Recover Files from Corrupt External Hard Drive on Mac

Recover lost digital files for iPod, camera memory cards, External hard disks, FireWire drives, USB drives, etc.

Recover external hard drive data when file system corrupt

Yes, Saving our important files into an external hard drive is a often used method for data preservation or transfer, but removable media is not the absolute cover, for a variety of reasons, we often carelessly lost files from the hard drive like deleting and formatting by mistaken, or file system errors.

Recover corrupt external drive files on MacHow can u recover digital media file from a corrupt external hard drive?
We need to install a data recovery software - Disk Doctors Photo Recovery(Mac) onto our Mac OS X, it is a System/Disk Utility software recommended by Apple.com that supports recovery lost, deleted, and formatted files from all types of Camera/Flash cards, Firewire drives, Mac hard drive and external hard drives.

What's more, this file recovery software allows you to recover many file types from corrupt external hard drive, such as all types of RAW photos, pictures, audio and video files, etc. Also, you can use it to quickly save the recovery scan info to avoid rescanning in full version.

Product: Disk Doctor Photo Recovery for Mac
Price: $69.00
Delivery: Download link, License key
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above, including Leopard
Trial: Download Evaluation Version

This comprehensive file recovery software can save your corrupt digital media file when:
1. Any type of file system corruption in hard drive, digital camera storage device and USB flash drives.
2. Accidentally deleted photos from digital camera memory cards, Mac hard drives and external hard drives, etc.
3. Formatted or reformatted memory cards and removable media.
4. Mac OS X prompts for disk initialization when external hard drive is just connected.
5. Any type of logical storage media corruption which does not allow you to access data inside.


Note: We recommend that you download the evaluation version first which will give you first hand experience to try and test before purchasing. The demo version would display all the data which can be recovered, to recover you would need to purchase full version.



Guides: Recover files from corrupt external hard drive on Mac.

Disk Doctors Photo Recovery is an excellent tool for Mac users to recover files from various local hard drive, memory card and removable media. The following guide will show you how to recover files from corrupt external hard drive on Mac. You can download this Photo Recovery software for Mac first and install it to your computer.

Step 1. Run photo recovery software.
Run the software by double clicking on application icon from the 'Applications' folder or the location where the software has been installed. Program main Window will be displayed as shown in the Figure (a).

Run software to recover files from corrupt external hard drive
Figure (a). Program main Window

Step 2. Choose file types.
Select external hard drive from the drive(s) list, and click on "Next" button Or double click on the drive to proceed. As you click "Next" button, the program displays a window to select types of files you want to recover. Shown in "Figure (b)".

Select file types on corrupt external hard drive
Figure (b). Select required photo formats

Step 3. Save recovered files on Mac.
As soon as the application completes the data scanning process, the photos on your flash memory will be analysed and displayed in a well organized data tree. Show in Figure (c).
Click on "Save" button and specify a safe location to save those recovered photos you need in your local folder. Show in Figure (d).

Scan files on corrupt external hard drive on Mac
Figure (c). Recovered data tree

Save recovered files from corrupt external hard drive to Mac
Figure (d). Specify safe destination location for saving

Please Note: In order to save your recovered data, you need to purchase and activate the full version. Saving option will not work in demo version.

Please Note: It might take a while depending on the size of the flash memory card. The bigger it is, the longer it will take to complete scanning.

LITTLE SOFTWARE, BIG FEATURES!

Product: Disk Doctor Photo Recovery for Mac
Price: $69.00
Delivery: Download link, License key
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above, including Leopard
Trial: Download Evaluation Version


AWARDS
Photo Recovery for Mac - Downloadatoz award
Photo Recovery for Mac award by PC ADVISOR
CNET Award for Photo Recovery for Mac
Photo Recovery for Mac - Excellent award

REVIEWS
  • by George M. Bigham Thomson
    Thank you! It is nice to deal with professionals! In spite of my PC being re-imaged, having several applications installed and being used daily for about a week, your product was able to recover most of my lost files!"

  • by CNET Editor Review
    We found that the program discovered the folder and file structure faster than many similar programs"

Video Guide



GUIDES