[skiddly]

Hi a newbie here, i have recently installed windows 7 upgraded from vista and all running well so installed as a full new install and removed vista, now the problem external hd worked fine at first but now when i turn it on it shows in my computer but says it has to be formatted before i can use it, like a fool i did this wiping all my stuff off in the process, re started pc and then ext hd but just keep getting hd must be formatted anyone know the answer please thanks skiddly:idea:

 

[raptor_pa]

Well if you haven't written to the HD yet, you may have a good chance at recovering your data using r-studio or getdataback. You will need another disk to output the recovered files to. After that, try removing the USB ports in device manager, then reboot and let Win7 reload the drivers.

 

[skiddly]

Thanks ill give that a try

 

[skiddly]

well pc doesnt even recognise ext hd now, tried mt other ext hd and it works fine so think it must be the 1st ext hd, ill have to take it to be tested

 

[raptor_pa]

When you say doesn't recognize, in what way? Is it shown in disk management and not in my computer? Is it identified in Device manager under disk drives? Does it show a safely remove hardware icon? Can you feel the disk spin up?

 

[skiddly]

it does not show in my computer, i can feel it start and hear it but it doesnt seem as fast as when it worked normal, how do i check disc management sorry to be a bit thick lol

 

[raptor_pa]

right click on my computer -> manage in the left column disk management. How about some specifics on the HD make, model is it 2.5 or 3.5 inch?

 

[skiddly]

its a seagate 3.5 looked in disc management and no sign of the ext hd

 

[raptor_pa]

What is the model number? (ST########-#### )