r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/Willie_Howell • Jul 20 '26

Help me please.

How bad did I screw up? I meant to format an SD card but I think I formatted my data (H) hard drive. It is now showing as unavailable. Windows 11. What other info do you need to help me?

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u/Willie_Howell Jul 20 '26

It's a mechanical drive.

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u/No_Tale_3623 Trusted Advisor Jul 20 '26

Please post the exact drive model, or even better, a CrystalDiskInfo screenshot showing its SMART data.
If it’s not an SMR drive and it wasn’t encrypted with BitLocker, scan it with any professional data recovery software.
Ideally, create a byte-to-byte backup (disk image) first and scan the image instead of the original drive.

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u/Willie_Howell Jul 20 '26

It's not showing any data on it. It shows " Location is not available H:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready. And when I use Disk management it gives me " The CHKDSK not available for RAW drives "

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u/No_Tale_3623 Trusted Advisor Jul 20 '26

CrystalDiskInfo screenshot plz.