2.5" SATA drive - data recovery

My laptop stopped booting in either safe/command or normal mode. it keeps shutting down after first Windows logo screen(animated block moving from left to right) and keeps repeating...

So to recover data i took drive out and connected as via adapter to USB port. Now when i open it it says 'drive not formmated'. So used EASEUS - it went though and pulled about 25GB data but all are in 'SWF' and 'GZ' format. nothing else.

Can someone guide me what can i do to either fix or recover data?


Thank you,

Hi, i think you should download Hiren use Acronis its better at restoring partitions...

Hope that helps

I have had very good results recovering all types of 'lost' data using this;
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Be sure to save the recovered data to a different drive than the one it is coming from.

Ok thank i will try those today and input the result.

do you know, what could have caused this problem?

Hi robin_bga
i downloaded thsi file but it needs password to unzip it - do you know what that is?
Also can you give me high level how to use this software?

Its usually xxx, try that and see...
Cheers bro

Robin_bga, pw worked, looks like it has bunch of utilities, i will try ones that show its by 'Acronis' - let me know if i understood wrong...

Mike1959,
periform software is not working, i believe beacause windows still show drive is not formatted.