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WD 1TB Portable HDD Fail, Help Recover Data

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I have i 1TB WD Essential Portable HDD, but i think it has crashed, i have lots of data in it. The drive was working then i unplugged it using the safe remove process, a few min's later i reconnected it but it's since been prompting me to format it, i haven't formatted it, can some one please help how to get it working or just how i can get my data, help please.....

Any help is welcome on how to get my data

Windows indicates that it is Unallocated space???????,,,,,......
 
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have you tried plugging it in another PC? :)
 
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Anyway, a few minutes after posted this thread, i tried out Get Data Back NTFS/FAT, and it worked. since i had not formatted the hard disk, it only took like 10sec to check the drive and agot everything back the way they were.

Anyway thanks to everyone
 
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