Drive hard not in my computer but device and computer management Manager

Hi all... I have some extremely important irreplaceable files on my second hard drive. Today, I bought an external to save them, and when I turned on my computer, I was unable to get the disk. The drive is listed as "RAW".

Then I tried to start to recover files of any programs online, they just finally estimate a 35 hour and counting wait and then my computer crashed. So I restarted and now the drive is unrecognizable in "My Computer" but it is listed in the device (such as a storage device) Manager

I tried 2 diff computers and also 2 different external case with the same result.

For any help or suggestion is very appreciated!

Thank you!

Derek

Hello DMoneyPros,

  • What is the status of the hard disk in disk management?
  • Your external hard drive appears as a raw management disk or hard drive Partition?

If the disk hard not not display in Windows Explorer appears in disk management, this means that the hard disk is raw and is not formatted?

You should try to assign the drive letter of the hard disk in the disk management and check if it appears in Windows Explorer:

Change the drive letter:

1. open computer management by clicking the Start button, click on the Control Panel, clicking system and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-click computer management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2. in the Navigation pane, click Disk Management.

3. right click on the partition or drive that you want to change and then click on change drive letter and paths.

4. to change a drive letter, click on edit, click on assign the following drive letter, click the letter you want to use and then click OK.

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