Portable hard drive is an additional storage device for many users to carry data. If there is not enough space on a computer drive, the portable hard drive becomes the best choice. However, sometimes the portable cannot be recognized when connected to the computer. What to do if the portable hard drive cannot be recognized on the computer? Is it possible to export data from unrecognized portable hard drive?

export data from unrecognized portable hard drive

Actually, if the portable or external hard drive cannot be detected in windows explorer, there is still a chance the export the data out of the drive. We can use some professional data recovery software to export data from unrecognized portable hard drive.


Choose data recovery software for unrecognized portable hard drive

Mostly, if a portable hard drive cannot be recognized, there would be issues with the file system. The data on the portable drive is not wiped and still on the drive. Professional data recovery software can analyze the hard drive and search for the lost files from the drive. The most reliable data recovery software for unrecognized portable hard drive is TogetherShare Data Recovery.

With this portable hard drive data recovery, you can free to scan and preview the files first before executing the recovery. It can make sure that the recovered files are recoverable or not. So, just download the trial version to scan and verify if it works for you.

TogetherShare Data Recovery

Powerful & easy-to-use data recovery software

This software can also work in other data loss scenarios indeed. If you lost data because of accidentally deleting, formatting, file system crash, system errors, system upgrade failure, and other unexpected issues, TogetherShare Data Recovery can help you rescue the lost files without problem.


How to export data from unrecognized portable hard drive?

It is simple to export data from unrecognized portable hard drive with professional data recovery software. TogetherShare Data Recovery is simple enough for any users to recover data from the portable hard drive. With 3 steps, you are able to get back your lost files easily and safely. Please follow the guide below to start the recovery:

Step 1. Choose the unrecognized portable hard drive to scan.

Connect the unrecognized portable hard drive to a computer, and then install the data recovery software on that computer. Choose the unrecognized portable hard drive from the list in the software and click the "Scan" button to continue.

export data from unrecognized portable hard drive

Step 2. Scan and sear for files from unrecognized portable hard drive.

The software will scan the drive for lost files. It will deep the unrecognized portable hard drive and try to find any lost videos, photos, documents, emails, archives, and any other files.

export data from unrecognized portable hard drive

Step 3. Preview and export data from unrecognized portable hard drive.

After scanning, you can preview the lost files first, and then only select the wanted files to recover.

export data from unrecognized portable hard drive

If the portable hard drive becomes unrecognized, please don't make any further changes to the drive. It will avoid any further damage to the lost files. Then please download the TogetherShare Data Recovery to export data from unrecognized portable hard drive.

TogetherShare Data Recovery

Powerful & easy-to-use data recovery software

TogetherShare Data Recovery

TogetherShare Data Recovery

Powerful & easy-to-use data recovery software