corrupt hard drive

[zante2000]

I have an external hard drive which I use to back up my files. Today unfortunatly it went down. When i try to open it, i get a window up saying that it is corrupt and won,t open. The hard drive is still spinning so is not totally dead. Does anyone know of any software that will help me recover the data from drive. Thanks.

[Paulst30]

Because your drive is USB its hard to diagnose this fault in Windows, so if i were you, i'd open the drive casing (outer casing) as its only a normal hard drive in a fancy case, and physically connect it to your mother board (if your confident enough) that way you can do a disk check on the drive to repair any bad sectors. Bearing in mind to set the drive to Slave before you connect it up.

Now seeing i got you on the answered list i'm sure the replies will flood in for a more easy answer :)

[jamesbird]

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[teddyrich]

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[Abrienne]

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