external HD Issue

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:28 pm

I have an external HD and made an image of my partition using acronis true home 2014 and it worked fine. When It was done, i wanted to see home much space it backed up. Normally I see the drive it uses (usually E) with the external HD name.

I added a new printer and drivers to it so I figured I would do another image so it would include it. Today when I plugged my external HD it said (E) local disk, which is not correct. The same thing when I attempted to do another image normally i see (usually E) with the external HD name.Today i saw my external HD it said (E) local disk, which is not correct. When i attempted to do an image I kept on getting different error and the image never worked.

What would coz my external HD to read that way when I plugged it in? Is the something I can do to the External HD so it will read the type of EHD it is, IF so, how plz?

thx

akbarri · Post by **akbarri** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:55 pm

What is ur EXT-HDD Format (FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT) ?

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:04 pm

akbarri wrote:what is ur ext-hdd format (fat/fat32/ntfs/exfat) ?

ntfs

akbarri · Post by **akbarri** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:26 pm

gotcha, same problem with me around 2012.
actualy with same software (acronis) but i think the Software or OS it's not the main problem.
i think the Partition Format is the problem, after i change 500GB Partition from NTFS to exFAT, i dont have any issue with HDD imaging - up until now.

That's is my story

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:33 pm

ED: same results on 2 different PCs and 2 different USB cables.

when i try to open it It says

E:\ not assessible

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:47 am

no response, come on guys, plz.

akbarri · Post by **akbarri** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:37 pm

24giovanni wrote:ED: same results on 2 different PCs and 2 different USB cables.

when i try to open it It says

E:\ not assessible

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

did u try cmd "chkdsk e: /f"

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:06 pm

yes, and it didnt work. It's an Signature Mini line is a company owned by Western Digital. I did a quick scan and it passed. I,also, did a standard test which passed as well. I used the tests from their site.