External hard drive provides easy way to store and transfer data from one device to another device. We can easily attach and disconnect drive from one computer to another system. External hard drives are available in varying size and forms. However because of its sensitive nature there is always possibility of external hard drive failure.
There are varying reasons of external hard drive failure
• Sudden System Shutdown: Imagine you are working on your computer and connect external hard drive to copy some files but suddenly system gets shutdown. After turning on computer you reconnect that drive and found it empty or it shows error message that it need to be formatted.
• Voltage Fluctuation at the time when hard drive is in use: As we know hard drive is sensitive in nature so voltage fluctuation may cause data lost issue.
• Accidently formatted external hard drive: Most of the time it happen when we accidently delete our important data not only from the drive even from the recycle bin also.
• Hard drive file system gets corrupt: File system is the most significant part of any drive when it gets corrupt then user loses their data forever.
• Accidently hard drive dropped from hands: This is the most common reason of hard drive failure. If you have lost your data because of hardware issue then there is very less possibility of data recovery.
• Virus Attack damage hard drive: Viruses can badly affect external hard drive and may cause data lose issue.
• Read Write Head Crash: Read Write head of drive is responsible for reading data from and write data to hard drive disk. If read write head of drive is not working then it may affect normal functioning of external hard drive.
• Improper connecting or disconnecting hard drive may also cause data loss issue: If the external hard drive is not properly connected or disconnected from computer then sometime it leads to data loss issue.
• Other: There is also some point of time when hard drive is not damaged but not showing up in your computer system
How to recover data from External Hard Drive
Damaged external hard drive tends to permanent data loss and losing important data is the most excruciating experience. If you have external hard drive and it is not showing data while you inset it in system then first check your hard drive by inserting it in another computer.
Still drive shows the same status then might be your hard drive is hidden. Just follow below steps to make it viewable
Go to control penal and click on Device Manager. Device manager Windows will appear on your desktop then click on view, and then click on show hidden devices.
If after using these methods still hard not showing up then might be there is problem with hard drive file system which makes it inaccessible. When you realize that hard drive is damage then first stop using it so you can prevent data overwritten issue. Once lost data is overwritten by other files then chance of lost data recovery becomes nil. After knowing that the problem is with your external hard drive download any trustworthy professional data recovery program like Windows Data recovery software and start the recovery procedure.
There are varying reasons of external hard drive failure
• Sudden System Shutdown: Imagine you are working on your computer and connect external hard drive to copy some files but suddenly system gets shutdown. After turning on computer you reconnect that drive and found it empty or it shows error message that it need to be formatted.
• Voltage Fluctuation at the time when hard drive is in use: As we know hard drive is sensitive in nature so voltage fluctuation may cause data lost issue.
• Accidently formatted external hard drive: Most of the time it happen when we accidently delete our important data not only from the drive even from the recycle bin also.
• Hard drive file system gets corrupt: File system is the most significant part of any drive when it gets corrupt then user loses their data forever.
• Accidently hard drive dropped from hands: This is the most common reason of hard drive failure. If you have lost your data because of hardware issue then there is very less possibility of data recovery.
• Virus Attack damage hard drive: Viruses can badly affect external hard drive and may cause data lose issue.
• Read Write Head Crash: Read Write head of drive is responsible for reading data from and write data to hard drive disk. If read write head of drive is not working then it may affect normal functioning of external hard drive.
• Improper connecting or disconnecting hard drive may also cause data loss issue: If the external hard drive is not properly connected or disconnected from computer then sometime it leads to data loss issue.
• Other: There is also some point of time when hard drive is not damaged but not showing up in your computer system
How to recover data from External Hard Drive
Damaged external hard drive tends to permanent data loss and losing important data is the most excruciating experience. If you have external hard drive and it is not showing data while you inset it in system then first check your hard drive by inserting it in another computer.
Still drive shows the same status then might be your hard drive is hidden. Just follow below steps to make it viewable
Go to control penal and click on Device Manager. Device manager Windows will appear on your desktop then click on view, and then click on show hidden devices.
If after using these methods still hard not showing up then might be there is problem with hard drive file system which makes it inaccessible. When you realize that hard drive is damage then first stop using it so you can prevent data overwritten issue. Once lost data is overwritten by other files then chance of lost data recovery becomes nil. After knowing that the problem is with your external hard drive download any trustworthy professional data recovery program like Windows Data recovery software and start the recovery procedure.
