How to Recover Data from Not Recognized SAS Drive?

Hi guys, I am using 500GB SAS hard dri ve from past 1 year. I don’t know what the problem is, today when I connected it to my system Windows doesn’t show me the disk when I clicked on “My Computer”. Again I removed that drive from port and tried many times but finally ended up with unrecognized error message. My hard drive is held with lot of crucial data. Does anyone face this kind of problem, please suggest me how to restore data from undetected SAS hard drive. Any help would be appreciated.

First of all if it is an external drive, be sure that there is no lose connection or else check for problems like - power issues, drive firmware update issues, any installation disputes etc. Because these are most common scenarios that make a SAS drive undetectable.

Some other main reasons behind undetected SAS hard drive:

  • Connecting SAS drive to virus infected computer
  • Upsurge in number of bad sectors on SAS hard drive
  • Hard drive initialization problem
  • Unsupported hard drive ports
  • Operating system bugs on PC etc.

When SAS hard drive gets unrecognized, all your crucial data saved in it will go be out of reach. So, users may search for solution to fix this issue. However, do not repair SAS drive in any state instead restore data from drive using professional data recovery tool. This article gives brief note about standard data restoration named Yodot Hard Drive Recovery utility and provides guidelines on how to use the application for your help.

Significance of Yodot application:

This tool will allow you to restore data from SAS hard drive which is not recognized on your computer. Along with SAS this tool ensures data recovery from SATA, PATA, SCSI, ATA and other storage devices. In addition you can easily regain data when Windows 10 doesn't recognize external hard drive due to any issues. This retrieving utility supports hard drives formatted with FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 and EXFAT file system. Also, explicitly restores data from formatted, reformatted, missing, hidden, deleted and damaged drives without any difficulties. As mentioned earlier along with Windows 10 OS this utility supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 OS.

Note: Apart from hard drives, this tool will help you restore data when memory card is not detected in mobile, camera or any other digital gadgets.

Recover data from unrecognized SAS drive using Yodot tool:

Note: Connect undetected SAS hard drive to healthy Windows computer as external hard drive, then follow below steps to get back data.

  • Install and launch Yodot program on your PC
  • Select “Partition Recovery” option on main screen then it will move to next screen automatically
  • In next window select SAS drive from list of available drives and click on “Next” to continue
  • Further, choose file types which you want to recover and click “Next” to initiate scan
  • After scan, you can sort restored files either in “Data View” or “File Type View”
  • Finally, save retrieved files in desired destination by purchasing license key of the product

Useful note for users:

  • Maintain regular backup of essential data to prevent data loss in any situation
  • Scan your PC in daily basis to keep away from severe malware

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