How to Recover Lost Data From a Western Digital Hard Drive
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In this fast evolving Digital space, losing data is a common occurrence. It can happen at any instant and to anyone. There is no escape yet; it can be resolved if considered positively and managed through the right approach. So, if you have lost data from a Western Digital Hard Drive and looking for reliable recovery options, then your search ends here.
Prior to looking at the recovery aspect, let’s walk through a brief outline of Western Digital (WD) Hard Disk Drive.
Western Digital (WD) Hard Disk Drive Synopsis
Western Digital Hard Drives are one of the most widely acclaimed Hard Disk that needs no introduction. Whether you talk about performance or reliability, these highly proclaimed hard drives always stand apart. Well known as WD Hard Drive, WD HDD or WD Hard Disk, these non-volatile storage devices are a perfect option to save Digital Data efficiently on fast rotating platters with magnetic surfaces.
How to Recover from Western Digital Hard Disk Data Loss?
Indeed, both manual and software approaches are available to cater to the request. However, when compared, software approach is far ahead than time consuming and complicated manual methods. It is not only software directed, but is also fast, efficient, reliable, free from manual intervention, and most importantly, risk-free.
However, with a large heap of software solutions flourishing in the data recovery market, you cannot randomly select any. The reason being casual selection can result in further annoyance. Moreover, you cannot also test each available solutions. Thus, to make your Recovery journey easier, you can give a try to the recommended solution Stellar Data Recovery Professional Software.
Recover Data from WD Hard Disk with Stellar Data Recovery Professional Software
Stellar Data Recovery Professional Software is a powerful-yet-efficient data recovery utility which is able to restore almost everything, be it Documents, Audio, Videos, or Photos. With its innovative features, robust algorithms, and cutting-edge techniques, you can quickly execute Deleted Files Recovery, Formatted Drive Recovery, Lost Partition Recovery, Email File Recovery, Document Recovery, and Multimedia File Recovery.
The best thing is its powerful Scanning Engine that ensures efficient & fast scanning. Another trait is – it offers Pre Recovery Preview for all the recoverable files, so first get satisfaction and then continue ahead. You can use this quick data recovery tool with Seagate, Transcend, Western Digital, and many more Hard Disk Drives for safe and secure recovery.
Sequential Guideline for Lost Data Recovery
- From the primary interface Select What to Recover, choose the desired option from ‘Everything’, ‘Multimedia Files’, and ‘Documents, Folders, and Emails.’
- Click Next, and choose the destination where you want to Recover From.
- Click on Scan. A Scanning Progress window will pop up indicating the time required, the time consumed, and the time left. On completion, it will generate a list of all recoverable files.
- Next, under Preview section, you will see all recoverable files listed in the left pane in three different viewing perspectives— ‘File Type’, ‘Tree View’, and ‘Deleted List’. Click on any of the perspectives to view its data in the right pane.
Note: Preview of supported files are only available
- Now, check mark the desired files or folders for recovery and click on Recover. A Prompt window for destination browsing will pop. Here state the location and you are done.
Conclusion
On the whole, recovering lost data is not as tedious as it sounds. The only condition is that you have not overwritten it. The best thing to resolve this concern is to keep a handy Backup ready with you. If you don’t have that and you are not willing to take the risk, then we recommend Stellar Data Recovery Professional Software for complete data recovery from all leading hard drive manufacturers.
Hi, Stellar sw finds all files in my hd with right name and right dimension. But, after recovery, all files have 0kb .dimension. Have you got ant suggestion? thanks a lot
Hello Francesco,
Unfortunately, the files are lost and they cannot be recovered. Although We recommend you to contact our technical support team. They will assist you better if any chances to recover or you may submit your drive in our Lab where we can analyze it. Thanks
Contacts: Phone: +1-877-778-6087
Email: support[at]stellarinfo.com
My desktop computer (windows 10) stopped turning on just suddenly from one day. When powered on, the computer fan turns on, but there is nothing on the monitor. Also, there is no communication with keyboard (light does not turn on) and mouse (light does not turn on). Same, keyboard, mouse, and monitor works with my laptop, so I know those are working fine.
I removed the hard disk and it’s a WD 1.0TB WD10EZEX hard drive. I was wondering if I should use a USB to SATA cable to hook up the hard drive to another machine so that I could attempt data recovery. If yes, is there any suggestion for which USB to SATA cable should be used for this? Also, what software recovery options do I have?
Sincerely,
Kabir
Hello Sutirtha,
We would recommend using the Professional version of Stellar Data Recovery for Windows. You can use IDE to USB connector if the drive is USB or use SATA to USB connector for SATA drive.
After connecting drive on the working system, you can perform a quick and deep scan on the drive in order to check recoverable data.
Please install Stellar Data Recovery Professional version from the below link.
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I have a WD 1 TB WD10EZEX drive. It has Windows 10 on it in a desktop. The system crashed and went it went to start back up, the BIOS sees the drive, but it doesn’t boot. I took the drive out attaching it via a USB Sata adapter. When I plugged it into the laptop operating Windows 10, it said the drive needs to be formatted before it could be used. I cancelled out of that, so it didn’t format. The drive sounds normal in operation, but doesn’t show anything on the drive at all. Downloaded, installed, and opened your software and it says it didn’t see anything, even on a deep scan. Any recommendations?
Hello Maverick,
In this case, we need to check whether the Hard drive is initialized it or not properly.
Please share the Screenshot of Disk Management of the computer.
We recommend performing “Can’t Find Drive” option for lost/deleted partition of the hard drive. You can select any partition to check the possibility of recovery.
Kindly get back to us for more information.
My External WD cannot be located by my computer. I can hear it spinning and the light is flashing, but it’s not recognized. There is no “clicking noise”, just the normal spinning sound. Is the data recoverable if my computer can’t locate the drive?
Hello Jay,
Thank you for your email.
Unfortunately, recovery is not possible if the hard drive is not detecting into the system. We recommend you to go for Data Recovery Services.
Kindly follow the email which is sent to you via our Support Team. Their email address is given below:
support[@]stellarinfo[.]com
In my case i connected my WD 4TB external hard drive to my samsung s6 (it is so dumb thing to do ) and it showed to do format to order open and then i did 2nd dumb thing and i clicked okey.Now i lost my all files.What i should do?
Hello Vusal,
Thanks for writing to us.
To recover all your lost files after formatting, we recommend downloading our Stellar Windows Data Recovery Software (In case of Windows OS). Below is the download link
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Is the software compatible with Windows XP for western digital hard drive recovery?
Hello Rauf,
Thanks for contacting Stellar Data Recovery
Yes, it is well compatible with Windows XP.
My external western digital hard drive is not showing up on my computer. The drive is on and I can hear sound but I am unable to see it. How can I see my data back?
Hello Helene,
Can you please confirm, whether any clicking noise you heard?
Western Digital external hard drive is considered best in the world. I am using it since 2015 and most of the time, no problem with the drive. But recently, faced data loss situation, Stellar partition recovery software helps me a lot in getting all my D drive volume info.