One of my drives I was using for wideband files sat down on me the other day. 500g seagate, from an old sky box in a USB cradle, and it is reading size ok, but file system ntfs is not showing. All it says is raw. The data I am sure is still there..... So long as I dont format it, which I assume looks possible....

I am sure I used hard disk tools in the past to recover the partition..... rather than allowing a trial of disk drill or Easus to find the files (correctly I add) and then ask for 80 quid for the pro versions.

Anyone used this kind of rescue software in the past. And what is a good piece of rescue kit these days... I feel sure I had something like this years ago, but just cant lay my hands on it.....

A paragon rescue disk had an option to recover partition, but not sure if that meant formatting, so not tried it....

Recuva couldnt access the drive.....

maybe after a format recuva could find the files, but thats a last resort...

Dave, for example, any ideas??