HP SimpleSave SD500a cannot access files

I cannot access any of the files/folders that I had backed up HP SimpleSave SD500a USB disk. I backed up by files before using XP, Vista and Windows 8.1 and have important information on it.
I had to restore my Dell 1545 laptop OS to factory defaults due to problems with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition and took a backup of all my files onto the SD500a where I store all my other backup data and verified that the backed up copy was fine.
After restoring Vista and installing updates, which included Vista SP2 I went to restore my backed up files. I connected my USB drive to the laptop and I noticed that Vista automatically installed the driver and 2 new drives appeared: CD Drive G: HP Launcher and Local Disk H:.
I then ran a virus scan using ESET Smart Security software that I had newly installed on the Vista laptop and found that the scan finished in no time. I changed the parameters to “in-depth” and this too finished quickly. Now I started to suspect that something had gone awry.
I could not access both of them in Explorer. I checked the drive properties and I got a message: H:\ is not accessible Data error (cyclical redundancy check). Drive G: is HP Launcher. I noticed that a “blue” light on the USB drive keeps flickering on most of the time when I open Explorer. At one point I did get a message if I wanted to format the disk which I declined.
I checked the status of both drives (G and H) in Disk Manager. Disk G: file system CDFS, capacity 1Mb, free 0Mb, status healthy and H: file system RAW, capacity 465.11Gb, free 465.11Gb, status healthy.
I tried connecting the SD500a to a desktop with Windows 8.1 and got the same result. I am not sure if the file formats changed after I connected it to my Vista laptop following the restore of the OS (NTFS vs CDSF/RAW) but I don't know what they were originally.
I am hoping that someone will be able to help to resolve this issue so that I can access my files.

If in fact you have to create a new volume and start all over, there are several data recovery programs that are free that should work just fine. Like I said, it wont get every file back, but it should get most of them.
http://www.easeus.com/
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Personal commentary:
I do not trust ANY automatic backup service that runs in the background. I also don't want my backups compiled into a proprietary format that I have to use that specific program to access that backup with. Also for reasons you just experienced.
Although there a many different opinions about backing up files, One method that is minorley cumbersome but tried and true is Mark Russinovich's Sync Toy 2.1. It is not automatic, I have to initiate it manually each time. But it will find and add/replace updated files when told to do so in Synchronise, Echo or Contribute modes. I can set up several categories to backup separately. I just feel more confident its done when I manually do it myself and the files are accessible as if I drag and dropped directly.
Just my humble opinion.
Hope it helps. Good luck.

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