[SOLVED] How to retrieve lost date on an external harddisk?

madoxx · 03-17-2007, 10:53 AM

Hi! I'm new on this forum, so my question may sound naïve, but I'd be very grateful if someone could help me out of this dilemma

What happened is..I was working on my laptop (OS: Mac OS X) with an external harddisk attached to it, when it suddenly crashed.
So I removed the harddisk from it.
When I restarted and reconnected the harddisk, the stored data was all GONE! The space was refilled to its original storage space :((
I really need that data back!! Its hard work of soou many years!! :S:S
IS there no programme which could retrieve that data? I have a pc (OS: WIN XP) as well, so I could also use programmes running on WIN after connecting the HD to the pc....
Any suggestions???
I'm quite desperate

sinclair_tm · 03-17-2007, 01:19 PM

so was the hard drive showing that it was empty? at any point, did you tell the mac to intialize the drive?

madoxx · 03-17-2007, 01:26 PM

Well the hd has the size of 223 mb or sumthing..so after I reconnected it...it was back to 232 :-|...but I'm not sure...
How do you initialise it? I just reconnected..

sinclair_tm · 03-17-2007, 01:43 PM

with a mac, initialise means format, so thats a bad thing to do. goto your utility folder in the appication folder, and look for disk utility, open it and select your extrnal hard drive from the list on the left. now on the right side, find the tab named first aid. after clicking on it, click the button named repair disk at the bottom. if it finds any errors, run it again, and keep running it until it comes back fine. if it doesn't help bring the files back, then i don't know what to tell you but that you need to buy some data recovery software, and do not use the disk until you do.

madoxx · 03-17-2007, 02:23 PM

I already used it again! DAMN! And it's saying there's no repair required :-(
What am I sposed to do now? :-S
No recommendable software?

sinclair_tm · 03-17-2007, 02:44 PM

this or this

03-17-2007, 10:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
madoxx Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 35 OS: Windows Vista Home Edition	[SOLVED] How to retrieve lost date on an external harddisk? Hi! I'm new on this forum, so my question may sound naïve, but I'd be very grateful if someone could help me out of this dilemma What happened is..I was working on my laptop (OS: Mac OS X) with an external harddisk attached to it, when it suddenly crashed. So I removed the harddisk from it. When I restarted and reconnected the harddisk, the stored data was all GONE! The space was refilled to its original storage space :(( I really need that data back!! Its hard work of soou many years!! :S:S IS there no programme which could retrieve that data? I have a pc (OS: WIN XP) as well, so I could also use programmes running on WIN after connecting the HD to the pc.... Any suggestions??? I'm quite desperate

03-17-2007, 01:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
madoxx Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 35 OS: Windows Vista Home Edition	Re: How to retrieve lost date on an external harddisk? Well the hd has the size of 223 mb or sumthing..so after I reconnected it...it was back to 232 :-\|...but I'm not sure... How do you initialise it? I just reconnected..

03-17-2007, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
madoxx Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 35 OS: Windows Vista Home Edition	Re: How to retrieve lost date on an external harddisk? I already used it again! DAMN! And it's saying there's no repair required :-( What am I sposed to do now? :-S No recommendable software?