{"id":3585,"date":"2020-07-15T03:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T03:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2023-07-05T03:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T03:56:43","slug":"how-to-recover-files-from-corrupted-external-hard-drive-without-formatting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-files-from-corrupted-external-hard-drive-without-formatting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Files From Corrupted External Hard Drive Without Formatting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to recover files from corrupted external hard drive without formatting? It is a common occurrence that an external hard drive may turn to corrupted and lose access of files. No worries! Files in the corrupted external hard drive can be recovered with the help of an effective external HDD data recovery program. Let’s see how to recover corrupted external hard via 5 simple steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About corrupted\nexternal hard drive recovery<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

External hard drive gains popularity these days, attributing to its great features such as large capacity, rapid read and write speed, portability, affordable price, etc. It is referred by users to store large amount of data like videos, photos, songs, backups for system and files. However, an external hard drive is not the perfect storage device when compared to internal hard drives and no-removable devices (e.g., SSDs). An external hard drive is more likely to get corrupted, for example, external hard drive shows as RAW, cannot open and prompts to format it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A corrupted external hard drive is usually the result of a logical issue, for instance, you remove it from computer without clicking the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media, there is a sudden power cut, etc. Clicking the safe eject option provided by Windows operating system helps to inform system to get prepared for the physical removal of USB drives. Such action makes sure there is not reading or writing operations in progress while removing the disk. If you just roughly disconnect external HDD, ignoring whether Windows is accessing the disk, the file system of the external hard drive will be damaged. The outcome is corrupted partition and inaccessible external hard drive. With a corrupted file system, Windows will not be able to recognize the partition nor access its files. In this case, double click the external hard drive, you will get an error message such as “You need to forma the disk in drive before you can use it” “The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it possible to recover files from corrupted external hard drive? Yes! The corrupted file system does not mean files on external hard drive get erased. Files are not visible to the operating system, but they can be recovered by external hard drive recovery software. Just remember that formatting or disk checking should not be performed before all files are recovered correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DiskGenius Professional Edition is effective data recovery software, and it is able to find out files from RAW, corrupted, unformatted partition. In many cases, DiskGenius shows your files without any scanning when the file system part is not damaged that bad. As to disks with few bad sectors, you can use the software to create an image and them recover files from disk image. The follow guide will show you how to recover files from corrupted external hard drive quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to recover\nfiles from corrupted external hard drive without formatting?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Note: steps in this section presumes\nthat your external hard drive is corrupted due to logical errors. If your disk appears\nto be physically damaged, it is recommended to seek help from professional data\nrecovery centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/strong>: Start DiskGenius, locate the corrupted partition and click Files <\/strong>tab to see if wanted files are listed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is possibility that\nlost files are listed by the software directly after launching the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/strong>: Select the corrupted partition, click Tools <\/strong>> Load Current Partition Intelligently<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ‘Load Current Partition Intelligently’ function can load files with original names from the corrupted \/ RAW partition rapidly. If this function works on your external hard drive, you can view files and copy them to another partition. Then you do not need to carry out rest steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If this function cannot find\nout your files, then move to Step 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3<\/strong>: Select the corrupted partition and click File Recovery<\/strong> button. Click Start <\/strong>button to run a complete scan for the partition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 4<\/strong>: Preview files listed in\nscanning result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5<\/strong>: Select files and folders\nyou want to restore, and copy them to a safe place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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