corrupted hard drive (trying to recover files)

Then in addition to other file recovery options (eg. Recuva as mentioned) there is the partition recovery operation provided by "Partition Wizard".

A full disk management screenshot may help others help you.

mjf said:

Then in addition to other file recovery options (eg. Recuva as mentioned) there is the partition recovery operation provided by "Partition Wizard".

A full disk management screenshot may help others help you.

on 1st post

Did you add the screenshot to post 1?

Anyway, I: is raw so you have no file system so my recovery suggestions still apply. If you cannot recover the partition a deep file scan may be necessary and it does take a long time.

I also notice your disk 1 is dynamic. Unless you specifically want this you should consider changing it to Basic.

mjf said:

Did you add the screenshot to post 1?

Anyway, I: is raw so you have no file system so my recovery suggestions still apply. If you cannot recover the partition a deep file scan may be necessary and it does take a long time.

I also notice your disk 1 is dynamic. Unless you specifically want this you should consider changing it to Basic.

so what program should i use to recover my data off of my hard drive
and how do i change it from dynamic?

Bare Foot Kid said:

Please post a snip of Windows disk management so we can have a look.

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In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a maximized snip of that.

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its on the 1st post. what else is missing from the screenshot?

Bare Foot Kid said:

Windows shows it as RAW, (not formatted) this may be the only option.

mjf said:

You can try Recuva. Note the deepscan option can a long time so I suggest leaving deepscan until needed.
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I hate when ppl edit old posts and act like it was always there.

i tried to use it but it asked me to format the drive in order to use it, otherwise it doesnt work

still haven't figured this out