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Last answer on Nov 16, 2009 5:40:52 am GMT Odd Job, on Jan 9, 2009 7:25:12 am GMT 
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Hello,
Pls help. I was using a faulty USB cable and now my external drive data isn't recognised. It also fell over, but I dont think there is any physical damage to the HD. The computer recognises it correctly but does not assign a drive. I've gone into computer management - Disk Management and the HD is found but no drive letter has been alllocated and the system is described as RAW. When I assign a drive letter to it the computer states that it requires formating to be used. Are there any programs that can sort out the file system. I think it should be a NTFS system not FAT32 please caan someone confirm if this is correct.

Thanks in advance =)

Configuration: Windows Vista
Internet Explorer 7.0

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narutolegend, on Jan 9, 2009 8:48:56 am GMT
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Hi,
you should format your drive to the NTFS format then it will be rocognised by your computer!

   
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Odd Job, on Jan 10, 2009 11:45:09 am GMT
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The problem is that I have over 300 GB of data most of which I really need. Do you know what the factory settings would be on an external system FAT32 or NTFS? Whats the best way to re-establish the file system so that i can retreave my data?

   
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 Techtiger4, on Nov 16, 2009 5:40:52 am GMT

Hi without making any further delay, try retreiving your data with help of Kernel for FAT & NTFS data recovery software. its demo version is free and will give you a fair idea.

http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/Windows-Data-Recovery-Software.html

   
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