I/O hard-drive device error

[Kushan]

I have 160 GB external hard-disk in which I have saved all my backups, images, music, movies, text documents, ppt files, etc. When I connect the hard-disk to my computer system, it shows me I/O device error. This is happening from past 2-3 days. Why it is showing me I/O device error ? Is my hard-disk safe ?

What should I do now ? Any ideas/suggetions...

[Steve123]

Since you getting I/O device error, it seems that your external harddisk is either damaged or is about to damage. I think you should quickly recover all your data from this hard-disk to another one..

[Milton.J]

With the help of PCI File Recovery, try to recover as much data as you can. Then, run chkdsk /f on that drive. Note - Keep in mind that the attempted repair may actually cause more damage to the file system. But at this point, I cannot find too many alternatives since the drive may be on its way out.

[Shen]

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[Snake08]

Download Knoppix Live CD.

This is a bootable CD that will not write anything to your hard drives but you can atleast see what you can save by moving data to another drive.