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Hi Gordon Gekko.

It seems that the data on the hard drive is damaged. I suggest you plug the drive on another computer or another port on the same computer to see if the data is accessible.

If you take a backup of the data in the drive and try to format the drive.

For more information, see the following link:

Formatting disks and drives: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/formatting-disks-and-drives-frequently-asked-questions

You can also use your favorite search engine to download third party software to recover the data and then format the drive, so it's is more corrupt.

Note: The use of third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.

Hope this information is useful.

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