i have a 2tb external hdd which has all my music, tv shows, software, operating systems linux distros etc on.
it has always been connected to my windows 7 pc. but ive just noticed its not showing.
ive just plugged it into windows 7 and it says it needs formatting.
how can i see if it can be saved, please any help appreciated
What does disk manager say about it does it say raw? If its raw its lost the parition table and you will need specifuc parition recover free software. If you have another pc try on that to confirm its the drive not usb port or cable
Somebody in here has a copy of the last free Minitool Partition Wizard and/or Data Recovery program, which you might need to use a second computer to download and finally make a DVD and a USB boot to hopefully fix that partition.
There are two kinds of disk problems: Logical and Hardware
Logical can be fixed.
Hardware can't be fixed.
Anyway, don't try to fix it. There are very good people here to help you.
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