I cannot access my Toshiba External HDD. When I use chkdsk, It complains "Unable to determine volume version and state, chkdsk aborted". I cannot think of any other way to restore it. I don't have access to buy recovery software so, freeware is preferrable.
Thanks all
Stefano Mtangoo 455 Senior Poster
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Jump to PostI cannot think of any other way to restore it.
hi,chkdsk does not restore it ,it will just scan and fix/repair errors on the disk! SOMETIMES
Jump to PostSounds like you have a corrupted partition table was the drive partitioned?
if this the case the drives need to be formated to be used again but you should be able to recover you data try with these
R-studio (never used it but it worked for somone else)
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Jump to PostHi,
1- connect the external HD to other PC and check again , if you can't access the HD then
2- connect the external HD to other OS like Linux, if you can't access the HD then
3- if you hear sound like a noise inside the HD then …
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