SEAGATE drive not opening

[Arko Joardar]

hey guyz i have a seagate hard drive 1TB , my problem is that it is getting recognised by the computer but it is not opening ,i dont want to format it because it has very usefull and important files can you pls help me out.. my model is ST3160215AS .

 

[i7Baby]

I gather its old. I gather you haven't backed up data.

You can check it with Seatools.

You can try to recover files with MiniTools.

You can pay $200 to $2000 to a data recovery specialist.