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lost data external hard drive

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cappaj1

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I have an external usb 2 drive that all of a sudden on one bootup gives the message 'do you want to format this hard drive'. I disconnected immediately when I got the message.

It has a good deal of data, especially of video and photos, that I'd love to recover.

Is there any free software that anyone can recommend that might work? I believe all it lost was the partition.

Thanks.
 
Have you tried hooking it up to another PC? I've had this issue a lot when I moved to Vista. Just kept unplugging and plugging back in until it took. Only had this problem with Western Digital MyBook drives though. Freaking nightmare.

I wonder if a chkdsk would work? If I think of any software I'll let you know, kind of in the morning daze still.
 
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