Is my HDD mad?

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I have a hitachi HDD, I have used it for one year and there is nothing wrong but yesterday when I connected it to my computer it said your drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now? What can i do now? I don't want to format it, there are a lot of important files in it and I really need them for my work. What can I do now?

 

[Dr_JRE]

Try: Redo Backup
http://redobackup.org

OR

Force Copy.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/forcecopy/?source=directory

 

[pisgjn]

The situation you met is common. If you have searched the forum you will find a lot of solutions here. Here i can give you a data recovery software: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/iCare-Data-Recovery-Software/1261578322/1
It is professional at resolve the problem you met with. Install and launch it to scan the HDD, then the lost data will come out, preview and decide which one to recover.
Do keep your HDD safe and sound next time.