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How to Recover Data from RAW External Hard Drive on Mac Computer

/ Posted by Rlslee to External Hard Drive Data Recovery

Hi, when I connect my 2TB WD external hard drive to computer, I got a message said "The disk in drive E: is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" I have lots of document files on it. Is it possible to recover data from unformatted external hard drive? Thanks. PS: I need a RAW External Hard Drive Recovery for Mac solution. Become I want to solve it on my MacBook Pro.

Your External Hard Drive may show the following RAW symptoms: You need to format the disk in drive X: before you can use it. Do you want to format it? External Hard Drive file system showing as "RAW" or unknown; 0 bytes used space and 0 bytes free space and unrecognized External Hard Drive, External Hard Drive showing wrong capacity in Windows PC/Mac, Windows is unable to complete the format on RAW External Hard Drive, RAW External Hard Drive is write protected and can't be formatted, Error saying 'sectors not found', Abort, Retry, Fail? File names contain weird characters, Sector not found messages. In above cases you should that External Hard Drive became RAW.

Why External Hard Drive became RAW?

Common RAW External Hard Drive scenarios::

System crash due to sudden power failure or abrupt system shutdown

Inappropriate handling of the External Hard Drive

External Hard Drive was attacked by Malware/virus

Electrostatic discharge

Damaged file system structure

How to Recover Data from RAW External Hard Drive when I failed to repair RAW External Hard Drive by using CMD without Formatting on Mac?

If you are a Mac user and need to perform RAW External Hard Drive Data Recovery on Mac, please download RAW External Hard Drive recovery for Mac software - Mac External Hard Drive Data Recovery Pro. It can recover lost files from RAW External Hard Drive of all flash drive brands, such as WD, Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, SanDisk, Kingston Technology, Sony Computer Entertainment, Transcend, Samsung, ADATA, HP, HGST, Apple, Mushkin, Quantum Corporation, Buffalo Technology, Strontium Technology, Maxtor, Iomega International SA, LaCie, MC Corporation, G-Technology and more.

Download and install RAW External Hard Drive Data Recovery for Mac on your computer, connect your external hard drive to Mac and make sure it has detected. Follow the next tutorial to perform RAW External Hard Drive Data Recovery on Mac computer.

Free Download For macOS 10.6 and above

Step 1: Run the RAW External Hard Drive Data Recovery for Mac Software

Select the RAW external hard drive which detected on your Mac computer, and click start to next.

Step 2: Restore Files RAW External Hard Drive

At the scanning is completed, you can check all recovered files on the results. Click "Recover" button to get back files from external hard drive.