hitachi xl500 has lost all my music how do i get it back

wayneg72

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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?
 
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.