How to recover data from unallocated external hard drive?

[mahmudanwerzaki]

So my transcend external harddrive is unallocated at the moment and needs to be cmd formatted in order to launch and work properly again but the data on it is so important and needs to be recovered at first, how should i recover it without losing any of my data...
P.S: the harddrive cannot be detected by most of recovery software neither do exist in the my computer window.

 

[USAFRet]

1. What was the last thing that happened before it became "unallocated" ?

2. If the data that was on it was "so important", why wasn't there a backup of it?

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

1. What was the last thing that happened before it became "unallocated" ?

2. If the data that was on it was "so important", why wasn't there a backup of it?

the last thing was right-click followed by eject harddrive....
because my internal harddisk was full and the external was supposed to be the safe thing.

 

[USAFRet]

1. What was the last thing that happened before it became "unallocated" ?

2. If the data that was on it was "so important", why wasn't there a backup of it?

the last thing was right-click followed by eject harddrive....
because my internal harddisk was full and the external was supposed to be the safe thing.

A "backup" is a second (or third, or fourth) copy on another drive.
Not the "only" copy.

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

next time then, can you help me with the current situation!?

 

[USAFRet]

next time then, can you help me with the current situation!?

If it can't be detected in the OS with normal consumer grade tools, your only hope is maybe a data recovery company.
This will cost $$$.

Is this the same drive you posted about last week?
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3738593/transcend-storejet-external-hard-drive-launching.html

 

[RolandJS]

There might be a way to recover an unallocated hard-drive, internal or external, depending on exactly what happened just before you discovered it was un-allocated. Be advised that the recovery process is problematic, quite geeky, and the sucess possibilities vary widely on a case by case basis.
Now, to the best of your recollection, what partition or partitions was on that external hard-drive?
And presently, what data recovery programs and utilities reside on the internal hard-drive, which I understand is aok.
I would rather you tell us that you are going to make full image OS and Data partition backups onto external media before anything else might go wrong with the computer.

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

There might be a way to recover an unallocated hard-drive, internal or external, depending on exactly what happened just before you discovered it was un-allocated.
Be advised that the recovery process is problematic, quite geeky, and the sucess possibilities vary widely on a case by case basis.

i just ejected the harddrive properly the last time, can you guide me through!?

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

There might be a way to recover an unallocated hard-drive, internal or external, depending on exactly what happened just before you discovered it was un-allocated. Be advised that the recovery process is problematic, quite geeky, and the sucess possibilities vary widely on a case by case basis.
Now, to the best of your recollection, what partition or partitions was on that external hard-drive?
And presently, what data recovery programs and utilities reside on the internal hard-drive, which I understand is aok.
I would rather you tell us that you are going to make full image OS and Data partition backups onto external media before anything else might go wrong with the computer.

I didn't create any partitions on it just created a couple of folders and kept copying my data to them.
I used recuva business edition recovery software but it did not show up my external harddrive in the dropdown menu, and also tried some other free software like "wondershare recover it" and "find and mount" they scanned but showed no data on it.

 

[RolandJS]

I am terrible at step by step guiding people through simple processes let alone complicated processes of data recovery. The only thing I can suggest:
-- if sending HDD to a data recovery company/specialist (expensive!) is NOT an option
-- do not make any writes on that external hard-drive under any circumstances
-- download & install MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.t; ditto with R-Studio or anything similar in power and thoroughness, there are many to chose from
-- find a local data recovery person, not a computer hardware/software technician (not until AFTER DR person's recovery attempts are exhausted), and let that Data Recovery person guide you, walk you through, looking at everything, looking over your shoulder

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

next time then, can you help me with the current situation!?

If it can't be detected in the OS with normal consumer grade tools, your only hope is maybe a data recovery company.
This will cost $$$.

Is this the same drive you posted about last week?
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3738593/transcend-storejet-external-hard-drive-launching.html

Thanks for your reply and trying to help me as much as you can, i think you should know that i couldn't afford an additional external drive for a second backup since my data exceeds 200 gbs and those drives are really expensive, anyway thanks for the helping and yes it is the same drive i posted about a couple of days ago..

 

[mahmudanwerzaki]

I am terrible at step by step guiding people through simple processes let alone complicated processes of data recovery. The only thing I can suggest:
-- if sending HDD to a data recovery company/specialist (expensive!) is NOT an option
-- do not make any writes on that external hard-drive under any circumstances
-- download & install MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.t; ditto with R-Studio or anything similar in power and thoroughness, there are many to chose from
-- find a local data recovery person, not a computer hardware/software technician (not until AFTER DR person's recovery attempts are exhausted), and let that Data Recovery person guide you, walk you through, looking at everything, looking over your shoulder

Thank you so much for the cooperation, i really appreciate it, and you're not terrible at all.,
first: sending my HDD to a company is not really affordable but i like the idea of the local DR person and i'll give it a shot, and i will download the software try it out and be more careful the next time.

second: what do you mean by not making any writes on my external HDD!?

 

[RolandJS]

"...second: what do you mean by not making any writes on my external HDD!?..."
A local DR person can explain much better than I can. The chances of recovering data also depend on that data not being overwritten by anything, be it Windows, be it Fixt-It this, Fix-It that and so on.