Please help me get my Buffalo harddrive back

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Hi it's the first time that I post something,
I have a HD-PXTU2 that was working correctly up till last weekend. It works as it still asks me for the password but when it goes to get the data the blue light keeps flashing but nothing shows. I have tried it in a different usb port and that didn't work. I am hoping to get all the information back as it stores all my family history on it. I am hoping that the information is still all there as i never deleted anything? Please help
 
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Not necesarily a goner... See in the Windows Disk Management (right click Start > Computer > Disk Management) if the USB Disk doesn't show a drive letter assign it one (right click on the graphical view disk space > click Change Drive letter and path > Add > Select the letter and accept).

If you can now access the drive through Computer/Explorer, run a Chkdsk scan selecting the drive letter > Properties > Tools > Check now > mark both boxes and click Start.

More detailed HD Sentinel info would be helpfull to have a better idea of the HDD condition. Info like what are the % number results, how many bad sectors it reports, is the box reporting the bad sectors in red, yellow, green? there's alot more info from HD Sentinel you can...
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1. If you can't see the drive in Computer/Explorer, the first thing to try is to try it on a different computer.

2. If you can see it, install Hard Disk Sentinel to know what condition the drive is in. http://www.hdsentinel.com/
If the HD Sentinel scan show it's performance and health in the green to yellow and better than 50%, the issue is probably in Windows and connecting it to another computer may help. If the the percentage is low, health can be way down to a single digit and the data can sill be accessed.

3. If you can see the drive in Computer/Explorer, try the EaseUS Buffalo External Hard Drive Data Recovery
http://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/buffalo-external-hard-drive-data-recovery.html

4. If that doesn't help, see if removing the HDD from the enclosure and connecting it internally in a PC helps.

5. If still nothing, see if a Partition recovery software helps.


Buffalo HD-PXTU2 MiniStation Downloads
http://www.buffalo-technology.com/en/support/downloads/?subaction=download-archive&no_cache=1

 
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kieran257

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kieran257

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Hi Chicano,
I have run Hard Sick Sentinel and it says Raw Read Errors occurred while reading raw data disk?

Does this mean the harddrive is gone?

Thanks for all your help
 
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kieran257

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Hi Chicano,
I have run Hard Sick Sentinel and it says Raw Read Errors occurred while reading raw data disk?

Does this mean the harddrive is gone?

Thanks for all your help

 
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Not necesarily a goner... See in the Windows Disk Management (right click Start > Computer > Disk Management) if the USB Disk doesn't show a drive letter assign it one (right click on the graphical view disk space > click Change Drive letter and path > Add > Select the letter and accept).

If you can now access the drive through Computer/Explorer, run a Chkdsk scan selecting the drive letter > Properties > Tools > Check now > mark both boxes and click Start.

More detailed HD Sentinel info would be helpfull to have a better idea of the HDD condition. Info like what are the % number results, how many bad sectors it reports, is the box reporting the bad sectors in red, yellow, green? there's alot more info from HD Sentinel you can post here, but post that for the time being.
 
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