Hi today i swapped the cable i use for my external hard drive and used it for my psp. When i swapped it back my laptop (running on vista) says it needs to be formated in order to work. But i cant because i have all my important stuff on it like my school gcse coursework etc. i cant delete my stuff please some one help me get my hard drive back thanks alot
external hard drive problem. this is urgent please help
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What make and model is the external drive there?
If you unplugged the cable while the laptop was on ouch! If you reformatted the drive from the usual Fat32 primary and forgot to download the replacement software the setup files would be missing for the auto prompt to appear. The support section will generally explain how to replace those when going for the replacement often a zip file you extract files onto the drive from.
If you unplugged the cable while the laptop was on ouch! If you reformatted the drive from the usual Fat32 primary and forgot to download the replacement software the setup files would be missing for the auto prompt to appear. The support section will generally explain how to replace those when going for the replacement often a zip file you extract files onto the drive from.
I figured that's how you knocked it out. If the Ovation drive there looks like the one in the image with a power switch leave the power off while still plugged into the usb port and wait until you are at the Windows desktop to turn it on there. Once detected the auto run prompt with the spinning icon of a cd should be seen and likely the installation menu as well.
Most external usb models come with a Fat32 type partition for use with Mac as well as Windows. Once you have files saved off of the drive reformatring it as an NTFS partition it the common recommendation by manufacturers as well as when seeing an external model here(different make) with Fat32 the change over worked well since now the software is no needed.
If it's not seen turn the power off and then back on to see the drive then listed in any explorer window. The support site for that brand should see a faq section for how to see the drive redetected as well as a download to replace any part of the software lost like the autorun file by simply extracting the contents of the zip file onto the external drive itself.
Most external usb models come with a Fat32 type partition for use with Mac as well as Windows. Once you have files saved off of the drive reformatring it as an NTFS partition it the common recommendation by manufacturers as well as when seeing an external model here(different make) with Fat32 the change over worked well since now the software is no needed.
If it's not seen turn the power off and then back on to see the drive then listed in any explorer window. The support site for that brand should see a faq section for how to see the drive redetected as well as a download to replace any part of the software lost like the autorun file by simply extracting the contents of the zip file onto the external drive itself.