external drive HELP need please

essenbe said:

I'm still here too. I thought if we got a drive letter assigned, it would make it recognize the partition. Guess I was wrong. It appears writhziden is having better ideas than me. Hope it works, but I will be here and try to help if I can.

you`ve been a massive help too, so a big thank you too yourself too. like i put it`s gonna take 14 hours to complete so it`ll be tomoz when i get back with the results just wish there was a quicker way of sorting it. oh well if it works it`ll be worth the wait

Did you install partition wizard or partition recovery?

writhziden said:

Did you install partition wizard or partition recovery?

yeah installed them but waiting to see what happens with minitool power data recovery

carlnw1975 said:

yeah installed them but waiting to see what happens with minitool power data recovery

Did you get the free version or paid version? As I understand it, the free version will only recover 1 GB, so you may have to scan again after buying it.

SUCCESS!!!!!!! ended up using iCare data recovery software and using the format recovery option. took a while as my dive is a 1TB but it did the job and all file on the drive have now been recovered.
so i just like to say a massive thanks to all who have helped with there input and ideas on solving my problem :)

I am very glad you were able to recover your data! That is awesome.

Although my input was minimal I'm delighted to hear your problem has been solved.

We have some great people on WSF who when helping others really appreciate the effort that you as the thread starter have also put in to resolve your problem.

Well done. :)