I seem to have created a problem w/ my Western Digital SATA internal 500 GB drive. While working on another problem w/ my older(2006) Sony Vaio desktop w/ Win XP, I had read that SATA internal drives are hot swappable. While the computer was on, I connected the SATA cabling, to add it to the list of drives, in order check something. When I did that, the computer shut down immediately & rebooted.
When it started up again, I tried to access the drive via Windows Explorer but I got a message that the drive was inaccessible & files got corrupted. I need this drive to access work CAD files.
Is the HDD damaged permanently & the information on it lost or is there a way to salvage this drive?
When it started up again, I tried to access the drive via Windows Explorer but I got a message that the drive was inaccessible & files got corrupted. I need this drive to access work CAD files.
Is the HDD damaged permanently & the information on it lost or is there a way to salvage this drive?