[SOLVED] Toshiba 3.0 USB 2TB (HDTC720XK3C1) Assigned Drive Letter But Not Working

My external HD has 750gb of data that I cant access. It shows up with a hard drive letter, but doesnt show like it used to (showing how much storage is used and unused) or showing it's assigned name. It also doesnt work if I plug it into a different computer (does the same thing). I cant remember if I properly removed it when I unplugged it last night when I finished using it, so that may be the cause. I tried going to "manage drives" and uninstalling the drivers, but no luck. Tried rebooting with it connected, no luck. Tried unplugging for several hours and plugging back in, no luck. I do not wish to reformat the drive because of the 750GB of data I'll lose. Please help!

*****I FIXED IT!!!!!******* I continued searching the web and found the fix. All I needed to do was open the command prompt (cmd) and run this script "chkdsk /f E: (E: was the generic drive letter assigned). Basically windows runs check disk and fixes the problem. It also said you could try "chkdsk /r E:" but it worked on my first attempt. Make sure you allow the computer enough time to finish.... It took a long time for it to completely finish. (one way to know if it's done, you will be able to type in the cmd prompt again, if not, your computer is still working in the back ground) After it was done, I ran my windows defender to check my removable drive for virus's and sure enough it found 3 threats.
I HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE ELSE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM as it seems like a relatively easy fix, but over 80 people had read my plee for help with no response.

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