Lost my external hd 1tb files?!

[Steffan_3]

I have a samsung m3 External HD i keep lots of stuff on.
About an hour ago i save a usb file version of " ram test or memtest85 or whatever its called) to my G: drive ( the samsung)
now when i plug it in its called F: drive and says it only has like 48mb of space???

Can i rectify this? are my files still on there? if so i just lost years of stuff.

- Had a 1tb HD was under G:
- saved memtest85 to it so i can check my rams all good ( think i used a usb mount exe or whatever)
- now its showing up as F: ( with a disc logo ( only files in there are memtest85)
im screwed right>?

 

[bjornl]

Cheapest thing to try is to connect the HD internally and see if it is readable there
OR get a new external box and put your disk in that.
It might be a bad controller in the HD enclosure. I've lost several of these and most of the time the disk is ok.

 

[Steffan_3]

Cheapest thing to try is to connect the HD internally and see if it is readable there
OR get a new external box and put your disk in that.
It might be a bad controller in the HD enclosure. I've lost several of these and most of the time the disk is ok.

im guessing a system restore wouldnt do anything because its not my C drive?

and i checked recuvra nothing appears

 

[bjornl]

Cheapest thing to try is to connect the HD internally and see if it is readable there
OR get a new external box and put your disk in that.
It might be a bad controller in the HD enclosure. I've lost several of these and most of the time the disk is ok.

im guessing a system restore wouldnt do anything because its not my C drive?

and i checked recuvra nothing appears

No a system restore will do nothing.
Recuva can't see any data because the controller is blown. The question is, is it the one on your HD or the one in your external box. The one on in the box is more fragile and it is worth testing since it costs little to nothing to test it and there is no risk.
If the test I suggested does not work, the only option is data-recovery. Expect a bill of several hundred for this (perhaps as much a 1500 for a simple single drive)

 

[Steffan_3]

Cheapest thing to try is to connect the HD internally and see if it is readable there
OR get a new external box and put your disk in that.
It might be a bad controller in the HD enclosure. I've lost several of these and most of the time the disk is ok.

im guessing a system restore wouldnt do anything because its not my C drive?

and i checked recuvra nothing appears

No a system restore will do nothing.
Recuva can't see any data because the controller is blown. The question is, is it the one on your HD or the one in your external box. The one on in the box is more fragile and it is worth testing since it costs little to nothing to test it and there is no risk.
If the test I suggested does not work, the only option is data-recovery. Expect a bill of several hundred for this (perhaps as much a 1500 for a simple single drive)

Its a samsung m3 portable connected via usb?

 

[Steffan_3]

https://image.prntscr.com/image/1k-zoGpxRQCFz2e0kIqvDg.png

its saying disk 2

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/363524643300048897/372510590754881536/Screenshot_1.png

 

[bjornl]

If it is disk #2 and it only lost its partition information then the data should be recoverable by any number of tools. Your disk might not be in good shape since losing partition information is not a good sign. Buy a new HD immediately so you have someplace to recover the data to.

I would use this tool:
https://www.easeus.com/partition-recovery/index.htm

But ONLY after you have a new disk. I would unplug the damaged one right now so nothing else goes wrong with it.

 

[mjslakeridge]

I think by installing Memtest86 on the drive, it made it a bootable drive rather than a data drive. I think Memtest86 should be installed to an empty USB flash drive (I use a cd/DVD). Your data should still be there. Try the tool Bjorn suggested.