Need hard disk solution

[sam4641]

*ABT HARD DISK
MY SAMSUNG HDD(40GB) HAVING 3PARTITIONS , THIRD PARTION BEING OF 8GB...ON OPENING ANY FOLDER IN THE DRIVE , A USD TO SAY
'DRIVE HAS NT BEEN FORMATTED. FORMAT IT NW'
I FORMATTED THAT DRIVE..
IV LOST ALL THE DATA


*CONCERNED PROBLEM
NOW AN EMPTY DRIVE IS SHOWING APPROX 2GB FREE OUT OF 8GB...MY 6GB IS BEIN SHOWD AS USD SPACE...

6GB LOST... .


PLS HELP!!!!SOS!!!!!!!

[assasin]

do a full format and see how much free space u hav.
if u still hav the prob run anti-virus scan.
the worst scenario is that ur hdd is having bad sectors