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robert99 · 04-07-2009, 13:39

Can you try USB hard drive in a friend's PC?
If Windows can't read it then software cannot recover data.
You can run a Linux live CD that loads its OS into memory.
That can connect to your USB HD and transfer files.
Could take out USB HD from caddy and mount in PC and see if that reads.

04-07-2009, 13:39	#2 (permalink)
robert99 Seasoned Punter Join Date: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 338	Re: External Hard Drive Advice II (drive corrupted - can I rescue data?) Can you try USB hard drive in a friend's PC? If Windows can't read it then software cannot recover data. You can run a Linux live CD that loads its OS into memory. That can connect to your USB HD and transfer files. Could take out USB HD from caddy and mount in PC and see if that reads.