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How to get my windows 7 pc to recognize my external hard drive without formattin

Forum Storage : Hard Drives How to get my windows 7 pc to recognize my external hard drive without formattin

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i reformatted my pc now it wont recognize my external hard drive so i can remove the files it also wont let me format it, so i can use system recover, please help me, these are irreplaceable files

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try installing drivers like chipset, usb, all the updates for the motherboard
if nothing else removing hard drive from external cage and connecting directly to PC should make it visible


Message edited by duxducis on 02-12-2012 at 02:17:53 AM
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