Will i need a separate external drive to save everything too? Since the one i am having issues with will now need to be reformatted?

After starting up the program i selected the one circled in red. after program was finished, it showed the results on top left which is same name as selected E: Unidentified with 899.48gb. 215275
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ok, so i downloaded the minitool power data recovery software. I selected the drive labeled E: Unidentified with 899gb of data. after running the scan, it says there is 1.98tb of data/files found. ...

Thanks guys. I am running the data recovery program now. been running for last 6 hours lol. Do i need to purchase the "pro" version in order to fully recover the data?

Ok, so i am confused by all of this. I am not very tech savy lol.

I had windows 10 backup on my 1TB WD external hard drive. My 1TB external hard drive was also having all my important files...

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So i am having the same problem as th OP. I downloaded the PW and plugged in my drive. I am trying to attach a photo of what comes up after running the wizard and not sure what steps to...