External HDD : Disk Structure is corrupted and unreadable

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bimbaws

bimbaws

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Hi! I have some problem with my HDD it was working when suddenly says it's structure is corrupted and unreadable. What should I do to get my HDD working without losing any data?
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D_Know_WD
Hi there bimbaws,

That is really unpleasant.
I believe you can start with something simple as just attaching the drive to another system with a different USB cable.

In case the issue persists, you can try to access the data on the drive with some data recovery tool: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html
If this doesn't work, you can try using some other data recovery tools as well.

After all this, you can test the drive with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility
Observe the SMART report and look for pending/reallocated and uncorrectable sectors.

Keep in mind that if the drive shows as local disk, there is a chance that it has failed. In that...
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there bimbaws,

That is really unpleasant.
I believe you can start with something simple as just attaching the drive to another system with a different USB cable.

In case the issue persists, you can try to access the data on the drive with some data recovery tool: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html
If this doesn't work, you can try using some other data recovery tools as well.

After all this, you can test the drive with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility
Observe the SMART report and look for pending/reallocated and uncorrectable sectors.

Keep in mind that if the drive shows as local disk, there is a chance that it has failed. In that case, you may not be able to access it with software tools and you will have to contact a data recovery company if the data stored on it is really important.

Edit: I've just saw your second post. Try some data recovery tool for RAW drives: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/280932-32-hard-drive-recovery

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
 
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bimbaws

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Cant access from another PC

 
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Hellfire13

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ok...

this is one of the best softwares out there... http://www.m3datarecovery.com/
but you need to get hold of the full version...

this is a step by step instruction... http://www.m3datarecovery.com/data-recovery/online-help...

the method you should be looking for is..."How to recover deleted or lost partition?"....
it is towards the middle of the instruction page...



once u have done that, u need to convert d file format from RAW to NTFS...
here is a link on how to do that... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/convert-hard-disk-partition-ntfs-format#1TC=windows-7

there are other softwares out there which can help u in doing that as well... like Mini Tool Partition Wizard...there are plenty of softwares...just google it...
but u cant use d disk unless u convert d file format n then format d drive...

also u can check the health of the software through Hard Disk Sentinnell
 
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bimbaws

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Thanks man! I'll let you know about progress

 
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