External hard drive files showing up in Gibberish

[KarthikV]

So my toshiba external hdd 2TB had files of about 100gb or something. Around an year ago I tried connecting it to an Android phone when I don't know what happened but the hard drive got corrupted or something now all the files are in gibberish and after searching help for the whole time I found nothing useful and have some important data that is not backed up anywhere else. Please help everyone.

[Vishera]

Take it to a trustworthy data recovery center.

[Windows9]

How important is the data. Try another PC. Are the drivers installed correctly. Try plugging into a sata port

[Verrierr]

I'd try recovering the partition with TestDisk, you'll need 100GB worth of space elsewhere

[KarthikV]

26 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Take it to a trustworthy data recovery center.

Well tried that 

They are asking 3 times the price of the hdd for it which is the cheapest I found

[KarthikV]

23 minutes ago, AMD1234 said:

How important is the data. Try another PC. Are the drivers installed correctly. Try plugging into a sata port

All drivers are updated. The problem persists with every single device laptops, PC, Macs

[Vishera]

Just now, KarthikV said:

Well tried that 

They are asking 3 times the price of the hdd for it which is the cheapest I found

And how much is that?,

The price they ask could be reasonable.

[KarthikV]

4 minutes ago, Vishera said:

And how much is that?,

The price they ask could be reasonable.

In USD around $150 when I purchased my hdd for less than $60