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open an external hard drive without formatting

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February 25, 2014 10:07:22 PM

my external hard drive is asking to be formated but i want the data inside how do I open it without losing the data?

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February 25, 2014 10:11:38 PM

pull the drive from the enclosure... Unless it is one of the new USB3 drives... then you are toast. I've seen many of them die, no recovery.
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February 26, 2014 1:03:56 AM

Try this hard drive on another computer. Also ask you to format it before using?
If not, just copy all your data on another drive and format it to try on your computer again.
But, if it still asks you to format it at firstly, you may have no choice but to format it.
As to data inside, you may need some data recovery tool like Recuva, PC Inspector File Recovery, 4Card Recovery and more.
No matter which one you choose to use, you should not add any new file on this drive and act carefully.
Never forget to make data backups all the time in the future.
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