How to recover data from an external hard drive, an USB drive, or a memory card

• To recover data from an external hard drive you should have the hard drive recognized by the PC (how to verify if the drive is recognized or not?).
• If your external hard drive doesn't recognized by the computer, refer to what you can try to make the external hard drive recognized by the PC.

If you get your external device recognized by the PC but the data is not readable, follow the instructions below to recover data from the device.

Important safety notice

Never write anything on the drive or the card you need to recover data from. Doing so will cause more damage to your data. Stop using the device immediately once you discover a data loss. Also, do not save the recovered data back to the same drive or card you are recovering data from.

How to recover data using ReclaiMe

1. Make sure you have enough free space on a known-good drive or on a network to hold all the recovered data.
2. If you have an external hard drive (rather than an USB thumbdrive) and hear any unusual sounds, refer to unusual hard drive noise.
3. Download, install, and run ReclaiMe data recovery software.
4. Identify the device you want to recover data from in the device list. Most likely, it will be under the "USB devices" section (need help identifying your drive?). The external drives typically do not have multiple partitions, so if there is no logical drive associated with your device, have ReclaiMe analyze the physical device instead.
5. Double click the device to start the recovery.
6. The files are displayed as soon as they are discovered.
7. Select the file(s) or folder you want to recover, and click Save button on the toolbar. Alternatively, click Save and select Save All from the menu.