Need desperate help

Whogivzaratz · Apr 1, 2014

Hi all
I need help
I have a 3TB external HDD
I've had to replace the original case because the main board died, that all works fine
I plugged it in for the first time & it comes up saying corrupted do you want to format
I changed the drive letter, didn't work
So I gave in & formatted
I tried using all sorts of recovery software, nothing works
I had a look at the properties of the drive & it's only saying the drive is 349GB (that's how much I had left before the main board died).....does that mean my original files are still on the HDD???.......how do I fix this
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks

Btw I have windows 8

siddharthmukul007 · Apr 1, 2014

files always remain in the hdd after you delete them...its just that these are marked for overwriting and once you put new data in it, the sectors that contain the deleted files are overwritten. recovery of deleted files take a lot of time and and is not very reliable. softwares currently available to public have very limited capabilities of data recovery. you will be able to recover files that are smaller in size but the chances of larger files is very small.

i prefer to use tune up undelete...but you might also check these out

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filerecovery/tp/free-file-recovery-programs.htm

your hdd showing 349GB is strange though. what method did you use to format your drive????

btw was you hdd not under warranty when your board died???

what hdd casing do you use now??

trekzone · Apr 1, 2014

The issue might be in the HDD housing/casing that you used to replace the old one. Your new casing maybe can't handle the 3TB capacity of your drive that's why its reporting the drive size incorrectly and marks the remaining capacity as corrupt because it cannot read it properly.

trekzone · Apr 2, 2014

I would recommend changing your enclosure first before doing something on the contents of the drive.

popatim · Apr 2, 2014

Which 3TB make and model was it from? Data may not be accessible without purching another factory housing/case as some used some 'tricks' to get 3tb drives to work right in any system. If you can connect the drive directly/internally to a pc and see two partitions on it in disk management then thats the case.

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