How to fix unreadable usb drive

[theclarets1969]

how can i fix an unreadible hd without formatting it

 

[RealBeast]

If it shows up in Windows disk management and has a drive letter but is still unreadable you can try running chkdsk.

 

[theclarets1969]

how do i do a chkdsk sorry im useless at this

 

[RealBeast]

Right click on the drive in windows explorer and then select properties, the tools tab and then click the check now button next to error checking.

 

[theclarets1969]

Right click on the drive in windows explorer and then select properties, the tools tab and then click the check now button next to error checking.

its my external hd i meant ? wats unreadible sorry

 

[RealBeast]

its my external hd i meant ? wats unreadible sorry

Sorry, I don't understand this question.

As I said, if it shows up in disk management and has a drive letter, you can run chkdsk. If it shows up in disk management but has no drive letter, right click on it and see if you can assign one. If you can it may become readable, or at least should show up in windows explorer where you can run chkdsk. If none of these work, you probably have to reformat. Drives can be come corrupted by disconnecting them while data is still being written to them.

If you have really important data on the drive, you can try running a data recovery program like Recuva or Pandora Recovery, and you MAY be able to recover some of your files.

 

[theclarets1969]

my iomega is saying unreadible and not accessible how can i fix it i dont want 2 formatt