Recover Data from LaCie External Hard Drive Data – Expert Guide

I. What is a LaCie mobile hard drive, and what are the reasons for data loss on the hard drive?

LaCie is a French-American computer hardware company that specializes in the development of external hard drives, RAID arrays, optical drives, flash drives, and computer monitors. The company developed Silverlining, the first general-purpose disk formatting software for SCSI drives (Note: SCSI was adopted by Apple Computer as its primary peripheral interface standard). Its mobile hard disk products are also loved by many users in the market, but as a perishable accessory, the mobile hard disk will also lose internal data due to various problems during use. In fact, the reasons for hard disk data loss are nothing more than the following aspects:

● Accidental deletion: Accidental deletion of data is the main cause of data loss in the hard disk. Many users may accidentally delete important files during daily operations. It is recommended to operate carefully at ordinary times, and regularly back up hard disk data to reduce the occurrence of accidental deletion.

●Virus infection: When you install a virus-laden application or browse unsafe web content, your mobile hard drive will face the risk of virus infection and data loss.

●Format processing: In the process of using the mobile hard disk, you may be used to formatting the device on a regular basis. What needs to be reminded is that once the mobile hard disk is formatted, the data in the device will be cleared. In order to avoid unnecessary loss, it is recommended that you back up the data before formatting.

●Power shock: When you use PC equipment in an environment with fluctuating power supply, if the PC equipment is subjected to a power shock, such as a sudden power failure, the LaCie mobile hard disk will also be affected, which may result in the loss of internal data.

●Physical damage: When the mobile hard disk is damaged due to external reasons (such as impact, drop), it is likely to suddenly fail to respond to access commands, and the internal data will also face the risk of loss.

The above are the common reasons for the data loss of the mobile hard disk. When the data is lost and the mobile hard disk cannot be accessed normally, it is recommended that you use professional data recovery software to retrieve the data in the LaCie hard disk. The following is the introduction of the data recovery steps.

II. Recover data on Windows/Mac with Renee Undeleter

Renee Undeleter supports both Windows and Mac systems, and it is simple and effective to operate.

1. What is Renee Undeleter?

Renee Undeleter It is a software specially used to restore various data files. When you accidentally delete important files, empty the recycle bin, or format the disk/storage, you can use this tool to retrieve the lost data. The software covers four functional modules, including file recovery, format recovery, partition recovery and image creation. Therefore, it can help you solve all possible data loss problems that may occur during system use in an all-round way, which is very convenient.

2. How to restore LaCie mobile hard disk data with Renee Undeleter?

Restoring data with Renee Undeleter is very simple, the specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Undeleter, select the (Partition Recovery) option on the main interface.

Step 2: Next, select the mobile hard disk device to be scanned, and then click (Next). Select (default setting) on the advanced setting interface.

Step 3: After that, the software will analyze the mobile hard disk device. After the analysis, a prompt window of “select the partition you need to scan” may pop up. You can select the corresponding partition according to your needs. If you don’t select it, all partitions will be scanned. It will take longer. After scanning, you can preview the files in the preview window on the right, then select the files you need to restore, and click the (Recover) button in the lower right corner to restore the selected files.

Step 4: Next, select the target folder, click (Browse) to select another disk to save the recovered files, and then click the (Recover) button to start the file recovery command, you just need to wait patiently.

After knowing how to restore LaCie mobile hard disk data, if your mobile hard disk has some failures, you can check the following content to learn about common hard disk failures and repair operations.