Recuva cant read my formatted data hard drive :(

[frankjb]

Help appreciated here...

I accidentally formatted my main data hard drive yesterday and was recommended Recuva for recovering my data.

When I point it at the HDD in question however it just states :

"Failed to scan the following drives (G:) Unable to determine file system type" 

And there it stops - so I cant even access the HDD to recover anything

 

Any ideas - or do I need another recovery software (Easus possibly?)

 

thanks in advance for any support!

 

Cheers

Frank

[dougk29]

Help appreciated here...

I accidentally formatted my main data hard drive yesterday and was recommended Recuva for recovering my data.

When I point it at the HDD in question however it just states :

"Failed to scan the following drives (G:) Unable to determine file system type" 

And there it stops - so I cant even access the HDD to recover anything

 

Any ideas - or do I need another recovery software (Easus possibly?)

 

thanks in advance for any support!

 

Cheers

Frank

Not sure if I can help here but I'm assuming you are trying to restore a Windows-formatted disk?  According to their product info Recuva doesn't support some OSes such as Mac & Linux, see this page:

http://www.piriform.com/docs/recuva/introducing-recuva/system-requirements

 

Another question:  did you try a Deep Scan?  I mention that but I don't think it addresses the problem you are having since it sounds like Recuva isn't even recognizing your HD from your description.