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Thread ID: 137368	2014-06-29 22:16:00	Hard drive recovered but not loading up	Ninjabear (2948)	Press F1

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1378161	2014-06-29 22:16:00	Hi I bought a new harddrive and formatted the harddrive as a company was able to recover my 2.5TB of data. So they did the recover asking me what Windows I'm using. I advised Windows 7. After recovering the harddrive my PC the drive didn't pop up like it usually does for any other harddrive. In Computer Management I saw to partitions and I right click and allocated the harddrive a letter but its asking me to format the harddrive. Did I do something wrong? If i formatted the harddrive and was able to access it before giving it for data recovery how come the harddrive says "unallocated" in computer management?	Ninjabear (2948)
1378162	2014-06-29 23:02:00	Hi Did I do something wrong? Yep. You posted a question in a way thats too hard to understand what you mean. ;) seriously though... Data recovery ?? why ?? was the hard drive faulty ? USB Hard drive or internal hard drive ? Is this a new drive that recovered data was copied onto ?	1101 (13337)
1378163	2014-06-29 23:05:00	Eh ?? :confused: :waughh: The way you wrote that its very confusing as if theres parts missing from the explanation. When a drive is showing up as unallocated that means its not formatted. Formatting for all intense purposes wipes the data thats on the drive. Is the drive thats showing unallocated, meant to be the drive the recovered data was recovered to ?	wainuitech (129)
1378164	2014-06-29 23:11:00	Eh ?? The way you wrote that its very confusing as if theres parts missing from the explanation. When a drive is showing up as unallocated that means its not formatted. Formatting for all intense purposes wipes the data thats on the drive. Is the drive thats showing unallocated, meant to be the drive the recovered data was recovered to ? - I went to a data recovery specialist in Auckland. The old harddrive was dying but they manage to pull the data out and onto their server. - I bought a new 3TB harddrive. I went home formatted the harddrive on Windows 7 and assigned a drive letter. Windows Explorer would pop up saying Drive Letter (P). - I took the harddrive in to their shop so they could copy my data to the new harddrive. - I went home using a USB 3.0 Docking Station and Windows 7 didn't react when I plugged it in. - From Computer Management I could see the harddrive having two partion saying "Unallocated". Is this normal? Before giving him the harddrive I was able to access the harddrive by formatting . Upon return of the harddrive I could only see "unallocated" on the harddrive.	Ninjabear (2948)
1378165	2014-06-29 23:17:00	Windows 7 I think needs USB 3 drivers to support USB 3. Did you install them? Are there any USB 3 drivers, on the mobo maker's site?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1378166	2014-06-29 23:22:00	Yes I have usb 3 drivers and the port is working fine on another harddrive. It's only this one which I've gotten back from the data recovery specialist that's currently having problems	Ninjabear (2948)
1378167	2014-06-29 23:27:00	What if you connect this hdd to a SATA port then?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1378168	2014-06-29 23:29:00	Windows 7 I think needs USB 3 drivers to support USB 3. Did you install them? Are there any USB 3 on the mobo maker's site? Sort of . Not really. A USB3 hard Drive will work In Win7 & WinXP regardless. Try connecting the drive directly to the pc/laptop, NOT via a docking station. If this is your recovered data, dont muck around if you still cant read the drive, take it back to the data recovery people & ask them to check it. DONT FORMAT IT . Take your laptop with you (if it is a laptop you are using) . Is the hard drive a USB Hard Drive ? Is it a branded USB hard drive or one assembled into a USB enclosure ?	1101 (13337)
1378169	2014-06-29 23:29:00	- I went to a data recovery specialist in Auckland. The old harddrive was dying but they manage to pull the data out and onto their server. - I bought a new 3TB harddrive. I went home formatted the harddrive on Windows 7 and assigned a drive letter. Windows Explorer would pop up saying Drive Letter (P). - I took the harddrive in to their shop so they could copy my data to the new harddrive. - I went home using a USB 3.0 Docking Station and Windows 7 didn't react when I plugged it in. - From Computer Management I could see the harddrive having two partion saying "Unallocated". Is this normal? Before giving him the harddrive I was able to access the harddrive by formatting . Upon return of the harddrive I could only see "unallocated" on the harddrive. That's better :D Highlighted: Its only "normal" if they partitioned it off like that. If you had access to the drive beforehand ( with no data on it) - First thought that comes to mind is they did a botch up job. This is only a guess as to what they did ---- They "May" have tried to clone the original partition over to the new drive, this would give the result of having two partitions ( with a section as unallocated), especially if the original drive was smaller than the new one. "IF" they did this it hasn't worked, and they didn't check to make sure it had. Personally I'd advise to take it back and get them to fix it. If its only a data recovery, the drive should have been formatted ( as you did) , and any data recovered put into folders or copied to the drive. You then plug it in and you should see all the recovered data to do with what you want. If the drive was visible before you took it in, it should be now.	wainuitech (129)
1378170	2014-06-29 23:41:00	Sort of . Not really. A USB3 hard Drive will work In Win7 & WinXP regardless. Try connecting the drive directly to the pc/laptop, NOT via a docking station. If this is your recovered data, dont muck around if you still cant read the drive, take it back to the data recovery people & ask them to check it. DONT FORMAT IT . Take your laptop with you (if it is a laptop you are using) . Is the hard drive a USB Hard Drive ? Is it a branded USB hard drive or one assembled into a USB enclosure ? Sata harddrive 3.5" no enclosure. I took them back but they advised it seems to be my fault.	Ninjabear (2948)
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