Retrieve Data from WD My Book Essential 2TB Desktop HD

Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB is a well-known desktop external hard drive which features universal compatibility with USB 2.0 and super speed USB 3.0 that lets you access, transfer and save files up to 3 times faster than USB 2.0. It comes up with built in SmartWare suite which provides automatic and constant background backups like Mac system’s Time machine. Also, it lets you run diagnosis, manage power settings, set drive settings and more. Along with this, it facilitates password protection and encryption for protecting your valuable data from unauthorized access.

However, many users prefer not to choose SmartWare software to backup their data and lose it due to several reasons as explained below:

• Improper Partition: In case you use unreliable third party utility to create new volume in Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hard drive, then it may corrupt existing volume and makes complete data inaccessible
• Abrupt Removal: As Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hard drive contains huge amount of data, you should remove it safely from Mac finder. Failing to do so, will results in loss of certain files stored upon Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB drive
• Interruptions During File Transfer: Power failure, Mac system hang or unexpected system shutdown at the time of transferring data from Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop drive to Mac computer might render loss or missing of your important data
• Format Error: If you connect Mac compatible Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hdd to Windows computer, then Windows computer fail to recognize its file system and suggest you to format WD desktop hard drive. In such case, entire data saved on Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop drive will be erased if you choose to format it

Since lost data from WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0 desktop hard drive cannot be recovered using any option from Mac computer; one should download apt Mac data recovery software and then try to restore data with its help.

Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB recovery software:

For assured recovery of files from Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop drive, you are suggested to use Yodot Mac Data Recovery software. It will safely restore files, applications, games, photos, videos, music and other documents you save lost from Wd My Book Essential 2TB desktop external hard drive. It can help you to restore data from all models of WD external or desktop hard drives compatible on Mac OS X computer; for instance, it can rescue data from WD MY Book Studio, WD My Book, WD Elements SE 1TB Portable Hard Drive, WD My Passport Ultra 2TB External, Western Digital VelociRaptor, Western Digital My Passport Edge, Wd Caviar hdd, etc. This application includes two scan options namely “Standard Scan” and “Advanced Scan”. Standard scan allows you to quickly scan volume and restore data from it where as “Advanced Scan” permits you to choose drive when there is severe corruption in volume. It will show each and every option clearly to make sure that recovering files from Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hard drive is not a difficult task.

Steps to retrieve files from Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB drive:

• Connect Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hard drive to your Mac computer with the help of data cable
• Download Yodot Mac Data Recovery software using provided link and install it to your Mac computer
• Run the application and then choose any one option out of the two i.e. “Volume Recovery” “Formatted / Reformatted Recovery”
• Now you will see all identified storage drives present on your computer
• Choose the drive that indicates Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB desktop hard drive and click on “Next” to begin the scanning
• Select recoverable files using two view types namely “Data View” and “File Type View”
• Preview media files such as photos, videos and music and at last save them to safe location of your Macintosh computer

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