Re: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

you get a checksum error?
are the drives being 'auto' detected in bios?
bios clock holding correct time?





<rleiphart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have searched all over the web for someone that has an answer for my
issue and have not located anything that could help me with a solution.
Here is the skinny:

-Upgraded my machine (new mob, CPU, RAM, GPU, and 2 WD 7400 Raptor)
-added 2 IDE (WD1200JB and WD2500JB) and one SATA (WD1600??) from my
old machine as they have all my music, pics, dowloaded programs, etc.
-configured BIOS to boot from one of the Raptors, installed XP Pro on
it and everything functioned properly.
-after my OS was up and running, I powered off the machine and plugged
in the IDE cables that had the 120 and 250 on it.

Here is where the problem began. First my BIOS reconfigured on its own
(after adding the new hardware) so it was attempting to boot from one
of these drives. I went back into the BIOS and set it back up so that
it would boot from the Raptor that had the OS on it. The drives both
display in my BIOS. When I get into windows I can see the drive (120
and 250) in "my computer", I ran WD Lifeguard tools (both short and
long) with no errors and in Disk Management I can see the drive (it
lists as "healthy") but its 100% free. I have been unable to run scan
disk in windows or forced in DOS. Additionally I used final data to
scan the drive and came up empty. I have both drives jumpered to
"cable select". Where it get strange its that I brought the WD1600
SATA from my old computer and it is working just fine.

Does anyone know why I am getting "The file or directory is corrupted
and unreadable" when I try to access these drives and what I can do to
get this error to disappear?

Any help would be much appreciated.



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