rahulr
August 1, 2011, 6:18pm
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When I plug in my 1tb WD HDD, it shows the following message…
“You need to format this disk before you can use it” and options “Format disk” and “Cancel”…
I need to back up my data before I format… how can we do that… is this a common issue with WD HDDs ???
Hi
I don’t like to tell bad news but when you have that message windows will not allow you to use the drive unless you format it.
Something I can recommend to try ( but I don’t guarantee it ) is to download TestDisk to see if the drive has bad sectors or data corruption.-
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rahulr
August 2, 2011, 12:45am
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thanks a lot… I did that check disk and that was showing no errors after all… so there is no other way by which i can recover the data ???
There are some free data recovery softwares online, I would recommend to search for information and see which one would be better for you. I don’t recommend a specific one because I haven’t had to do that so far.-
alwe8
August 2, 2011, 3:28am
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You might try the DISKDRILL.app
It worked for me in recovering files from the external 1TB WD Drive