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<blockquote data-quote="quadna71" data-source="post: 1392901" data-attributes="member: 247610"><p><strong>Similar Issue</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm having a "similar" issue with my WD 500Gb external drive. I used it for a back-up to iPhoto for about 6 months and all was well. Then, while in the process of returning my Macbook to it's original state I ended up with the only copy of my photos on the external hard drive. Then, yeah I know, after I had restored the Macbook I hadn't finished transferring the iPhoto library back to the Macbook's HDD when my Mother stopped in to visit from the other side of the country. While I was at work that day she decided to try to check her email on my computer and somehow jacked my external hard drive. Not sure how she did it since I wasn't home, but all she could tell me was that my "PC" looked a lot different than hers and she kept hitting buttons until my wife caught her and took the mouse away!</p><p></p><p>Anyways, here I am with my iPhoto library possibly lost forever on this external hard drive. When I plug it into my Macbook it tells me that the drive is unreadable and asks me if I'd like to format, ignore, or cancel. Nothing else. I know that when it's plugged in the info on the drives says that all that data is still on there (only 410 of 500Gb remaining - yes, it was a large photo library) but I can't seem to access it. </p><p></p><p>I'm afraid that they are lost forever and don't have the necessary skill set to try and recover them. Is there a program that I can use to try to recover the photos? I'm not concerned about the actual library file so long as I can grab the photos themselves and insert them into a new library.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any guidance or direction you can send my way - love my Macbook but not when my "PC" Mother gets a hold of it!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadna71, post: 1392901, member: 247610"] [b]Similar Issue[/b] I'm having a "similar" issue with my WD 500Gb external drive. I used it for a back-up to iPhoto for about 6 months and all was well. Then, while in the process of returning my Macbook to it's original state I ended up with the only copy of my photos on the external hard drive. Then, yeah I know, after I had restored the Macbook I hadn't finished transferring the iPhoto library back to the Macbook's HDD when my Mother stopped in to visit from the other side of the country. While I was at work that day she decided to try to check her email on my computer and somehow jacked my external hard drive. Not sure how she did it since I wasn't home, but all she could tell me was that my "PC" looked a lot different than hers and she kept hitting buttons until my wife caught her and took the mouse away! Anyways, here I am with my iPhoto library possibly lost forever on this external hard drive. When I plug it into my Macbook it tells me that the drive is unreadable and asks me if I'd like to format, ignore, or cancel. Nothing else. I know that when it's plugged in the info on the drives says that all that data is still on there (only 410 of 500Gb remaining - yes, it was a large photo library) but I can't seem to access it. I'm afraid that they are lost forever and don't have the necessary skill set to try and recover them. Is there a program that I can use to try to recover the photos? I'm not concerned about the actual library file so long as I can grab the photos themselves and insert them into a new library. Thanks for any guidance or direction you can send my way - love my Macbook but not when my "PC" Mother gets a hold of it!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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