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October 8, 2012 7:27:46 AM

Hello,

I've got a 2TB external hard drive with about 1.5TBs of data on it. One day when I plugged it into my laptop, windows didn't recognize it and wanted me to format it in order to lose it. I really don't want to lose all of my stuff, can anyone please help? I've already searched around a bit, and tried using the chkdsk command, but it didn't help and I really have no idea what I'm doing.

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October 8, 2012 12:46:36 PM

That kind of thing usually happens when you disconnect or shut down drive when it is still in use. Try connecting it to a different pc and see if you can access the data you need. If you d then back it up and do a format then copy the data back over.
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October 9, 2012 5:48:58 AM

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Don't worry! It is a really common problem.
Generally, under this circumstance, you need format the derive first, or you can not able to access your data on it. But the data on it also cannot afford to lose, right?
Therefore, for the safety of your data there, you need a recovery program, and then format it.
Actually there are many recovery programs that you can choose from, but i think iCare Data Recovery Free and Recuva can be the good ones of them, they are both professional and efficient i restoring your data and they are both free.
you can get them :
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

http://download.cnet.com/iCare-Data-Recovery-Free/3000-...


If I use a data recovery program and then format it I need a place to store the data though right? I don't have another hard drive near big enough to hold all that. I've already got iCare Data Recovery, but I was hoping it would be possible without formatting my hard drive because I have no where else to store it :/ 
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