external hard drive not opening

wisdom1234 · Nov 10, 2014

i was trying to recover some data in the external drive when i tried to cancel the process the computer stopped responding. i switch offand of my Pc and tried to connet back the external HD. its recorgnised at the USB but unable to show in my PC and can't open the one appearing in the device and printers!!

Darkbreeze · Nov 10, 2014

If you were attempting some form of data recovery on the drive and cancelled the process, you probably completely corrupted the file system. Unplug the device, shut down, reboot, plug the device back in and open windows explorer to see if the drive is listed. If it is, click on the the drive and see if it's accessible, if not, open disk management in system tools, and verify the drive and partition health.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000

D_Know_WD · Nov 11, 2014

Hi there wisdom1234,

My guess would also be that by interrupting the process, you most probably damaged the file system. If there are no drive partitions(in Disk Management), you most probably will have to use some partition recovery tool.

D_Know_WD

Darkbreeze · Nov 11, 2014

In which case, perhaps one of these will work for you or maybe something brand specific is available if you tell us the model number and manufacturer.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/best-free-recovery-software-1141256

wisdom1234 · Nov 11, 2014

thanks for the help i will try!!!

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