External hard drived crashed

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boazoland Posts 34 Registration date Friday October 5, 2012 Status Member Last seen March 28, 2017 - Jan 11, 2015 at 01:10 AM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Jan 17, 2015 at 07:30 AM
hello dude,
My external is crashed am not able to open unless i format it and is
now formatted how do i recover them.
i have lost very important files.

Thanks..

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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Jan 11, 2015 at 04:52 PM
Hi

Usually, after formatting, all data is erased, but you can try this free recovery tool called Recuva:

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/5003-recuva/
nottingham2014 Posts 1 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Member Last seen January 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 07:14 AM
Well External Hard Drive Data Recovery is not a big deal, just show it to a professional data recovery agent and it can be solved.
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Jan 17, 2015 at 07:30 AM
You obviously never tried Recuva which is freeware!