The external hard drive is also referred to either as an 'external hard disk', 'external HDD' or the more popular 'portable hard drive'. The external hard drive, though it makes the transfer and storage of data quite easy and convenient, it can be quite easily be damaged; owing to prolonged exposure either to a heat source, fire or even water. If the external hard drive is physically damaged, the recovery of data may not be possible. Important data stored on your portable hard drive, if lost because of an accidental deletion, requires you to stop using your external hard drive. You should not write new files to the external hard drive, to prevent the original data from being overwritten. You definitely have a portable hard drive problem if the external hard drive cannot be recognized in "My Computer", and you are unable to open the external hard drive in "Disk Management" , or Windows says, disk corrupted, when you want to access the external hard drive. The most probable causes for portable hard drive data loss are several and could be caused by accidental formatting of the external hard drive while attempting to format a local disk, when connecting to a computer or laptop. The external hard drive disk needs to be formatted to restore the data.
If you have by mistake deleted some or all files stored on the portable hard drive and all important office files, images, videos and music stored are not found, you need not despair. While it is not possible to restore mistakenly deleted files from an portable hard drive by the Windows in built programs, by using read only data recovery software, the original data can be restored without jeopardizing the hard drive. Datatrack Labs can help you with Portable Hard Drive Recovery services that include recovering data from totally dead external drives, failed USB devices, and even memory cards. They provide a free evaluation, that takes up to four hours, followed by a fixed price no obligation quote. Datatrack Labs apply specially designed custom made tools, that allow them to extract and read data from the most problematic hard drives, enabling them to effect a full recovery of data. For your portable hard drive recovery needs, you can try their services.
