Can't open my external hard disk, it's saying to Format it.

Anonymous
2013-01-02T06:16:46+00:00

Original title: Cant open my external hard disk

I cant open my external hard drive. It says I have to format it. In computer it just show Local Disk K but there is no storage reading.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-16T04:17:51+00:00

    HEY FRIEND CAN YOU HELP ME OUT TOO. I HAVE THE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM AS YOU HAVE. CAN YOU MAIL ME THE SOLUTION IN MY EMAIL ID ******@gmail.com.

    WITH REGARDS THANK YOU

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-13T17:06:51+00:00

    First - try it in multiple ports on said computer...

    Second - try it in multiple computers - best bet is computers with various operating systems...

    Remember - the point here is NOT to make the USB key WORK in a given computer at this point, but to get the data off of it FIRST.

    What was said USB stick formatted with?  (What operating system was used to format it, what file system was used on it?)

    You can get that message from a stick that has been formatted to a file system not natively accessible to Windows as well as with a USB stick that has gotten corrupted/worn out.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-13T16:52:35+00:00

    when i try to open my portable drive it shows : " You need to format the disk in drive K: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?"

    but i need all data inside that portable drive . what should i do ? 

    could u help me ??

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-13T16:43:47+00:00

    This is a public peer-to-peer web forum.  Please keep the discussions in the public viewable area.

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