I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power came back
on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories and no
data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not pull up
either.

you need to check the disk for errors

go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties> tools>
check disk


"Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
[email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power came back
> on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories and no
> data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not pull
> up
> either.[/color]

Thanks, But I checked it out the defrag was only about 1/2 way thru when I
lost power.

"cheen" wrote:
[color=blue]
> you need to check the disk for errors
>
> go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties> tools>
> check disk
>
>
> "Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
> [email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power came back
> > on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories and no
> > data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not pull
> > up
> > either.[/color]
>
>
>[/color]

You lost the power and that caused the disk to "crash"

you must do a check disk if you dont see the files you had!
Again I will repeat, go to my computer, right click on the drive select
properties then do what you see in this screenshot

[url]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7173/checken7.jpg[/url]

after the check disk is finished see if you have your files back


"Disk Defrag after lost power"
<DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7FFEB72E-5339-42C0-9D79-56A8FA8800CA@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks, But I checked it out the defrag was only about 1/2 way thru when I
> lost power.
>
> "cheen" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> you need to check the disk for errors
>>
>> go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties>
>> tools>
>> check disk
>>
>>
>> "Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
>> [email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
>> news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> >I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power came
>> >back
>> > on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories and
>> > no
>> > data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not
>> > pull
>> > up
>> > either.[/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

I have run it but I did it again but no errors and the disk defrag doesn't
repair it either. It shows that I have 40 gig of space and 32 gig of space
used but no files.

"cheen" wrote:
[color=blue]
> You lost the power and that caused the disk to "crash"
>
> you must do a check disk if you dont see the files you had!
> Again I will repeat, go to my computer, right click on the drive select
> properties then do what you see in this screenshot
>
> [url]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7173/checken7.jpg[/url]
>
> after the check disk is finished see if you have your files back
>
>
> "Disk Defrag after lost power"
> <DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7FFEB72E-5339-42C0-9D79-56A8FA8800CA@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Thanks, But I checked it out the defrag was only about 1/2 way thru when I
> > lost power.
> >
> > "cheen" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> you need to check the disk for errors
> >>
> >> go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties>
> >> tools>
> >> check disk
> >>
> >>
> >> "Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
> >> [email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> >> news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...
> >> >I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power came
> >> >back
> >> > on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories and
> >> > no
> >> > data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not
> >> > pull
> >> > up
> >> > either.
> >>
> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>
>
>[/color]

cheen was right, if recovery console, and 'chkdsk /r' fail to repair the
disk, it's dead.

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"Disk Defrag after lost power"
<DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD4168AA-B15D-403B-BF5B-70AD9ED9E8BA@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have run it but I did it again but no errors and the disk defrag doesn't
> repair it either. It shows that I have 40 gig of space and 32 gig of space
> used but no files.
>
> "cheen" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> You lost the power and that caused the disk to "crash"
>>
>> you must do a check disk if you dont see the files you had!
>> Again I will repeat, go to my computer, right click on the drive select
>> properties then do what you see in this screenshot
>>
>> [url]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7173/checken7.jpg[/url]
>>
>> after the check disk is finished see if you have your files back
>>
>>
>> "Disk Defrag after lost power"
>> <DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7FFEB72E-5339-42C0-9D79-56A8FA8800CA@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Thanks, But I checked it out the defrag was only about 1/2 way thru
>> > when I
>> > lost power.
>> >
>> > "cheen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> you need to check the disk for errors
>> >>
>> >> go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties>
>> >> tools>
>> >> check disk
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
>> >> [email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
>> >> news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power
>> >> >came
>> >> >back
>> >> > on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories
>> >> > and
>> >> > no
>> >> > data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not
>> >> > pull
>> >> > up
>> >> > either.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>[/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

the disk may not be dead.. it probably is FAT32 since externals have this
for compatibiliy reasons

its far more prone to problems of this nature than NTFS..

To the Original Poster , if you have a friend who has more technical
knowlage tell him to use a program to try to scan the disk for errors ,
there are many programs that try to fix problems like this,
or mount it from Linux or something.. this of course only if you have
imporant files

if all fails and you did not have anything important format the drive in
NTFS and see if it works again


"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:DA29202F-D18A-4251-9E33-9104C781A108@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> cheen was right, if recovery console, and 'chkdsk /r' fail to repair the
> disk, it's dead.
>
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>
> .
> "Disk Defrag after lost power"
> <DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DD4168AA-B15D-403B-BF5B-70AD9ED9E8BA@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>I have run it but I did it again but no errors and the disk defrag doesn't
>> repair it either. It shows that I have 40 gig of space and 32 gig of
>> space
>> used but no files.
>>
>> "cheen" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> You lost the power and that caused the disk to "crash"
>>>
>>> you must do a check disk if you dont see the files you had!
>>> Again I will repeat, go to my computer, right click on the drive select
>>> properties then do what you see in this screenshot
>>>
>>> [url]http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7173/checken7.jpg[/url]
>>>
>>> after the check disk is finished see if you have your files back
>>>
>>>
>>> "Disk Defrag after lost power"
>>> <DiskDefragafterlostpower@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:7FFEB72E-5339-42C0-9D79-56A8FA8800CA@microsoft.com...
>>> > Thanks, But I checked it out the defrag was only about 1/2 way thru
>>> > when I
>>> > lost power.
>>> >
>>> > "cheen" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> you need to check the disk for errors
>>> >>
>>> >> go to COMPUTER, right click on the external drive icon> properties>
>>> >> tools>
>>> >> check disk
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "Disk Defrag after lost power" <Disk Defrag after lost
>>> >> [email]power@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
>>> >> news:408A753F-15C3-4993-9344-46A2748D8D45@microsoft.com...
>>> >> >I was defraging an external disk when I lost power when the power
>>> >> >came
>>> >> >back
>>> >> > on I tryed to access the data and all I have is empty directories
>>> >> > and
>>> >> > no
>>> >> > data. I can see a few files on the root directory but they will not
>>> >> > pull
>>> >> > up
>>> >> > either.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>[/color][/color]
>[/color]