Problem with the hard drive

[ZEEEst]

Hello, I have encountered an unpleasant event. My external hard drive has stopped working. The disc is no longer readable . When I connect the disc to my computer, the system asks me to format it.

There are very important files on the disc.


Does anyone know how to help me?

 

[ZEEEst]

I did manage to solve this problem.

I came across this video tutorial.

Link

True, it cost me $97.95, but that's nothing compared to taking the disc to a technician. I risked losing my files forever. But I can't afford to pay a lot of money.
Let me tell you a little bit about how I did it.
I downloaded Hetman Partition Recovery Link, the program displayed my RAW drive, which used to be FAT, and started a full scan. It found most of my files and successfully recovered them. Yes, it couldn't recover all the files, but I was lucky: I recovered the most important ones .

And yes, make copies of important files (discs) for the future.

 

[pmonett]

Ah, backups.
You only learn the hard way.
I'm glad you got your important files back. Now you know how to avoid the problem in the future.
Let me suggest a simple thing : buy a rewritable DVD, and burn your important files on it regularly. If you have to buy an external RW DVD reader, do so. It's not all that expensive these days, and it saves you a massive headache.
Talking from experience, of course.

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