Hey all,
I've come to the edge. I've spent all day trying to sort this problem, searching forum after forum, page after page and trying what feels like, application after application and I am sick to my teeth of it. So this is the last ditch attempt.
I have an external hard drive which I want to get data from. And this is what happened:
What I wish to know is, is there any way I can access/retrieve my data?
I've tried a few recovery programs but they're not liking the RAW file format. Either that or they're simply not working.
As I said, I've spent most of today, nearly 12 hours on this and I've got absolutely nowhere. I need some help.
Obviously can't use a floppy drive method etc but anything else I'm willing to try.
Thanks.
I've come to the edge. I've spent all day trying to sort this problem, searching forum after forum, page after page and trying what feels like, application after application and I am sick to my teeth of it. So this is the last ditch attempt.
I have an external hard drive which I want to get data from. And this is what happened:
- Plugged disk into my MacBook Pro with a SATA to USB connection
- Drive connected on OS X and I was browsing the files on the drive
- Went to copy the files over onto my new external and boom, it unmounts
- Try again, no luck, so decide to install Windows Vista
- Vista is detecting the drive and its partitions (2) in Computer Management
- In (My) 'Computer' I can access the drives (it's not asking me to format) but there are no files/folders.
- Additionally, the drive and its partitions are now in RAW file format, which I assume are a result of the unmounting in OS X.
What I wish to know is, is there any way I can access/retrieve my data?
I've tried a few recovery programs but they're not liking the RAW file format. Either that or they're simply not working.
As I said, I've spent most of today, nearly 12 hours on this and I've got absolutely nowhere. I need some help.

Obviously can't use a floppy drive method etc but anything else I'm willing to try.
Thanks.