Fast & Safe & Easy Ways for Western Digital Data Recovery

To start with, you need to figure out the cause of the Western Digital data loss. Well, it is a good way to prevent the future data loss, too.

Now, let's read together to check if you encounter the same problem.

• Mistakenly deletion.
• Accidentally formatted.
• Lost partition.
• Unrecognized or inaccessible hard drives.
• System crush.
• Virus attack.
• Eject or power off the WD external hard drive improperly.

After that, it is time to recover data from the WD external hard disk. This article shows common ways and ultimate solution for Western digital data recovery. Just read and follow.

Warm tip: Actually, when you find the WD external hard drive is unallocated or unrecognized, you should not store any new item into it. Otherwise, your previous "disappeared" file may be overwritten.

Western Digital Data Recovery

• Part 1: WD External Hard Drive Not Recognized. How to Fix?
• Part 2: How to perform Western Digital Data Recovery
• Part 3: Tips That Why WD External Hard Drive Is Not Detecting on Windows XP

Part 1: WD External Hard Drive Not Recognized. How to Fix?

There are some frequently-asked questions you can see about the data recovery on WD external hard drive. For instance, you can get problems like "How to fix WD external hard drive not showing up in my computer?"

"How to recover data from WD external hard disk which is not detecting?" and more.

Before trying a Western digital hard drive repair tool kit, here are some tricks to fix the not recognized external hard drive. Well, maybe you can solve the problem with no cost.

Method 1: Change a New USB Cable or Port while Connecting WD Hard Drive

When your Western Digital hard drive fails to be recognized by your computer, you can use a new USB cable to have a try. Moreover, you can also plug your WD external hard drive into another USB port.

Method 2: Clean up the Possible Virus or Malware on Both WD and PC

If your WD external hard drive gets affected by virus or malware, it may hamper the normal functions and make the stored data unavailable. Well, you should also check the condition of your computer. So scanning with an anti-virus tool also works for Western digital data recovery.

Method 3: Enable the USB Root Hub to Make the WD Hard Drive Recognizable

By triggering the USB Root Hub feature, you can troubleshoot the WD external hard drive not detected and similar problems.

Step 1 Type "devmgmt.msc" in the "Start" menu on your computer, then press "Enter" key.

Step 2 Expand the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" item in the "Device Manager" window.

Step 3 Right click on the "USB Root Hub" option, and then select "Properties".

Step 4 Locate the "Power Management" section in the "USB Root Hub Properties" window.

Step 5 Uncheck the small box before "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

Note: Later, you can turn on other USB Root hubs by repeating above steps. After that, restart the computer and reconnect the WD external hard drive to have a try.

Part 2: How to perform Western Digital Data Recovery

If you want to recover some deleted or lost files from your WD hard drive, then definitely Aiseesoft Data Recovery should be your first choice. Even though you encounter mistakenly deletion, formatted partition, crashed computer and other errors, you can still perform Western Digital data recovery effortlessly.

Key Features of the Western Digital Data Recovery Software

• Wide support of recoverable devices and recoverable data.
• Get files recovery from various situations like deleted files recovery, formatted hard drive recovery, crashed PC recovery and partition recovery.
• Search and preview any data with the detailed information.
• Provide the fast scanning speed and data safe guarantee.

How to Recover Data from Your Western Digital External Hard Drive Selectively and Safely

Step 1Run Data Recovery

Download the Western Digital data recovery software on your Windows computer. Launch Aiseesoft Data Recovery after the installation.

Step 2Choose the recoverable data type and location

You can see two questions in the main interface. So choose the certain data type you want to recover. Later, select the WD external hard drive as the target location.

Step 3Scan your chosen data type and disk drive

Click "Scan" on the lower right corner of the screen. Wait for a while to complete the quick scanning process.

Well, if you cannot find your missing data, you can choose "Deep Scan" on the top, though it may take more time than the quick scan.

Step 4Perform WD external hard drive recovery

Now you can get all recoverable files in categories. To find one file quickly from various similar items, you can use the "filter" function to locate the file. Mark before items you want to recover. At last, choose the "Recover" button on the lower right corner. You can get all the selected data back to your Western Digital hard drive easily.

Part 3: Tips That Why WD External Hard Drive Is Not Detecting on Windows XP

Wanna know how to do Western digital data recovery on Windows XP? Well, just use the above methods first. Later, you can try the following steps to make the WD external hard drive appear again.

Step 1 Press "Windows" and "R" keys to get the "Run" command.

Step 2 Type "diskmgmt.msc" and press "Enter" on your keyboard.

Step 3 Locate the Disk Management window, and then right click on the disk partition.

Step 4 Select the "Change Drive letter and Paths…" option from the right-click menu.

Step 5 Choose "Assign the following drive letter" and set a new one.

Step 6 Click "OK" to save your change.

Note: After that, you can recreate partitions on it. Check if it is available in Windows Explorer.

Well, that's all about how to perform Western Digital data recovery. If you have any problem about the WD external hard drive, just feel free to contact us.