night I put my computer into hibernation mode. I awoke this morning to find it doing some odd clicking noises every time i clicked on a link decided to scroll down using the keyboard. It...
    • humaxnova
    • Thread
    • computer issues corrupted drive deactivation drive access drive encryption fingerprint hibernation password recovery tpm
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. L

    Windows 7 Formatting hard drive with corrupted Windows XP

    Had a very interesting experience trying to format an internal hard drive under Windows 7. This is a hard drive that was running Windows XP and then got corrupted. Rather than do a repair, I bought another internal drive and loaded Windows 7 on it. I then installed the old corrupted hard drive...
    • LCE868
    • Thread
    • activation corrupted drive data recovery disk management drive issues enclosure file system formatting hard drive installation internal drive laptop os files recognition repair storage tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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