Another Seagate sucker.

So a few months back I got a Seagate external 2tb hard drive because well I had no space left (day 1 fat PS4 still going strong) and I saw some YTers recommend them. I immediately formatted it, put all my applications on there to free up my system storage and off I went.

Cue last night, throwing some clothes on the floor pulled the hard drive, moving it maybe 6" but remaining plugged in. My PS4 was in rest mode and had been for nearly 3hrs, so I thought nothing of it and went to bed. Today I have found the hard drive beeps, will not be recognised by a PC but my PS4 does, only for it to say I cannot format as extended storage since the capacity is displaying at 144389.2 TB.....

After some research I realise that Seagate is notorious for this and I'm just a sucker who didn't properly check the reviews before buying this thing, but oh well. Shit happens.

I have some questions though for you all,

1. Is the data on the drive recoverable if taken to data recovery specialists? If it's gone, what does that mean? Is the PS4 bricked?

and 2. What's the best external drive you'd recommend to replace this one? Or should I get sell this console and get a new(used) one?

Oh and if you're looking at the Seagate external hard drive, do not buy it!