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<blockquote data-quote="sooty1892" data-source="post: 1515908" data-attributes="member: 262958"><p>Hi</p><p>I recently dropped my external 3TB USB3 Seagate hard drive on the floor. Now when I plug it into my MacBook Pro it does not mount and I can't see it in Finder. The disk is formatted to Mac OS Extended Journaled. However, I can see the disk in Disk Utility.</p><p></p><p>Clicking 'Verify Disk' shows: Error: This disk needs to be repaired</p><p>Clicking 'Repair Disk' shows: Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.</p><p></p><p>I can format the hard drive though, indicating to me that hard drive is still working, but something data for reading the disk is missing (although I'm not an expert).</p><p></p><p>Basically I was wondering if there is any way to get all the data off the hard drive so I could format it so it works properly again? I thought of using recovery programs but I don't think the files are actually deleted and also I would really like to keep the folder organisation and file names (which recovery programs do not).</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sooty1892, post: 1515908, member: 262958"] Hi I recently dropped my external 3TB USB3 Seagate hard drive on the floor. Now when I plug it into my MacBook Pro it does not mount and I can't see it in Finder. The disk is formatted to Mac OS Extended Journaled. However, I can see the disk in Disk Utility. Clicking 'Verify Disk' shows: Error: This disk needs to be repaired Clicking 'Repair Disk' shows: Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files. I can format the hard drive though, indicating to me that hard drive is still working, but something data for reading the disk is missing (although I'm not an expert). Basically I was wondering if there is any way to get all the data off the hard drive so I could format it so it works properly again? I thought of using recovery programs but I don't think the files are actually deleted and also I would really like to keep the folder organisation and file names (which recovery programs do not). Thanks in advance [/QUOTE]
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