Restore Data from Undetected Samsung External Hard Disk

“Hi!! I am using Samsung M3 500GB external hard disk to pile up all my data from past one year. It always worked fine till yesterday; now it is not getting detected on Mac system. I tried in all possible ways to find the issue, later I came to know that hard disk is infected by harmful viruses when it was connected to my friend’s system. What I have to do now? I have stored lot of personal as well as professional data into it. Is there any possible solution to retrieve data from undetected Samsung external hard disk? Reply soon…….”

Situation like above mentioned can happen to anyone. Not only in above case, many other scenarios can make Samsung drive not to get detected on Mac system. Few of them are listed below:

  • If Samsung external drive is corrupted due to various reasons, then it may not detect on Mac system
  • In case, any hard ware issues occur in Samsung HD, then it won’t get recognized
  • Improper usage of Samsung portable disk drive may lead to its corruption as a result it won’t get recognized on Mac system

Regardless of the reasons that makes Samsung external hard drive unrecognized on Mac user thinks how to retrieve data from it? To know how to do this task, continue to read this page.

How can you restore data from unrecognized Samsung external hard disk on Mac?

Use Yodot Mac Data Recovery software to retrieve data from Samsung external hard disk that is not detected on Mac system. This utility can retrieve all type of data such as MS Office documents, PDFs, compressed files from Samsung portable hard drive. In addition to Samsung, it can restore data from other brands of external hard drive like Sony, Fujista, HP, Lexar, LaCie, SanDisk, Toshiba, Transcend and many others. Apart from healthy external portable device, it assists to get data from dead MacBook Pro, crashed external hard drive, non-booting MacBook Air, un-mountable drive on Mac OS X. This application is compatible with all latest versions of Mac OS X such as Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite.

Steps to retrieve data from undetectable Samsung external hard disk on Mac:

To recover data from unrecognized Samsung external hard drive first connect it to a Mac system and apply below mentioned steps

  • To start recovery process, install Yodot Mac Data Recovery software on Mac system and allow it to run
  • As soon as you run it, you will get main window with two options such as “Volume Recovery” and “Formatted/reformatted Recovery”, use “Volume Recovery” option according to data loss situation you have faced
  • After above step, it will display drive list which is available in that Mac system; select drive which represents Samsung external hard drive
  • Allow the tool to scan the drive in few minutes
  • After completion of scanning, all recovered files will be displayed in a result window in two different view types namely “Data view” and “File Type View”
  • At last, save recovered files in a desired location other than source drive (Samsung external drive)

Notable Points!!

  • Use proper eject option to remove external hard drive on Mac
  • Avoid using unauthorized third party application to resize external hard drive
  • Avoid multiplatform usage of Samsung external drive

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