Windows 10: External disk recovery

My drobo was acting up recently so I tried plugging in all the drives into my PC SATA to usb but windows explorer would not detect it. When I look into disk manager it shows that the drobo is all unallocated space, creating a portion would remove all data but choosing to not format would change it into RAW have not done that yet I tried recovery software but they all require some form of payment which I am not willing to pay.So I I need is a free way to get the data off those drives without paying or formatingThanks in advance

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External Hard disk contents are not visible.

Hi Pranoti,

For us to narrow down your concern with your external hard disk, we would like to know the following:

• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue (e.g., updates, software installation)?
• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Do you hear any clicking sound when connecting your hard disk?

In the meantime, we suggest that you update all your device driver.

We look forward to your response.

 

Recovery Disks

Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

In order to create a recovery disk, follow the steps below:

• Type “Recovery” in search box and press Enter.
• Select the option to create a recovery disc and follow the prompts to create a recovery disc.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Can't find External Hard disk?

Hi,

Thank you for coming back to us.

To assist you better, please provide us more information

• 
  Did you tried all the methods from my previous response?
  
• 
  What is the make and model of the external disk?
  
• 
  Does the external device is detecting on Disk management?
  

The issue you are facing could be due to external disk driver is being outdated. You can also try below steps to update the external disk driver and check.

• 
  Press Windows key + X and select
  Device manager.
  
• 
  Click on Universal Serial Bus to expand it, right click on the
  device and Update it.
  

Hope this helps. Keep posting us with the status we will be glad to help you.