W wayneg72 Honorable Jan 10, 2014 2 0 10,510 Jan 10, 2014 #1 my external harddrive the xl500 has deleted all my music at least 12,000 songs and says formatt to use but other folders are working. how can i get it back it says folder is empty?
my external harddrive the xl500 has deleted all my music at least 12,000 songs and says formatt to use but other folders are working. how can i get it back it says folder is empty?
Phillip Corcoran Titan Moderator Sep 7, 2013 25,977 860 120,140 Jan 11, 2014 #2 When a drive loses data it's usually a sign that failure imminent. You can try data recovery software but that's really only intended to help after you've accidentally deleted data. Still, worth a try: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-recovery-software-1141256 As all hard drives fail eventually, it's very unwise not to have your data backed up to a second drive. I have my data backed up on three hard drives. Upvote 0 Downvote
When a drive loses data it's usually a sign that failure imminent. You can try data recovery software but that's really only intended to help after you've accidentally deleted data. Still, worth a try: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-recovery-software-1141256 As all hard drives fail eventually, it's very unwise not to have your data backed up to a second drive. I have my data backed up on three hard drives.