Yes, formatting will erase everything on the Seagate external hard drive, so you had better not format it before you can get back the files you need. In order to recover data from an inaccessible drive, you need to rely on data recovery software. You can use iCare Data Recovery because I have used it before. It helped me recover a lot of files and it is a freeware.I have a Seagate hard disk drive which has been divided into 2 sections (C drive, D drive) on my PC. Now, the D drive is inaccessible and it says the drive is not formatted. Should I format it? But will I lose everything on the drive after formatting?
To recover data from Seagate hard drive after getting not formatted error, you have to use Remo Recover. This tool offers satisfactory outcome in data recovery after getting this error message easily.I have a Seagate hard disk drive which has been divided into 2 sections (C drive, D drive) on my PC. Now, the D drive is inaccessible and it says the drive is not formatted. Should I format it? But will I lose everything on the drive after formatting?
@bassfisher: I must admit, I'm not sure how professional my point of view is. I've had problems with this issue = drive letter D must be assigned to CD / DVD, because the function of certain CDs / DVDs won't work otherwise. However, this may be old info and experience, not relevant in Windows 7+. If I remember correctly, I couldn't get Morrowind to play unless in D, to give one example.
As you most probably know, my intention is not to misinform, nor to make life harder, heh. Thanks for your reply, friends do give constructive criticism!
That would be very crucial, although I must admit I'm quite lazy with it. Unless one's system is protected, it may only take one lightning, and it's dead and gone. No need to get truly paranoid, though.NO matter what happens again, never forget to make data backups on different devices.
you can try data recovery softwareI have a Seagate hard disk drive which has been divided into 2 sections (C drive, D drive) on my PC. Now, the D drive is inaccessible and it says the drive is not formatted. Should I format it? But will I lose everything on the drive after formatting?
I have a Seagate hard disk drive which has been divided into 2 sections (C drive, D drive) on my PC. Now, the D drive is inaccessible and it says the drive is not formatted. Should I format it? But will I lose everything on the drive after formatting?