problem with external hard drive req. formatting

jjbpenguin · 08-12-2007, 05:52 AM

My mom has 2 external hard drives for work, and 2 months ago took one of them to an employees house to store it for awhile. She just got it back and tried to use it, but it says it must be formatted. Supposedly it was never touched once the employee put it in a closet. We are trying to figure out what could have caused this problem. If you have any idea on what could have caused it, or a way to recover the data, please help.

The second hard drive and her main computer are still functioning and no important data has been lost, but there are older backups that she would prefer to have.

patrickv · 08-13-2007, 08:26 AM

the first hard drive : probably corrupted partition, happens sometimes, you can get your data back, just google for "data recovery"

08-12-2007, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
jjbpenguin Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oklahoma Age: 22 Posts: 153	problem with external hard drive req. formatting My mom has 2 external hard drives for work, and 2 months ago took one of them to an employees house to store it for awhile. She just got it back and tried to use it, but it says it must be formatted. Supposedly it was never touched once the employee put it in a closet. We are trying to figure out what could have caused this problem. If you have any idea on what could have caused it, or a way to recover the data, please help. The second hard drive and her main computer are still functioning and no important data has been lost, but there are older backups that she would prefer to have. __________________ Intel core 2 duo 1.66ghz 2gig ram 17" laptop screen 19" external NVIDEA GeForce Go 7600 dual 80gig internal hd. + 160gig external Microsoft laser desktop 6000 logitech gamepad Altec Lansing laptop and external speakers Hp tvtuner with remote + pc card slot remote Integrated and external webcams

08-13-2007, 08:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,561	the first hard drive : probably corrupted partition, happens sometimes, you can get your data back, just google for "data recovery" __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

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