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Btw does anybody know of a reliable recovery service in INDIA.

ok thanx .Will get the help of a recovery service.

If that is the only way to recover my data then I have to ship it for recovery. But my concern is whether they will be able to recover the data or not because it is quite expensive. If I try reformatting the drive is there a chance I could recover the lost data

thanx for the quick reply. But I dont have an alternate one running with Windows 7. Although I did try plugging the drive in another laptop running on Windows 10 and came up with the same problem. I tried changing the USB wire connection too. Is there any other way I could resolve this issue thanx amu

hi, I'm new here. I was googling around for help when I came across this forum.Not sure if this is the right thread to post my problem. I have a 500 GB USB 3.0 Seagate external hard disk drive where I have stored my photos (travelogues). I have no other backup. While using it I think I had removed the drive without ejecting it properly. Also I had upgraded my laptop from windows 7 to windows 10. When I tried using my drive it says F: inaccessible and needs to be formatted. I googled and checked almost all recovery softwares I could catch hold of to scan my drive but after scanning almost all softwares cameup with zero bytes data - 0 files found. Certain software are not even able to sense the F: I checked Segate site for help and downloaded the trial version of their diagnostic which after running said that it should be checked in-house lab All the software I downloaded were the trial versions which I was ready to buy if after scanning they are able to say data is there on the hard drive. the softwares I downloaded were these Remo Recover, iCare Data Recovery Pro, EaseUS Data Recovery wizard, ZAR X, Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Professional , ParetoLogic's Data Recovery Pro I even bought PC Scan & Repair by Reimage in the hope that registry cleaning might help. Till now I have not been able to recover a single photo or access the hard disk (BTW I did try chkdsk and it said the drive is RAW format) . I want to try out all possible options before I go on to format the drive(which will have to be the last resort) . Is there a way I can recover this locked up data. Thanx Amu