Help! I've lost files on my WD Passport hard drive.

"I have been using WD My Passport external hard drive for two years to back up all my personal files. Recently, every time I connect it to the computer, it shows me an error message saying the disk is not formatted. Once, I accidentally clicked “Yes” on the prompt asking if I wanted to format the hard drive. As a result, my WD My Passport got formatted, and I lost nearly 500 photos and 200 video files. Is there any software that can help me recover data from WD My Passport after formatting?"

Free Download WD Passport Data Recovery Software

When you lose data from your WD My Passport, don't worry! You can get it back with a fast and efficient data recovery tool. The Data Recovery Wizard Professional is a professional file recovery software that effectively recovers data from WD Passport in just a few simple steps, no matter the cause of data loss.

How to Recover Data from WD My Passport Hard Drive

tools Data Recovery Wizard specializes in hard drive recovery and partition recovery. It supports over 250 file types, including images, videos, documents, emails, and audio files. Besides, this professional software also performs well in memory card recovery. Now, you can download the trial version for a first attempt. The trial version will show all the data recovery features in the full version, including hard drive scanning and file preview.

Step 1: Scan the hard drive partition

Select the drive on your hard disk where you lost or deleted the files. Click “Scan” to have the data recovery tool scan all lost data and files on the selected drive.

Select the location and scan the hard drive
select a location and scan hard drive

Second step: Check the results

Once the scan is complete, you can use the “Filter” feature or click on the “Search for a file or folder” option to look for the lost files on your hard drive.

Search and preview all lost hard drive data

Step 3: Recover Lost Hard Drive Data

Select the files you want to recover, and click “Restore” to save them to a different location.

Recover lost data from hard drive.

It works so well on simple file deletion and hard drive formatting that it boasts a 99.73% success rate for recovery.

However, many WD hard drive owners are faced with severe data loss issues on the problematic hard drive. Luckily, as long as your WD hard drive can be detected by Windows Disk Management (to access Windows Disk Management, go to “My Computer”/“This PC” – Manage – Disk Management), you can still use software tools to salvage your files, regardless of its status.

Common issues with WD hard drives include:

    • The hard drive file system becomes RAW
    • Windows prompts that the hard drive is unformatted. Would you like to format it now?
    • The hard drive is inaccessible, damaged, and bad sectors are detected