My external hard drive is recognized properly by the BIOS at start-up,and shows up properly in the Device Manager, but does not appear in “My Computer”. I however managed to list it in “My computer” as well. But, I am not able to access the data in it. Is there any way to recover data from my external hard drive?

REMO Recover (Windows)  Pro Edition would be the best suitable recovery software, to recover data from this external hard drive. The software has advanced recovery modules, which makes it easy to administer and handle, the most intricate data loss scenarios.

It has advanced recovery algorithms for handling the  most significant data loss scenarios, which includes recovery from all major data loss situations. It is an expert all-in-one recovery tool, because, not only is it capable of performing simple undelete operation, but is also capable of recovering lost media files and partitions.

The Demo Version of the software locates the lost files and folders, and presents them  in an explorer like interface, so that the user can evaluate the chances of recovery. Once the user is satisfied, he can use the Full version of the software, to recover all the lost data. Try it Now!

Follow the instructions given below, to recover files from the external hard drive using  REMO Recover (Windows)  Pro Edition

Step 1: Launch the application, either by double clicking the desktop shortcut, or by selecting the icon from the Programs list in the Start Menu.The Main window pops up, as shown in Figure a. Select the Recover-Advanced option.

Figure a: Main window

Step 2: As soon as you select the Recover-Advanced option, a new window, to select the partition to be recovered, is displayed, as shown in Figure b. Select the NTFS Partition Recovery option. (Select FAT Partition Recovery, if you are using FAT file system).

Figure b: Select partition for recovery

Step 3: A new window is displayed. Click on the Wizard button, present on the upper left hand corner of the window. A Wizard is launched, as shown in Figure c. Select the Recover your Data option in the Wizard, and click on the Next button.

Figure c: Wizard

Step 4: As you click the Next button, a window to select the physical drive from which, you wish to recover your data,is displayed, as shown in Figure d.

Figure d: Select physical drive

Step 5: Select a source drive and the processing mode to process the drive.

The software provides two processing modes,

• Display default partitions- This option displays the partitions already present on the hard drive.

• Search for lost partitions- This option displays the lost or corrupted partitions of that hard drive, which are not listed in the Display default partitions option.

Note: By default, the processing mode is set to Display default partition(s). If you do not find the partition(s) you are looking for, in the default list, then, you can search for lost partitions, by clicking the Search for lost partition(s) radio button.

You can use the Quick Scan or the Thorough Scan method, for finding the lost partitions.Quick Scan does a swift search for the lost partitions, and hence saves time. Thorough Scan does a detailed search, and therefore is more dependable.

Select the Thorough Scan option, and click the Next button.As you click the Next button, the application analyzes the selected drive, and lists all the found partitions in the partition table, as shown in Figure e.

Figure e: Select partition to recover

Step 6: Select a partition for processing, and click the Finish button. The application processes the partition, and displays the found files and folders in a tree structure, as shown in Figure f.

Figure f: Found files and folders

Once the tree structure is formed, the final step is to restore data to a safe location. You can also preview files before recovery.

Step 7: If you want to recover the whole tree structure formed, click on the Root folder to mark the whole data and click on the Save All button. You can also save, individual files, by selecting the files to be saved,and selecting the Save option.

As soon as you click the Save button, a window to select the destination drive, to save the recovered data is displayed, as shown in Figure g.

Figure g: Select destination drive

Select a logical drive where you wish to save the data. Specify the file type you wish to ignore (file filter) while saving the data. This will filter the file types which you don’t want to recover. As you click on the OK button, the software starts saving the data onto the specified destination drive.

Note: Never save the data onto the drive from which you are recovering the data. This is to ensure that the recovering data is not overwritten, causing permanent data loss. Instead, save it in a drive, other than the one from which you are recovering data.

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