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

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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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Anonymous

2013-06-27T09:30:54+00:00

please send me your e-amil adress , since i had same problem with WD-diks

had to preform chdks /f X: everytime in Dosbox

thanks in advance
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Anonymous

2013-07-03T09:52:50+00:00

I had the same problem. so pls share a solution on mail ID ******@gmail.com
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Anonymous

2013-07-10T16:30:49+00:00

Hi,

Considering the age of the thread and to avoid confusion, if the troubleshooting steps in this thread did not resolve your issue I would recommend creating a new thread so that the community can focus on that thread. Refer to the following link prior to posting a question so that you may provide all the relevant information, for us to help you:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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Anonymous

2013-07-11T11:43:33+00:00

hi nav,

evn i got the same error on my external harddisk. can u pls help me with it.

ur email id is removed for privacy. i need my data to be safe.

Pls get bck to me or mail me at ******@gmail.com
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Anonymous

2013-08-23T19:54:19+00:00

i had the same problem too , please help me , my email address esraa_******@hotmail.com

i have very important data in my hard drive
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