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cpritch007

Post subject: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 7:21

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I'm a bit of a hdd junkie - I have five external usb hdds attached to my Acer Aspire M3400 running Win7.

Yesterday a message popped up to say that the drive on M: requires formatting.

Anybody any advice or guidance.

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loki

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 7:38

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
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Location: UK

cpritch007 wrote:

Yes dont do it :lol:

IF you choose to do a DIY then you accept the responsibility & risks that go with it.

Take a sector by sector image of the full drive to another drive & then run DR software on that.
R-studios can make an image but remember to run as admin. You could then use R-Studios to scan the image & retrieve the files maybe?
Could also try FTK Imager to see if that can access your files.

Loki

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cpritch007

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 8:09

Joined: November 30th, 2011, 7:11
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Thank you Loki.

I had a look at R-studios and was a bit frightened by the price. So I am in the process of installing FTK Imager. I'll let you know how I get on but I'm already a bit worried about all the technical jargon.

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loki

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 8:21

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
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cpritch007 wrote:

Thank you Loki.

I had a look at R-studios and was a bit frightened by the price.

If that price frightened you then I guess DR prices are out of the question then.
Which leaves you DIY or place the drive in a draw somewhere safe & then save up until you can afford a DR recovery.

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 11:23

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
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$49.99 frightened you?

Data can't be important/valuable then :-(

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dick

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 12:36

Joined: January 8th, 2008, 5:21
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The free software from this site would be a good start......
http://hddguru.com/software/2007.05.25- ... and-Mount/

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loki

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 12:43

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
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I would still recommend using R-Studio demo to create a sector by sector image first

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northwind

Post subject: Re: Unexplained message to format a hdd

Posted: November 30th, 2011, 14:17

Joined: January 28th, 2009, 10:54
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Agreed with previous posters. If $49.99 frightens you, then how much would you expect to pay for your data?

Besides that, R-Studio gives you GREAT freedom in demo mode, you can first see if it does the work for you and THEN buy it. I think that's very fair.

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