All my computers are telling me that I need to format this drive but I have very valuable documents and files in here. What can I do? I lost the installation CD do you guys have that? I cant look in it to transfer the files to a new hard drive :( thank you for your support
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Ouch. This is probably going to sting a bit. If the drive is not recognizable by all the computers you have connected it to - it is probably not going to allow you to retrieve any target="_blank">software that may get the >download page.
If that target="_blank">having the data retrieved by a company that does this work professionally. This will probably have the most successful outcome, but will come with the highest cost as well. Many companies offer free evaluations for this service.
I hope this helps and good luck. Please rate my reply - thanks.
Click start control panel administrive tools computer management disc management right click on the drive select properties tools check now tick in both boxes to scan for and attempt to repair/recover any bad sectors and automaticall fix any corrupt files or tick in one box wait until it has finished then return and tick in the other box do not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage your hard drive hope this helps
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Ouch. This is probably going to sting a bit. If the drive is not recognizable by all the computers you have connected it to - it is probably not going to allow you to retrieve any target="_blank">software that may get the >download page.
If that target="_blank">having the data retrieved by a company that does this work professionally. This will probably have the most successful outcome, but will come with the highest cost as well. Many companies offer free evaluations for this service.
I hope this helps and good luck. Please rate my reply - thanks.
Click start control panel administrive tools computer management disc management right click on the drive select properties tools check now tick in both boxes to scan for and attempt to repair/recover any bad sectors and automaticall fix any corrupt files
or tick in one box wait until it has finished then return and tick in the other box
do not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage your hard drive
hope this helps