USB hard drive formatted by smart tv

[archangel.esi15]

Hi everybody , please help if u can !!!
my USB hard drive was connected to lg smart TV & i assume the TV reformatted it so i cant access my files (but its still in there) on PC & all options in disk management are grayed out...they say i should format my hard
which will ERASE all my data then i can access it & recover my data but i just need a way to save my data without formatting the drive PLEASE!! tell me there's a way to NOT FORMAT it
thanks!

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Your Smart TV already formatted your drive and thus erased everything. Due to copyrights Smart TVs always format any connected drive in their own proprietary format, that cannot be read by computers. Only way to access drive again on your computer is to reformat it on your computer again.

 

[DeadRam]

I would install data recovery software and se if it can recover anything. I like EaseUS Data Recovery and you can try it for free. https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/?ad&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-v6_773p1gIVR25-Ch0e8gk1EAAYAiAAEgLLC_D_BwE