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I'm having a problem with my WD external hard drive. The main partition on my WD My Passport hard drive is missing. I am not sure what went wrong because it was working fine until yesterday. Please let me know what is the best course of action? Is it possible to recover all the files from my external hard drive?
Situations like these are common when using any kind of storage device be it hard drives or USB flash drives. Your missing partition is traceable. Remo Recover WD partition recovery tool crawls through the WD hard drive sector by sector and finds your lost partition. Then each and every file in the partition is identified and recovered using unique signature algorithms.
Partitions go missing often due to corrupt partition table or a corrupt file system, which may have happened in your case. This usually occurs when a hard drive is removed suddenly or gets disconnected from the system due to software errors.
Please note that corruption and partition loss do not happen every time a hard drive is removed abruptly. It is largely dependent on timing; that is if your system is writing to the hard drive at the time of removal, corruption can occur.
Remo Recover WD partition recovery tool recovers partitions that are lost due to errors during partitioning, during system recovery, due to virus/malware, incomplete Windows installation and other reasons. With its unique identifiers, it has the ability to recover any file type like .doc, .docx, .pdf, .xls, .ppt etc. within the partition. Get your trial now!
What causes partitions to go missing on WD My Passport?
- Incomplete installation/upgrade of Windows OS
- Removing a WD My Passport hard drive without safely ejecting it
- USB cable issues/software errors that may cause the hard drive to disconnect suddenly
- A power surge or a power cut when the hard drive is connected to a computer
- Errors during system recovery process may cause partition loss
- Lost partitions due to virus attacks/malware
- Accidentally deleting partitions when performing disk related tasks
Coming to partition loss; there may be two possibilities. The lost partition could get merged into another partition or the partition could get deleted to become unallocated space on the hard drive. In either case, it can leave you absolutely baffled.
However, irrespective of how you see the partition loss or the reason for it, you can recover your lost NTFS or FAT partitions with Remo Recover WD partition recovery tool.
Recover lost partition from WD My Passport using Remo Recover
Remo Recover partition recovery software undoubtedly ranks among the best. Its super-fast and efficient partition recovery algorithms along with compatibility for all models of WD hard drives makes it the most preferred partition recovery tool.
Remo performs a detailed scan of your WD Passport external hard disk, finds all the partitions and lists them. When you choose the partition to recover, the software further scans that partition and recovers all the files from it.
It is capable of recovering data from Western Digital hard drive in the most secure way. Even the original file names and folder structure are intact after recovery.
This tool not only works with WD My Passport but also on other WD models like: My Passport Go, My Passport Ultra, My Passport SSD, My Passport X, WD Elements, WD Elements Portable.
In addition to recovering lost partition from WD My Passport, Remo also works smoothly brands of hard drives like Seagate, Transcend, Samsung, HP, SanDisk etc.
- Supports partition recovery from NTFS, FAT 16, FAT 32, ExFAT, HFS and HFSX file systems
- Provides 'Sort' and 'Find' features for you to easily find and sort recovered files
- Provides a free 'Preview' feature to glance through the recovered files before purchasing the software
- Offers both Windows and Mac versions of partition recovery
Simple Steps to recover lost partition from WD My Passport
- Download and Install Remo Recover (Windows) software on your system
- Launch the software by double clicking on its icon, and select 'Recover Partitions' option on the main screen
- Next, choose your WD My Passport external hard disk from the list of available drives and hit 'Scan' button
- Now, from the list of lost partitions, select the partition which you want to recover and click 'Next' button
- Then, the software lists all the recovered files, which you can view in either 'Data View' or 'File Type View'
- 'Preview' the recovered files and 'Save' them on a desired location.
Tips & Tricks to deal with lost partitions on WD hard drives
Firstly, having a backup plan for WD hard drives and exercising it on a regular basis will protect you in case of data loss disasters. Along with having a local backup on your external hard disk, you can also invest in a cloud based backup. This will ensure you have a backup of data even when the hard disk fails.
Second most important thing when you have encountered partition loss is make sure that you don't write any new files onto it. Writing new files to the WD hard disk after a data loss will cause overwriting and make it very difficult to recover lost partition from WD hard drives.