Hello, I disconected my lacie EXTERNAL hard drive (500 gb) from my PC, and when I conect it again the PC can't read it.
That happens to me before, but I was abble to mount it in a Maccintosh.
Now, I can't read the contect even in a MAC. So I used DATA RECOVERY in order to save my files in another external hard drive.
BUT: is there any way to recober the registry or index of this hard drive so my PC (windows) can read it again? Thank you!
2006-12-31 09:05:52 · 3 answers · asked by None 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Not too likely since there is no registry on an external storage drive. There is a file table, but that's probably what's gone bad. If scandisk can't help it, it's probably lost.
It is possible that the hard drive is ok and the Lacie case is bad. You could remove the hard drive and put it in your desktop or another drive case and try it.
2006-12-31 11:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget about "Free" Data recovery programs, they don't exist. The data can be recovered but you will have to employ a specialist company and it will be very expensive, so it's a matter of balancing the value of the lost data against the price of recovery. Will it be worth it?. I'd be interested to know how you reformatted an external hdd whilst re installing windows. The external hdd wouldn't have been an available option even if it had been switched on, unless you were mounting your os on an external drive, why would you want to do that?
2016-05-23 01:05:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use external hard drive data recovery software, here's a good one
http://www.asoftech.com/articles/External-Drive-Data-Recovery.html
hope this helps.
2014-06-23 22:51:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋