My external disk can't be unlocked

I have been using an external drive "Seagate" for more than two years and I decoded it so that it opened with a password. But yesterday after I reconnected it to my Mac, I got a window with this information:

Is there any way to access the contents of the disk?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Feb 12, 2024 12:00 PM

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Feb 12, 2024 12:05 PM in response to Link_019

use Disk Utility to RepairDisk [directory]

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