External hard drive wants to format

[Thando22]

Hi
I have tried this as suggested:
chkdsk (Your problem drive letter here no parentheses): /x

I got an error: The type of the file system is FAT32,cannot read boot sector.

what do i do now?

Thando

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there Thando22. Take a look at these instructions, they should help you solve the boot sector problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247575

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD