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andsteele
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_ 		9. January 2008 @ 15:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Help me please! I have a 320gb Seagate external hard drive. Of of a sudden, when I go to access it in my computer it tells me the drive isn't formatted and asks if I want to format it. How can I retrieve my data? I have things I need on it. This once happened to my stick drive.
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_ 		9. January 2008 @ 17:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by andsteele:
 Help me please! I have a 320gb Seagate external hard drive. Of of a sudden, when I go to access it in my computer it tells me the drive isn't formatted and asks if I want to format it. How can I retrieve my data? I have things I need on it. This once happened to my stick drive.
That can happen if the external is "removed" from the computer, improperly.

I don't know if it is possible to retrieve your data, even if you can remove it from the case, and install it internally in your computer.
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_ 		9. January 2008 @ 19:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will need to use some data recovery software as the file system has become corrupted.
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