I'm really desperate. Here is my story:
I bought a Toshiba hard drive (500gb) and it worked perfectly with mac and windows OS then suddenly two files got lost just disappeared . And whenever I plug it it shows a message that says I must backup and format it as soon as possible also when I try copying anything to it it won't allow it. so I tried scanning it with data recovery softwares (Data rescue 3 is one of them)assuming the files were deleted but nothing shows up after that I tried to show all hidden files assuming they're hidden or something didn't work either.
so, should I back it up then format it do you think the files will show up after formatting???
what do you experts suggest? please I'd really appreciate any thought.
I bought a Toshiba hard drive (500gb) and it worked perfectly with mac and windows OS then suddenly two files got lost just disappeared . And whenever I plug it it shows a message that says I must backup and format it as soon as possible also when I try copying anything to it it won't allow it. so I tried scanning it with data recovery softwares (Data rescue 3 is one of them)assuming the files were deleted but nothing shows up after that I tried to show all hidden files assuming they're hidden or something didn't work either.
so, should I back it up then format it do you think the files will show up after formatting???
what do you experts suggest? please I'd really appreciate any thought.