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External Drive not recognized on PC after plugging in to Xbox 1

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kaybee2307 Posts 1 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2016 Status Member Last seen January 28, 2016 - Jan 28, 2016 at 03:26 AM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Jan 28, 2016 at 03:04 PM
Whoever can help!

I plugged my external drive into my friend's Xbox 1 but when I later tried to plug it in to my PC it wouldn't recognize the external drive anymore. I can't access any of my files (which I would really like to recover). I bought another external drive with the hopes of backing everything up onto it.
Is there a way that I can either fix the "broken" external drive so my PC can start reading it again (without losing any of my current data on it) or back everything up onto my new external drive?

Please let me know!
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Jan 28, 2016 at 03:04 PM
Perhaps this information will help:

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/games/console-doesnt-detect-external-storage

It appears your drive was formatted by the Xbox.

Good Luck
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