Windows 10: External HDD not Initializing, Not in "This PC", Need Recovery!

Last night I was copying files from External HDD over to my computer. It was a very long process and in my sleepy state I put my computer to sleep during the copying.

When I logged back in the following morning the copy process appeared paused but when I went to restart the external HDD could not be found

I have disconnected and reconnected the HDD into several USB ports without any luck.

I have tried to search for forums but my problems seems to veer off from the track of others. Will try to post as many pics as I can.

Please let me know if further information is required!


PLEASE HELP. IN THAT STATE OF PANIC
lost all my files while trying to back up and omg SSD please get cheaper these thing ALWAYS BREAK!










*Reposting in general support

















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" Nokia Simple " theme - where it this theme?

hi,

Some days ago on page
http://ea.mobile.nokia.com/content/spin/ea/6120c/en/theme/index.xhtml or in phone (nokia 6120c) themes/general/download themes/ was very cool theme (light cream white, black fonts) " Nokia Simple ", now its dissapear from this site. Where i can get it?
or maybe somebody has it and could send to me.

thx

 

" Nokia Simple " theme - where it this theme?

Try http://www.softwaremarket.nokia.com or the nearest NCP, they'll install this for you on the phone.

 

Trying everything I'm finding and just keep hitting dead ends or I reach a point I don't understand.














Does putting a PC to sleep really kill any HDD that is copying to it? How can one button corrupt so much data....why isn't there any safety in place??

 

I can only commiserate with you as I find the use of Sleep and Hibernate and sudden power interruptions to be highly problematic when doing file management, things happen too quickly to stop/interrupt which can indeed cause data corruption. Have seen where External USB HDDs got changed to the RAW format which can be difficult to recover from. I usually turn Sleep and Hibernation off and use battery backups [UPS] when doing critical work to prevent issues as much as possible.

 

MiniTool Recovery Pro is a great program and I highly recommend it.
Looks like it's on special right now...
MiniTool Power Data Recovery Personal Edition Recovery Software
Sorry this happened to you.

 

Thank you so much for your response Berton! Any help is greatly appreciated at this stage.

So when I hit the sleep button it was like putting a gun to my HDD and pulling the trigger....sad
I do wish Windows might have stopped this task or at least interrupted the copying safety. It hit the sleep button most nights and was going so bed not thinking properly.

RAW format is new information for me! And deeper into the rabbit whole I shall go

 

Thank you SimRick! Would this tool be at all similar to this?


I am realizing that this free tool is not recognizing the HDD.
Does the software your recommending have a greater chance of seeing my HDD

or is it simply not being seen by other recovery software because of some prerequisite or corruption?

 

Hi, Post a full screenshot of Windows Disk Management with only your faulty external drive plugged in, following the guidelines here Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

 

Jumanji to the rescue! *Thumbs
He is the guru of data recovery.

 

OK! so I plugged the HDD into a new computer (surface pro) and it did recognize the device. I was able to pull up the files and see them.

Problem solved right?....WRONG!


Moments (approx 2-5min) later an error came up saying:
"The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it"

Also my desktop wallpaper messed up...not sure how that's connected

So it worked for a little while but then just stopped working. Maybe when it got to a corrupted file?

I can't seem to find it in disk management on the surface pro either.


Will keep updating

 

Jumanji!!!!!
Thank the heavens. I have been actually trying to follow your help on other forums. But my problem hasn't been quite the same.



This is looking like its trying to read it.




trying to get the picture your asking for jumanji but its still just showing this

 

Connect it to your other Windows 10 PC . Can you get it to show in it - Windows Disk Management?

If not, then we will try using a Live Linux . Have you read my posts on using Live Linux?

 

OK, It is almost bedtime for me. So I shall leave the instructions and go to sleep. Follow my post #8 here https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...ml#post2936753 That in turn take you to my thread https://www.sevenforums.com/software...-computer.html on how to use Lucid Puppy.

I shall return after another 10 hours.

 

Ok so after some very long loading times and a few (not responding)'s everything seems to be working.

My only worry is the error that I got when plugged into the surface pro. It has been 10-15 minutes now without one.

The only action I've made was changing the Read Only settings from my 2nd post.
Besides going from the surface pro and back plus the 5-6 tries I'm not sure what fixed it.

Still a little skeptical but I just cannot thank anyone enough for taking their time to try and help.


A special thanks to:
Jumanji
Berton
SimRick
*let me know if I can support back in anyway