texdawg

Is it fixed after doing a WinXP format?

texdawg

Could you try this? It will give you a fresh First Track.

   1. Plug in your USB HD (Win7 computer)

   2. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”

   3. Find the drive number of your USB HD by typing the following into the Command Prompt window:

      diskpart
      list disk
      The number of your USB drive will be listed. You’ll need this for the next step.  I’ll assume that the USB HD is disk 2.

   4. Format the drive by typing the following instructions into the same window. Replace the number “2” with the number of your disk.

      list disk    (already done)
      select disk 2
      list disk    (to confirm. There will be a Star next to the selected disk)
      clean
      create partition primary
      select partition 1
      active
      format fs=NTFS quick 
      assign
      exit

Does it work with IFD now?

texdawg

I've seen similar situations in the Norton Forum. Perhaps if you had deleted and re-created the partition, that would have been sufficient. But we've suggested "clean" in the past and it has worked. It zeroes the First Track.

As to the underlying cause I can't say specifically what chkdsk did.