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by Eddy
03 Aug 2014, 18:50
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Unsure how to proceed
Replies: 0
Views: 1097

Unsure how to proceed

Hey,

I have a HD removed from a laptop that has a motherboard problem.
When I connect it to another computer via SATA to USB, Windows is prompting to Format the drive.
I tried a chkdsk but the file type is RAW.

TestDisk sees the Disk, and sees the partition (SS1.png attached)

If I select the Disk ...
by Eddy
03 Aug 2014, 18:23
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: HD prompts to Format Drive
Replies: 0
Views: 1468

HD prompts to Format Drive

Hi,

My laptop no longer turns on (motherboard). I extracted the 500GB WD hard drive from the laptop and connected it to another computer via SATA to USB but it comes up with a message to Format the disk. All I really need to do it extract all the data, ideally keeping the folder structure.

I tried ...