Windows 10: windows 10 formatted my 3tb hard drive with new update

sorry this is my first post here so im not too sure how your suppose to say what i mean so im just gonna say it. last night my computer needed an update so when i shut it down it asked me to update and shut down and today when i turned it back on windows stopped working so eventually i reinstalled windows on my ssd with no other hard drives plugged in and went from there i was a bit pissed that i lost all my stuff on my ssd but when i plugged my other hard drives in my 3tb hard drive didn't have a partition so i looked up online if giving my hdd a partition would format it and google said no it wouldn't so i gave it a partition and now all my data is gone im trying to recover it now with a program but does anyone have any ideas on other steps to take to fix it

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Based on the information you've provided, it appears that your 3TB Seagate hard drive is designed to work as an external hard drive, that's why you are being asked to format it when connected and used as an internal.

For best advice on accessing and keeping the data on the hard drive without formatting, we suggest that you get in touch with the manufacturer.

Should you have other Windows concern, feel free to contact us.

Regards.