external drive cannot be accessed

polio · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 35

had this problem recently, i thought it was my desktop machine (which was full of problems) because my laptop could access it fine. also, my desktop machine was able to access it in safe mode only.

now i formated my desktop and reinstalled windows. however i cannot access the external drive, even in safe mode, and even my laptop says the same.

all give me a message saying that it is corrupt/unreadable and must be formated.

anyone know of a software or method to get into the drive?
i was depending on it for backup and so i am hoping and praying for a solution now...

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Is there anything on it that you need?
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Uh.....you DID unplug the external drive before formatting and installing, right?

RecoverMyFiles might work, I've used it before with decent results. It is a paid app, though. Easus is free, and will work with removable drives. Can't vouch for it, though.
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polio · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 35

yeah all of my data is on it... really need

yeah the drive was disconnected while i reformatted the computer

i tried mareew disk recover, but it just froze (its free)
im trying r-studio now (paid app)
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