External HD says it needs to be formatted after used with windows 7

Frank28

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Hi,
I`m new to that forum but read many post.
My problem is with an external hard drive of 250 gig. It used to work fine until I used it with a windows 7 laptop. Since then, Windows ask me to format the drive. I have pictures and some important docs on that drive and I would like to recover them. Might have been foolish to trust an external drive...

Anyway, found some good discussion about data recovery and tried the following:
1.Used Recuva software, didn`t work
2.Used Lazesoft software, didn`t work
3.Used Photorec and testdisk, didn`t work.

What can I do from here?
Thank you for your help, very much appreciated.

Also, might be a stretch but, that Info was previously deleted from an old desktop, which I can access the hard drive with an enclosure. Could I recover deleted file from this drive?