Hello,
I recently found out that my computer cannot see my 3T Seagate expansion drive which contains all of my family's pictures and videos. A friend suggested to open the enclosure and retrieve the internal hard drive inside and use it as an internal hard drive as often the problem with external hard drives are just the enclosure. So I manage to open the box and get the internal hard drive inside. Assuming that the drive is still working, I have read that it will require GPT formatting to enable the 3Tb capacity of the drive. My problem is I have data to be recovered on the drive and cannot format the drive. Will I be able to see the full 3Tb if I install the drive in my computer without formatting and recover the data? My concern right now is my computer might not be able to see the full 3Tb data and lost my family's precious memory.
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. My computer is Dell Dimension 8200 (a bit old) running Windows Vista 32-bit.
I recently found out that my computer cannot see my 3T Seagate expansion drive which contains all of my family's pictures and videos. A friend suggested to open the enclosure and retrieve the internal hard drive inside and use it as an internal hard drive as often the problem with external hard drives are just the enclosure. So I manage to open the box and get the internal hard drive inside. Assuming that the drive is still working, I have read that it will require GPT formatting to enable the 3Tb capacity of the drive. My problem is I have data to be recovered on the drive and cannot format the drive. Will I be able to see the full 3Tb if I install the drive in my computer without formatting and recover the data? My concern right now is my computer might not be able to see the full 3Tb data and lost my family's precious memory.
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. My computer is Dell Dimension 8200 (a bit old) running Windows Vista 32-bit.