How to recover data from External Hardisk which due to interrupted scan & fix?

[bilal_282]

I have a Segate FreeAgent Drive. I had it for 3 years, It was running fine. Once i tried to Scan & Fix, Since it was a long taking a long time, i Unplugged and plugged it again. Since then my hardisk Doesnt open, and it shows my drive is inaccesible? Please provide any suggestions?

 

[atljsf]

i would do that too

after that, if it doesn't work, then a file recovery tool like photorec can save lots of files, but it depends on the type of problem, the partition or the hard disk itsel, hopefully is the partition that the step mentioned previously by Tesetilaro will fix the problem

it will take some hours, be patient

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there bilal_282,

That is really unpleasant. 🙁

How does the HDD appear under Disk Management?

Basically, I would agree with atljsf. You can see if some data recovery tool would be able to access the drive, so you can back up the data stored on it.
Once your data is safe, you can test the drive, as Tesetilaro suggested. You can either run a brand specific testing tool, or test it with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Look for pending/reallocated/uncorrectable sectors in the SMART report.

Keep in mind that this disk check function, sometimes, could result in data loss when there's something wrong with the drive.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[DR_Luke]

The above advice is only recommended if you have secured a full sector-by-sector backup of your drive. If the steps above work, you are good to go, but if they make things worse, you cannot undo the extra damage caused by chkdsk.

Personally, I'd get a full clone of the drive and set the original aside. With the clone connected to a system, I'd run a quick scan of the drive with R-Studio and confirm that I can recover all my files and folders. You can do the scan with the free demo and need only pay for the software if you want to save the files out. Be sure to always save the files out to another drive and never write back to the drive from which you are trying to recover.