Urgent!! Help needed to recover lost data

[zone23]

I still think your best bet is to get another enclosure. You could have one shipped overnight (i don't know about the UK sorry) for about $40 bucks if its worth it too ya.

 

[boohbah]

Easeus data recovery wizard proffesional 4.3.6 i recovered a load of files recently when i deleted my ebook file from windows library , i didn't realize it would delete from my external hd, good luck.

 

[SusanHC]

ok I'll look into getting one. thanks

 

[zone23]

ok I'll look into getting one. thanks

Look a data recovery program isn't going to work if you can't access the drive. These guys are a great help but you need to be able to access the drive to use them. If the enclosure is broke then these apps. aren't going to do anything for you. That's the bottom line.

 

[theog]

ok I'll look into getting one. thanks

Hi SusanHC

Do you have a Maplin shop in area:

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[zone23]

The problem most likely isn't the hard drive itself its most likely the enclosure.

 

[SusanHC]

ok I'll look into getting one. thanks

Hi SusanHC

Do you have a Maplin shop in area:

Maplin Electronics ? Website- ION Contour LP Compact VinylArchiving USB Turntable

about 25 miles away

 

[rsvr85]

Susan - If you open a command prompt with the drive plugged in and type in;
diskpart
list disk
list vol



What is displayed?

 

[SusanHC]

Susan - If you open a command prompt with the drive plugged in and type in;
diskpart
list disk
list vol

View attachment 40340

What is displayed?

done that how do i show you what is displayed?

 

[rsvr85]

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ed-method-uploading-posting-screen-shots.html

 

[SusanHC]

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ed-method-uploading-posting-screen-shots.html

This is it hope you can read it!

 

[rsvr85]

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ed-method-uploading-posting-screen-shots.html

This is it hope you can read it!

Yes i got it, i'll upload it so we can all see



So, is "Data" the drive in question?

 

[SusanHC]

no that is D Drive and G must be my printer so my external harddrive is not showing up at all

 

[rsvr85]

Download and run testdisk to see if it can see the drive, of course, leave it plugged in whilst it runs.
If you need help using it, please don't hesitate to ask

 

[SusanHC]

have i got right download as i am getting an error message "invalid"

TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.11.3 (6 May 2009), Data Recovery

Is it ok for windows 7 as its not mentioned

 

[rsvr85]

I've used it fine on Windows 7, although W7 isn't mentioned as a supported OS on their website.

Here's the direct download link JIC.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk-6.11.3.win.zip

be sure to extract first then run the exe in;
testdisk-6.11.3 > win > testdisk_win

 

[SusanHC]

Testdisk has been clocking through since I last posted. Had to leave computer for a while during which time Read Error appeared. I have attached view of screen at present. May have to close down soon. how do i stop program so i can restart checking tomorrow?

 

[SusanHC]

I am closing down for the night now. attached how far testdisk had got.

I will resume tomorrow.

thanks to all who have been helping me today. I shall try again tomorrow

 

[gregrocker]

I think these give you a good start. You have the option to attempt recovering data using a program, or have a shop there plug the external into a laptop drive cable to access the data directly.

Externals are normally laptop hard drives so in your case, with an external, I think you need the cable to plug it in directly to a motherboard, rather than an enclosure which sets it up to be an external USB drive.

Hopefully there will be even more software suggestions (freeware?) and maybe some UK shop or do-it-yourself suggestions.

 

[rsvr85]

Susan - Is the 500GB external HDD now being recognised in testdisk?