External Hard Disk Error : You need to format the disk before you can use it.

Hi,

my external hard drive becomes RAW in Disk Management and I can not access my files, I need the files back. Windows shows "You need to format the disk before you can use it". when I right click and open it, there is nothing in it.

What can I do? help me please.

thanks.

 

Hi,

Not sure if this will work for you but you can try these steps to use pc inspector to see if you can recover your data :

http://www.ehow.com/how_4474341_recover-data-external-hard-drive.html