How to Recover Deleted Data from Adata External Hard Drive Mac
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Adata External Hard Drive is a very popular portable hard drive. The portable hard drive has high capacity and fast data transfer speed and is widely used for file storage and transmission. But data loss can happen on your Adata External Hard Drive.
Data Loss Scenarios on Adata External Hard Drive
Lose data on Adata External Hard Drive due to deletion
Accidently formatted the Adata External Hard Drive
The Adata External Hard Drive is infected by virus
File system crashed on Adata External Hard Drive
Lose data due to improper operations like pulling out Adata External Hard Drive when it is transfer file with your computer
Unexpected power off
We provides your 3 solutions for fix/repair your Adata External Hard Drive when error happens and recover your lost data from Adata External Hard Drive on Mac.
[Solution 1] Adata External Hard Drive light on but not recognized
1. Change USB port/cable to detect Adata External Hard Drive
If the Adata External Hard Drive cannot be detected or fails to show up in your PC, please change the USB port or connect it with another new USB cable to see whether it shows up in the PC.
2. Remove and clean up the virus that blocks/stops Adata External Hard Drive from working
When the computer or Adata External Hard Drive gets infected by virus or malware, you may not be able to access saved data or even open the drive in PC.
Do remember to remove and clean the virus or malware on your PC or Adata External Hard Drive first.
3. Turn on USB Root Hub to make Adata External Hard Drive recognizable
Click Start > Type: devmgmt.msc and hit Enter.
Open Device Manager > Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers.
Right-click USB Root Hub > Click Properties > Power Management.
Uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.
Repeat this process to turn on all USB Root Hubs in the list and reboot the PC to see if the WD external hard drive shows up on your PC.
[Solution 2] Adata External Hard Drive light on but not recognized
To fix a " Adata External Hard Drive not detected, recognized or not working but light on" issue without losing any data, please don't format your drive and follow these steps to solve your problem:
1. Make unrecognized Adata External Hard Drive detectable in PC
2. ways to make the Adata External Hard Drive detectable on your PC:
Method 1. Change drive letter to make Adata External Hard Drive show up
Right-click on This PC > Manage > Disk Management.
Find and right-click the Adata External Hard Drive > Select Change drive letter and path...
Assign new driver letter to your Adata External Hard Drive and save all changes.
Then you should now be able to see the Adata External Hard Drive on your PC now.
Method 2. Show all hidden devices to make Adata External Hard Drive recognized by the PC
1. Click on Start > Type: devmgmt.msc and hit Enter.
2. Click View in the device manager > Select Show hidden devices.
3. Expand all notes by clicking on + (plus)symbol.
4. If there are any grayed entries, right-click them and select Uninstall.
5. Reboot and try again.
[Solution 3] Recover Lost/Deleted Files from Formatted/Corrupted/Inaccessible Adata External Hard Drive on a Mac Computer
Adata External Hard Drive Data Recovery for Mac is the best tool to retrieve lost / deleted files from formatted, reformatted, inaccessible Adata External Hard Drive on Mac computer.
Download and install this Adata External Hard Drive Data Recovery for Mac software on your Mac computer. Connect your Adata External Hard Drive to Mac with an USB cable.
Step 1: Run this App
Choose the Adata External Hard Drive where you lost data to scan.
Step 2: Restore Selected Files
After the scan is completed, check the scan results for the desired data. Click Recover and choose another location to save the recovered data on Mac. Please don't save the recovered files on your Adata External Hard Drive before recovering all files.
