I am working as an accountant in a company and i maintain Office documents. Recently, my system became slow due to virus attacks so I thought to move all documents to my Passport hard drive. Later, I started to access documents by connecting the hard drive to another system, while accessing I accidentally deleted some documents. Now I need those documents back, please let me know if there is any solution.
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When you delete any file or folder from an external hard disk, only their reference pointer gets deleted making the free space available for storing new files. However, those deleted files from My Passport hard drive still reside in it but you cannot access them.
Can I recover data from WD My Passport?
Yes, you can recover data from WD My Passport. Use data recovery software like Remo Recover (Windows / Mac). It can easily perform deleted WD file recovery in simple clicks.
Note: When you delete files and folders from your Passport hard drive stop performing any further actions on it. Such as saving files, transferring data from one partition to another, etc. All these actions may lead to overwriting of your deleted files.
Common Reasons for Data loss from WD My Passport Drive
- Accidentally deleted or formatted My Passport drive
- Frequently performing insert and eject actions when hard drive is not recognized by the system
- Changing file system of your WD My Passport drive (ExFAT, NTFS, FAT/FAT32)
- Abruptly removing disk from your computer while transferring files
- Severe virus or malware attacks lead to WD My Passport drive corruption
How To Recover My Passport External Hard Drive Data Using Remo Recover?
- Download and install Remo Recover tool on your computer.
- Connect WD My Passport hard drive to your system to recover data from it.
- Run the software and choose Recover Files option from the main screen
Note: In case, if your WD external hard drive is formatted, corrupt or unreadable, then click on Recover Partition option.
- Now, choose the Passport external hard drive from the list of available drives and click the Scan option. The software starts scanning the drive and finds all deleted files in File Type View and Data View format.
- Once the recovery is done you can preview all restored files by clicking the Preview option.
- Finally, select the files which you want to restore from WD passport hard drive and click Save option.
- Helps to recover media files, office files, compressed files, etc.
- Dynamically you can add file types during the recovery process
- Organizes restored files based on name, date, size, type
- Supports recovery from all external storage devices
- Easily recovers formatted hard drives, External/ USB drives, and other storage devices
- Supports FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, exFAT, APFS file systems
Tips to avoid data loss on WD My passport hard drive:
- Scan WD external hard disk with an updated anti-virus tool
- Create more partitions that help to manage data on your passport drive
- Make use of the copy and paste command. And avoid unnecessarily using the cut and paste command
- Do not abruptly disconnect WD hard drive when it is in use.
- Do not connect to your Passport drive to any system that has been attacked by virus or malware threats
