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My external HD is blocked

Hi

i have a big problem there, my HD is locked and it’s not me.

it locked itself, i dont understand…

here : there is one light ON (the one which show the padlock)

I hope there is an issue to recover my files 

i don’t want to format

Cheers

By opening the drive you have voided the Warranty.

You can try  to contact a recovery company to retrieve the files if the drive is not accessible by the computer.

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