|
First thing - do not write anything onto the drive - if you do, you may be destroying files that could be recovered.
My guess is that somehow the FAT table got corrupted. If that is the case, the files are still on the drive, you will have to get a good disk recovery utility. File recovery may take a long time - depending on how many files you have. All is not lost - if you are lucky.
BTW: I have a USB external drive box designed for easy drive (IDE) removal - and I install and remove drives into the box without any problems. You do have to ground yourself when handling computer electronics - static electricity is a no-no.
|