Segate hard drive not recognized how to recover data
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My one year old laptop Asus after updating its ultimate windows 7 OS and restarting it , a blue death screen appeared,,,tried copule of restarting same error message.
Then tried : Safe Mode ,,,,,tried : last good configuration,,,,,,,,,,nothing work.
Removed the hard drive which is Segate 500 GB from Asus laptop and connected via USB cable to my desktop,,,the error message that was presented : You need to format the disk before using it.
Tried that on another laptop (Dell) same error message : You need to format the disk before using it.
External hard drive is not showing in the computer management means it is not recognized as an external storage therefore I won't be able to use any third party program to recover the files before formatting it
What should I do to recover the files and data from my Asus hard drive before formatting it ?
Regards
My one year old laptop Asus after updating its ultimate windows 7 OS and restarting it , a blue death screen appeared,,,tried copule of restarting same error message.
Then tried : Safe Mode ,,,,,tried : last good configuration,,,,,,,,,,nothing work.
Removed the hard drive which is Segate 500 GB from Asus laptop and connected via USB cable to my desktop,,,the error message that was presented : You need to format the disk before using it.
Tried that on another laptop (Dell) same error message : You need to format the disk before using it.
External hard drive is not showing in the computer management means it is not recognized as an external storage therefore I won't be able to use any third party program to recover the files before formatting it
What should I do to recover the files and data from my Asus hard drive before formatting it ?
Regards
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The drive may have failed, in which case the only way to retrieve data from it is to send it to a professional data-recovery service where the drive will be taken apart, but it will cost a great deal of money to have that done.
Had you backed up the data to a second hard drive or to optical discs, your data would still be safe and you wouldn't have to worry about how to retrieve it.
With the drive connected to a USB port externally, test it with SeaTools for Windows :
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
Use the "Long/extended test". That will tell you for certain if the drive has failed.
Had you backed up the data to a second hard drive or to optical discs, your data would still be safe and you wouldn't have to worry about how to retrieve it.
With the drive connected to a USB port externally, test it with SeaTools for Windows :
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
Use the "Long/extended test". That will tell you for certain if the drive has failed.
How does HD Sentinel identify the drive? HD Sentinel attempts to communicate with the HDD behind the USB-SATA bridge.
http://www.hdsentinel.com/
Is the drive identified with its correct model number and full capacity? Can you see the SMART data?
http://www.hdsentinel.com/
Is the drive identified with its correct model number and full capacity? Can you see the SMART data?
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