External Hard Drive - File Recovery??

BFJen · 10-02-2007, 09:26 AM

My external hard drive is having some serious issues - it now says that I need to reformat the drive - I don't know what happened.

I have all my pictures, files, everything on it - I do have some things backed up on discs, but not all of it.

Does anyone know how to recover all of this?? All I got from the tech support was a number for a file recovery service that wants to charge me over $400.00 and up.

I'm just devastated to loose all of this. I would appreciate any help.

ni_teach · 10-02-2007, 09:39 AM

You must have space to store the data from the bad hard disk. It can be another external or does your internal have the space?

I personally have had good luck with File Scavenger by Que Tek

http://quetek.com/

good luck

BFJen · 10-02-2007, 11:13 AM

Wow. That did the trick - ni_teach - if I knew where you lived, I'd send you the biggest batch of cookies you'd ever seen. Thank you so much - I was melting down when I got your response.

SO, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You are awesome!

CUatDL · 10-02-2007, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BFJen

Wow. That did the trick - ni_teach - if I knew where you lived, I'd send you the biggest batch of cookies you'd ever seen. Thank you so much - I was melting down when I got your response.

SO, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You are awesome!

Wow! I'm always glad to see a happy ending to disk troubles.

CU@DL

Andy

ni_teach · 10-02-2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BFJen

Wow. That did the trick - ni_teach - if I knew where you lived, I'd send you the biggest batch of cookies you'd ever seen. Thank you so much - I was melting down when I got your response.

SO, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You are awesome!

Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that I could help.

Thanks for the cookies offer

.

Greatinfo · 10-17-2007, 11:21 PM

I did faced the similar situation before was not able to access the hard drive. Whenever I tried to access the external drive it says "drive not formatted want to format". To recover the data from my inaccessible hard drive I tried Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Software a file and partition recovery utility. It helped me and I was able to recover almost 100% of my data.
You can try the software by downloading the demo from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm
If you are able to see the preview of your recovered data through demo then you can get the full version to save it.

Hope this utility will also help you out.

Best of Luck.

10-02-2007, 09:26 AM	#1
BFJen For You! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho Falls Posts: 10,373	External Hard Drive - File Recovery?? My external hard drive is having some serious issues - it now says that I need to reformat the drive - I don't know what happened. I have all my pictures, files, everything on it - I do have some things backed up on discs, but not all of it. Does anyone know how to recover all of this?? All I got from the tech support was a number for a file recovery service that wants to charge me over $400.00 and up. I'm just devastated to loose all of this. I would appreciate any help. __________________ Will trade husband for Disneyland and DCA Pins!

10-02-2007, 09:39 AM	#2
ni_teach Just this guy...... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,877	Re: External Hard Drive - File Recovery?? You must have space to store the data from the bad hard disk. It can be another external or does your internal have the space? I personally have had good luck with File Scavenger by Que Tek http://quetek.com/ good luck __________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.filk.com --- The home of Filk Radio. Filk, Folk and Unique! Discover voices of imagination with songs about fantasy worlds and unparalleled songs about our world. Join us in the singing circle for a while and experience something totally different.

10-02-2007, 11:13 AM	#3
BFJen For You! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho Falls Posts: 10,373	Re: External Hard Drive - File Recovery?? Wow. That did the trick - ni_teach - if I knew where you lived, I'd send you the biggest batch of cookies you'd ever seen. Thank you so much - I was melting down when I got your response. SO, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You are awesome! __________________ Will trade husband for Disneyland and DCA Pins!

10-17-2007, 11:21 PM	#6
Greatinfo New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	Re: External Hard Drive - File Recovery?? I did faced the similar situation before was not able to access the hard drive. Whenever I tried to access the external drive it says "drive not formatted want to format". To recover the data from my inaccessible hard drive I tried Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Software a file and partition recovery utility. It helped me and I was able to recover almost 100% of my data. You can try the software by downloading the demo from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm If you are able to see the preview of your recovered data through demo then you can get the full version to save it. Hope this utility will also help you out. Best of Luck.

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