can someone please help???
My HD is not being picked up by my laptop…
i have gone into “Disk Management” and is showing up as: Disk1 | Unknown | not initialised
I have checked device manager and it is saying USB external storage device is healthy
When i plug it in to my laptop it makes a clicking noise for a minute or so and then quiet! lights flashing as soon as i connect!
I have some VERY important data on their that i need
any help will be most appreciated!
Joe_S
November 7, 2012, 3:56pm
2
It sounds like something is corrupt. Try burning a Linux Live CD and booting from that it may allow access to the disk. Or try recovery software like TestDisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk or Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Joe
TestDisk not recognise the external drive! so cant test anything??
how do u burn a linux disk?
im a complete novice…
thanks
Joe_S
November 8, 2012, 4:00pm
5
Find a Linuk Live app like Knopix http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html download the ISO and burn it to a disk.
Joe
I had a similar problem and couldnt see the files using linux ubuntu. Finally I was able to recover the files using Active @ Partition Recovery. On http://www.partition-recovery.com/ they have a freeware version to check whether you can actually see your files. If you can, you can purchase the full software to recover them.
Good luck
momoosa
November 10, 2012, 2:36pm
7
Joe,
I ahve downloaded Knopix and burnt it to CD…
rebooted my laptop with the cd in
and then what do i need to do???
Joe_S
November 10, 2012, 3:57pm
8
Explore and see if you can find the drive and data.
Joe