... first of all open a console and tell us the output from
Code:
blkid
and from
Code:
fdisk -l
You can also try (don't post it)
Code:
hwinfo --disk
Code:
hwinfo --partition
and have a look at all the lines "Config Status:"

Perhaps the drive is physically damaged.



Greetings Werner * http://www.wp-schulz.de/knoppix/summary.html
Own Rescue-CD with Knoppix (Knoppix V6.4.4 remaster)