NEED HELP recovering my Toshiba external 1TB harddrive

[1unitbng]

my toshiba 1 tb external hard drive needs to be recovered but i have videos and music i cannot lose is there anyway to save them for free?

 

[Saga Lout]

What does it show when you find it in Windows Explorer? If nothing, go to Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management to see what that has to say.

If it says the disk needs to be initialised or formatted it, back out and disconnect the drive using the safely eject procedure.

Download a version of Linux - Cinnamon Mint is a good one for starters. Use a utility named Rufus to combine it and make a memory stick into a bootable flash drive.

Set your BIOS to boot from the USB device and once the system completes its opening ceremony, connect the external disk and see if the file manager can display your files and recover them to the laptop's hard disk.

 

[americanaudiophile]

If the files have been deleted then data recovery software may help. You can google for freeware.
If the drive no longer shows up on your computer then check the power supply for the drive. You can measure the output with a vom. If the power supply is good then you could try removing the drive itself and use a drive cable like this one
https/www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G
to connect it to your computer.
Even if you recover your files from now on back them up onto another drive or use cloud backup.