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Once I format my external hard drive how would recover the lost files

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October 9, 2013 6:34:42 AM

Hello. I have and external hard drive that when I plug it in and the message states:

" You need to format the disk in driver G: before using it."

However, I don't want to lose my files that is saved on here. It has a lot of important documents on it.
Please advise.

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October 9, 2013 7:08:48 AM

Hi
Best is - if the files are important take it to the local computer shop. The message you are getting usually means there is something wrong with the drive, or the power supplied is not strong enough, or drive has bad sectors so it has lost the partition. If the files are not so important to pay for it, you can try to run some tools like "test disk" or "recuva" and see what happens.

Under any circumstances do not run format - this will make it more difficult to recover your data

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October 9, 2013 4:32:05 PM

it sounds like your partition has corrupted for some reason.
Try partition recovery software such as:
http://findandmount.com/

I use testdisk but its command line driven and not everyones cup of tea.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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