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WD portable HDD corrupt because of unsafe removal

Sep 1, 2006 10:55AM PDT

Hi To everyone I have a WD model WDXML1000UETN and I removed it and some weird message said that some data was loss. Now the everytime I plug in some computer the computer doesnt recognise it. I had a lot of data there and I would like to know if there is a way that I can fix it.

Please help =(

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Are you saying the only copy of the data you have was on
Sep 9, 2006 10:05AM PDT

the external ????

VAPCMD

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I lost my media... not all but it really pissed me off..
Sep 9, 2006 1:10PM PDT

i had music, like 19 episodes of Nana anime and some movies... Thanks to the help of a friend i have recovered a lot of data because he had backups of some of the music and anime i love.

The hard drive came with a damage. Ill never buy western digital again. thanks for replying