When viewing hard drive in computer management, It shows Disk 2 unknown. If I click on initial disk it gives me an option for MBR or GPT. After I select an option and click okay an error pops up. Screen shot below shows what option I have. Is there anyway to access the hard drive and save my files? It is a wd 1.5TB external hard drive. I am using a external USB kit to connect to the computer. Please see all screen shots below.
“data error cyclic redundancy check”
Why are you using an USB kit if this is a “1.5TB external” WD drive?
Initializing is not the best idea if you want to retrieve your data.
Try a data recovery software.
What data recovery software would you reccommend
I don’t have an specific suggestion on this.
You can try checking the list of companies on the following list:
http://support.wdc.com/recovery/index.asp?wdc_lang=en
Some of them offer applications for recovery.
Otherwise you can try searching on Google.
