[JB4]

Originally Posted by Sys Specs

ASRock 4COREDUAL-VSTA
GeForce 6800 XT
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 x 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Intel Core 2 Duo 6420
Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V Power Supply

My problem is that whenever I try to open my hard drive with all my music, games etc. on it My computer completely locks up. So i open my computer, click my hard drive and it shows all the folders but both the keyboard and mouse no longer work.

My media drive is a 500gb sata drive, only about 4 months old.

[Elvandil]

You may want to clear out the drive and repartition and reformat it, especially if that was not done when you got it.

Is it now NTFS?

You could try chkdsk, but be sure all your files are backed up.

[JB4]

I completely wiped, formatted and everything when I got the hard drive. I can't back it up because I have 350gb of stuff, and it's my only hard drive that big. Also something I just discovered if i right click the start button then click explore i can browse it fine.

[Elvandil]

Can your files be accessed and are they all right when you use Explore?

Have you scanned with your AV and anti-malware apps?

[JB4]

Originally Posted by JB4

if i right click the start button then click explore i can browse it fine.

and its a fresh xp install. virus scanned and found nothing.