I have two drives in this condition now actually. The first had been connected to a WD TV Live that had not been used in a while, in an external case that no longer can power the drive. Drive spins if I use a drive caddy, and I can see the drive letter in Windows.
The second is a second internal drive in my Dell laptop. I think it might have gotten some shock damage. The had gotten full, then I started having problems reading it. I started copying data from it to another location. Some of that data took a while to copy. However, I didn't get all of it, but planned to. I had to reboot my computer and Windows started 'repairing' the drive. Now Windows says the drive needs to be formatted. Thanks for screwing it up completely, Windows.
Anyway, I need advice on how to see my data on these drives again. I can't find any good information on all these "free" 'until you need to recover' tools.
Please help! Thanks!
The second is a second internal drive in my Dell laptop. I think it might have gotten some shock damage. The had gotten full, then I started having problems reading it. I started copying data from it to another location. Some of that data took a while to copy. However, I didn't get all of it, but planned to. I had to reboot my computer and Windows started 'repairing' the drive. Now Windows says the drive needs to be formatted. Thanks for screwing it up completely, Windows.
Anyway, I need advice on how to see my data on these drives again. I can't find any good information on all these "free" 'until you need to recover' tools.
Please help! Thanks!