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Cant View External Hard Drive
Name: mjwilky Date: February 19, 2009 at 01:59:31 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
Hi All,
My Maxtor external hard drive has been working fine, until yesterday when i click on it it says to re format the drive.
I have downloaded recovery software, but the drive cant even be seen.
Your help would be really appreciated as it has photos on there, which are really important.
Name: batzzz19 Date: February 19, 2009 at 02:40:19 Pacific
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this software. i will show u the link will tell u if you format it in ntfs and fat that is the best way to tell. or easiest i should say.
i will do it myself because I also need a big file i downloaded back to my computer.
if you just want to pull the data u had back you can do so there are many software out there. for example this one smart data recovery which can guide you step by step.
if you know how to download it don't let me know but if u want to learn how to use it let me know.
Name: batzzz19 Date: February 19, 2009 at 03:00:08 Pacific
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you can also make your recovery faster by selecting pictures option
this software works very fast compared to others
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Response Number 3
Name: mjwilky Date: February 19, 2009 at 06:38:10 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Thanks for your reply.
the problem i have is whatever recovery software i use, it says that the external drive F cannot be found even though when i click on my computer it is there.
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