Urgent!! Help needed to recover lost data

rsvr85 said:

When you plug the drive in, does Windows make the "dum-dum" sound (new hardware found)?

It takes quite a while before a low doodle-dum sound comes thru, but it was not the same sound as when "new hardware found" sounds! it makes the sound when "unknown device" appears in the device manager, when I unplug it sounds de-dum just like when you unplug other usb!

is this significant?

susan

Is this been resolved? Its should have been days ago.

Your 500 GB external hard drive connects how - usb or firewire?
Connect the drive to any working computer that supports the interface.
For data recovery I have used testdisk it was very effective

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To everyone who has been trying to help me to let you know the drive has been taken from its casing and installed into a laptop but it could not be read so it would seeem it is knackered!!

Thanks so much for all your efforts to help me - I really do appreciate it .

Is the data important enough to go to a recovery company?

The data is important but I backed up more than I realised so I have not lost as much as first thought.

Being a 500GB harddrive almost 3/4 full, even if it were possible, I imagine it would cost a vast amoiunt to try and restore.

i had to admit defeat and accept my hard drive is knackered and it has put in the cupboard for good

thanks to all who tried so hard to help

Susan

TIM Is right... Its Active@ File Recovery. which can solve this problem for you.... or you do one thing update all your drivers by installing Driver scan