Recovering Data from Mac Internal Hard Disk

“I ran into a big trouble as my Mac computer hard drive got corrupt and stopped working. I purchased my Mac machine a couple of years back and didn’t find a need to change the hard disk till now. Today, as I turned ON the computer, it started acting weird and froze completely showing nothing. So how can I recover data from hard drive of my Mac computer? Please give few suggestions on this. Many thanks in advance.”

Mac is the best companion of many computer users as this operating system comes with outstanding features. Its mind-blowing user interface and supported applications make users to get addicted for Mac computers enormously. Internal hard drive on Mac machines will basically have two volumes - Macintosh HD to hold OS, system resources, etc. and other volume to store user data. But many times, users undergo various scenarios that can result in loss of data from internal hard drive on Mac as listed below:

• Damage to Apple Partition Map or directory corruption due to incorrect formatting or reformatting process can become vital reason for inaccessibility of data on Mac internal drive
• Increasing bad sectors on hard drive may cause its failure that can induce abnormal behavior of Mac computer like frequent hanging / freezing
• Corruption of Catalog file, Journal file, any application crash, OS crash and other issues due to unknown logical errors can even corrupt internal hard drive on Mac system resulting in data loss
• Apart from logical errors, users might also lose important data from internal hard drive on Mac due to accidental formatting any volume, inappropriate power supply, wrong installation of OS and other human mistakes

Instances like above can render huge data loss from Mac internal hard disk if user cannot find the proper backup. However at times, enabling Time machine might save user from severe data loss by recovering back data after unforeseen disasters. But, this Time Machine is not a permanent solution for data loss on Mac internal drive because most of the users fail to enable Time Machine to backup recent data. In such a case, the only method to bring back inaccessible data from Mac internal HD is to employ good recovery program.

Software to regain data from Mac internal hard drive:

The most effective and proficient data recovery program to get back all data from non working Mac internal hard drive is Yodot Mac Data Recovery tool. This program can restore data like MS Office files, application files, archives, movies, pictures and other file formats from Mac internal hard drive after severe data loss events. It can successfully rescue data from unmountable Mac hard drive, corrupted or inaccessible Mac hard drive in easy steps. This Mac data recovery tool has ability to retrieve data from hard drive that stops working on Mac machines like Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Also, it is excellent in recovering lost data from Mac internal hard drive, external hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, FireWire drives and other storage components on Mac OS X system. This amazing utility can be used on Mac computers / Notebooks operating with Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks OS X versions.

Simple steps to bring back Mac internal hard drive data:

• Download Yodot Mac Data Recovery program on a healthy Mac OS X computer
• Connect Mac internal hard drive that has undergone data loss to this Mac machine using proper cable
• Next, install and run the software just like any other application on Mac
• As the main screen displays, click on “Volume Recovery” if data is inaccessible from Mac internal drive due to corruption or other issues
• Else, if data is lost due to formatting, then click on “Formatted / Reformatted Recovery”
• Next, screen shows all drives present on the Mac machine, select the drive associated with victim hard drive connected externally to this machine
• Further, mention the file types that you wish to restore from internal hard drive or simply skip the step
• Commence the scanning process by clicking on ‘Next’ button
• After short span of time, all recovered data will be displayed in a list under ‘Data View’ and ‘File Type View’
• View the rescued data by toggling between the view types and examine selected files using ‘Preview’ button
• At last, target a location on host Mac computer hard drive and save the rescued data

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