External Harddrive Problem

[LooeyUK]

Right, ive got a 120GB Western Digital External Hard Drive.

I had about 60GB on there. Everything was fine until I formated my laptop. I plugged it back it and all I got was a "Windows" dir.

I also just plugged it into abother pc where it was working fine before and i get the same.

Does anyone know why this is?

Please dont say its had it, ive had it for about a month. Its got about 70 albums on there

[Tricky]

Are you sure that your "70 Albums" were on that drive and not your laptop. I assume your running Windows and not unix/linux

[swoop101]

If you can, try THIS to see what is left on the HDD.

[LooeyUK]

Originally Posted by Tricky

Are you sure that your "70 Albums" were on that drive and not your laptop. I assume your running Windows and not unix/linux

Yes, my albums was on the external hard drive. Not my laptop.

Had a look through the hard drive manual and it says that its shipped as FAT32. I didnt alter this, i juts plugged it in as usual.

Then, just after i format my laptop and then plug the external back in it wont show any of my files. Just a "Windows" dir.

I right click it and it says the hard drive is NTFS?! I didnt even touch the hard drive so why has it gone to NTFS?!

Help!

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by LooeyB

Yes, my albums was on the external hard drive. Not my laptop.

Had a look through the hard drive manual and it says that its shipped as FAT32. I didnt alter this, i juts plugged it in as usual.

Then, just after i format my laptop and then plug the external back in it wont show any of my files. Just a "Windows" dir.

I right click it and it says the hard drive is NTFS?! I didnt even touch the hard drive so why has it gone to NTFS?!

Help!

Did you reinstall windows XP when you;d formated your laptop, if so have you formated the wrong drive in the setup program?

If so you may still be able to get it back with a unformat utility

[LooeyUK]

Originally Posted by dellwear

Did you reinstall windows XP when you;d formated your laptop, if so have you formated the wrong drive in the setup program?

If so you may still be able to get it back with a unformat utility

OMG, please dont say I did that! I probably did!!!

Where can I get a unformat utility?

[swoop101]

Originally Posted by LooeyB

OMG, please dont say I did that! I probably did!!!

Where can I get a unformat utility?

Try the program I linked to before.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by swoop101

Try the program I linked to before.

If that doesn't work try this freeware prog.

[Steve H]

Sounds like you have re-formatted it mate

Windows XP prefer's NTFS, thus will partition it this way..