How to recover images from external hard drive not recognized by computer

When it comes to backup important data we need handy external hard drive such as Western Digital Essential 500GB, Seagate Free Agent 1TB. It is necessary for presenting important data on business meetings. But the question is What if external hard drive is not recognized by computer? How to recover data from not recognized external hard drive? Well there might be many reasons for causing this issue. This article will help you to overcome this problem.

When external hard drive can be detected by Computer, but showing errors

 In this case, when you connect your hard drive it is detected by computer but it shows some error message when you try to open the drive. The error messages such as “Format Drive”, “Drive cannot be accessed”, “Raw drive is not initialized”. The most possible reason for this cause is the drive is faulty, corrupted due to improper usage of the external hard drive or it can be due to frequent use of the hard drive.

Resolution:

 Step 1: Download recovery software from internet on your computer and attach your corrupted hard drive to computer. Windows user download windows version and Mac user download only Mac version of recovery software.

 For downloading recovery software for Mac and Windows go to: www.stellarphotorecoverysoftware.com

Step 2: Now, after downloading software install the software on your internal hard drive.

Step 3: Now scan your external hard drive with recovery software and it will show you all images from external hard drive.

If External drive not recognized or detected…

 In this case when external hard drive is not detected by computer, the possible causes for this problem can be Bad Sectors, Outdated drivers, physical damage etc. Following steps to check the possible cause:

Step 1: check your external hard drive in other computer.

Step 2: change USB cable through which drive is connected

Step 3: Check if there some drive is missing or you forgot to install drivers on your computer. You can scan your windows computer online.

Step 4: If there is no problem of driver or USB cable than the most possible cause of this problem is that your external hard drive is physically damage, severe bad sectors etc. It is highly recommended to send the drive to the manufacturer for recovering your data or you can also contact Data Recovery Services Company.