*URGENT* External Hard Drive HELP!!!

[LiquidImpulse]

So i was working on my assignment today and my computer encountered some sort of error (something along the lines of DrWatson Debugger) so do a hard reset of my computer. anyways, i do all this with my external hard drive plugged in. when i go back to windows i go to my external hard drive and EVERYTHING IS GONE!!! NOTHING IS THERE!!! All my school work, movies, music, photos, isnt there anymore! all there is is an unknown file that is 0kb. However, when i go to my computer, it detects my external hard drive, the storage amount, as well as the amount left. i was wondering if any fellow anandtechers could PLEASE help me, I was working on a big assignment that was on my external hard drive and its GONE NOW.
P.S. i also tried opening the file with explorer.exe, that didnt help :\.

Below are the pictures of what i See.

HDMessedPic1
HDMessedPic2

 

[novasatori]

http://www.freebyte.com/filediskutils/#datarecovery

maybe try this:
http://www.adrc.com/software/data_recovery_tools/

I usually use Stellar Phoenix recovery software, its not free though.
http://www.stellarinfo.com/disk-recovery.htm

Just search for free data recovery etc and you should find something that will pick it up.

Also as usual, never save recovered files to the drive you're trying to recover from.

 

[Soundmanred]

Pic a section for help please. I know you want help NOW!!111oneoneone, but please pick one.

 

[Quiksilver]

Sounds like the dr.watson just killed your partition on your external drive. Don't think any of it will be back anytime soon either.

 

[novasatori]

any updates to what happened?
curious if you got your data before the deadline