My External Hard Disk Is Not Detected By PC?Closed

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Hello, 
I am using windows 7 ultimate 32-bit & windows xp sp3. In both OS my packard bell go external hard disk is not detected it says it needs to be formatted. It is working fine in my tv. in disk management it is RAW. Pls Help?

bionik · Answer

Greetings,

Data Lifeguard Tools should be able to partition the hard drive. If you did that then the next step is to format it. You can do that in Disk Management. You can download it from the link below:
http://download.wdc.com/windlg/WinDlg_122.zip

Did you go deep enough in manage? Go storage> disk management. Then highlight the drive in question and go Action> All tasks> Format. If the drive is not yet partitioned then follow the same steps and choose partition first then format.

Tanmay · Answer

first Of All thank u for rlying so fast. But I have all my data in the external hard drive & is detected in my tv. it doesnt have any partition it is NTFS & is of 320gb

bionik · Answer

I doubt you must format it to NTFS for being detected by your PC. It's sure that you'll loose all your data, but you can recover them with a recovery tool such as recuva which is downloadable from the link below:
https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/5003-recuva/ 

Good Luck

Tanmay · Answer

Will It Recover My 100% Data. & How Long Will it Take To Format As Well As Recover All Data?

Tanmay · Answer

Sumone Having The Same Problem Is Told To Use Testdisk Software. Will U Check What It Does. Go To: 

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step 


& Plz Tell Me If Its Helpful Or No. My Frnd Yesterday Suggested Me.

Ambucias · Answer

Dear Bionik,

Tanway's link seems very interesting.  I would most like to have your opinion on it.

Thank you

bionik · Answer

Greetings, 

Totally agree with you Ambucias, it is an interesting link but Tanmay did you try the instructions given there?

Tanmay · Answer

The 1. Point in The Symtoms Listed Is Refering To Mine. I Hve Read All That & I Think It Will Require Same Hard Disk Space As My External Hard Disk To Get Back All Those Files & I Dont Have That Much Space. Bcoz It Needs To Store The Files Sumwhere Or The Other.But Will This Help Me? And Can You Provide Me A Software Which Can Restore Data After Formatting Bt 100%.

bionik · Answer

Hi, 

You can download the software that will help you to recover your data but I can not assure you that all your data will be restored.

Regards.

Tanmay · Answer

Maybe not all but atleast 20% can be restored na?

Tanmay · Answer

Wat If I Connect My Hard Drive To My T.V. & Also The CPU Of My PC Then Will I Be Able To Transfer From My TV To PC? As It Is Detected By My TV. Plz................................................ Rly........................!

My External Hard Disk Is Not Detected By PC?

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