My WD external hard drive keeps shutting down my MAC book pro whenever I plug it in. Any Idea why it is doing this and how to fix it? I also plugged it in to my MAC desktop and it does the same thing. This item Toshiba Canvio Slim II 500GB Portable External Hard Drive for Mac (HDTD205XSMDA) WD 1TB My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive, USB-C/USB-A - WDBFKF0010BBK-WESE. Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1TB Portable External Hard Drive for Mac USB 3.0 + 2mo Adobe CC Photography (STDS1000100) Toshiba Canvio Slim II 1TB Portable External Hard.
I am an educational counselor and visit many institutes for seminars and lectures. I store all my project files and thesis in an external hard drive, so that I can use it wherever I go, as it provides larger space to store data and simple to carry because of its small size. But today an unplanned tragedy took place. On connecting my Toshiba external hard drive I got some error messages that suggested me to format my drive. In order to solve this error I followed instructions that were displayed, and formatted my drive which wiped all my imperative data. I am totally disturbed with this and need a quick solution to get back data from Toshiba external hard drive. Please give me feedback on this and help me to get out of this troublesome.
It’s very common with external hard drive users to suffer this kind of data loss, as these drives are prone to get affected with logical misfortunes and create problems. But all thanks to today’s technology that there are software that can bring back lost data from Toshiba external hard drive and helps you to access your deleted / lost data.
However, Toshiba is a pioneer in manufacturing computer peripherals and its external hard drives are used by many computer users all around the world, since these are easy to plug in play, offers excellent speed to perform file transfer process, etc. But these too have a sinister side because of that majority of users suffer brutal data crisis. Some of the scenarios are mentioned below.
- Improper use: It is recommended by professionals that external hard drives should be handled or used with care, since these are portable in nature and more susceptible to get damage. One common practice that most of the users do is incorrect removal of connected Toshiba external drive that may damage the file structure and make Toshiba external drive inaccessible.
- Virus corruption: Even external drives are not protected from viruses. Storing of data with virus infected file may result in corruption of drive, as virus may make some unnecessary changes to boot sector and make all the data inaccessible by restricting you to access the drive.
- User Mistake: There are times when you may be in some swinging mood and format a drive. Then realize that the drive you formatted is your Toshiba external hard drive connected to your Mac system that contained essential files and folders. Apart from this, accidental deletion of files from Toshiba external drive may also lead to same.
What to use?
You may find a long list of data recovery software on internet. But some are too expensive and some are not reliable enough to use. Normally professional experts suggest you to go for Remo Recover, since it is the most reliable recovery tool that is used by many industries and professional to retrieve data from Toshiba 1TB external hard drive. Software is developed in a way that it can recover data from Toshiba external hard drive in few minutes by performing absolute scan using its elegant scanning techniques. This startling product is built by a team of specialists who have years of experience in data recovery field.
Overwhelming features of Remo Recover..!
- Tool is engineered with ultra modern recovery programs and capable of accomplishing Toshiba external hard drive recovery on Mac
- Its non problematic GUI makes recovery of Toshiba external hard drive simple on Mac machine
- You can retrieve data such as beautiful pictures, songs, amazing videos, interactive games, etc by performing Toshiba portable hard drive recovery
- Besides Toshiba, software can also be used to perform Time Capsule hard drive recovery as well as recover data from different portable drives brands
- You can restore lost data from Toshiba external hard drive by connecting it to almost all versions of Mac, since it supports most popular Macintosh versions
- You can even get back lost data from Toshiba external hard drive that has bad sectors using this amazing revival tool.
Instructions to implement Toshiba external hard drive data recovery:
Step 1: Download and Install the free trial version of the software. Connect your Toshiba external hard disk to computer and launch Toshiba External Hard Drive Data Recovery software. You will see the main window with three options as illustrated in figure 1. Click on 'Recover Volumes/Drives'.
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Figure 1: Main Window
Step 2: From next window, select suitable option as illustrated in figure 2.
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Figure 2: Select Option