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Posted on Dec 06, 2009

External hard disk not accessible

External Hard Disk is not accessible

N: is not accessible
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

In properties of this drive, only 4 tabs are showing (General, Autoplay, Tools, Hardware)

security tab is not showing

How can I solve the problem????


  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    is this a new install or existing drive?

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Usually drive N is for a network, not a drive. However, if you are sure that this is the drive, then you can right click on it and format it. This will erase everything and make it usable again.

(By the way, to test and make sure it is the correct drive, open up "my computer" and you will see all the drives listed. Try unplugging the drive and see if "N" disappears. If it does then plug it back in and format it.)

If you have data on the drive that you do not want to lose, you might be able to recover the information with a data recovery software. Here is a link that I think will be very helpful to you: http://www.roadkil.net/listing.php?Category=1

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