Is My External Hard Drive Dead
I am an assistant editor, and one of our 10 TB drives stopped working today. I am not sure if all data are intact on this HHD. Is there any possible fix to check its health and recover its data?
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Finley· Answered on Feb 29, 2024
Is my external hard drive dead? You cannot tell this by your naked eyes. You can use a few possible ways to check it out. To check the health of your external hard drive, you can run the CHKDSK command first. Here is the detailed guide:
Step 1. Right-click the Windows icon and choose the "Run" option; you can use the hotkeys Win + R as well. Type cmd in the Run box.
Step 2. Type chkdsk in the Command Prompt window and hit Enter.
Step 3. Now, the Command Prompt will start scanning your external hard drive. If there is any error, you will see it presented.
Do not worry; no matter what condition your external hard drive is in, you can always recover lost files from it. See, here is how you can recover data from a dead external hard drive with the help of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard:
Step 1. Connect your external hard drive to your PC with a USB cable. Now, run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your PC. You will find your external hard drive in the main panel. This tool supports all the popular external disk brands, including WD - which is what you are using - Seagate, Toshiba, LaCie, SanDisk, Samsung, etc.
Step 2. This data recovery software will start scanning when you click the "Scan" button. Use the path or format from the left side to locate your files quickly.
Step 3. Check all the files you want to recover and click the "Recover" button.Related post: Fix An External Hard Drive That's Not Working/Responding/Showing Up
Use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost files easily and quickly.
Tutorials on how to recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, or other storage media on Windows and Mac.
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