When you need to back up your files or have expanded storage for your data, you can use an external hard drive to store the additional data. At times, we encounter issues with our devices such as a Samsung external hard drive on a sudden loss or deletion of data, corruption of files, or drive. How to save your drive and your files? This tutorial guide presents the different methods that you can do to perform a Samsung external hard drive data recovery. Another safer and better approach is the use of the FoneDog Data Recovery tool to restore your important files.
Part 1: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery Using Data RecoveryPart 2: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery Methods Part 3: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery with Check Disk Tool Part 4: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery with Disk Management Part 5: In Summary
Part 1: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery Using Data Recovery
For your data recovery needs from any device such as Samsung external hard drive, you can use the FoneDog Data Recovery program which is a safer, reliable, and professional tool to recover any type of data. The tool allows you to recover data types such as photos, videos, music, documents, emails, archive, and many others.
It allows you to scan and do Samsung external hard drive data recovery is a simple guided interface wizard. The tool can scan in quick and deep modes returning the results in categories that let you preview the file contents. You can also select all or specific files to recover. The program is available for both Windows and Mac OS in a free trial version.
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Step 1. Start FoneDog Data Recovery Application
Download and install the FoneDog Data Recovery to your PC and run the installed application. Connect your Samsung external hard drive to your PC.
Step 2. Select File Type and Hard Drive
On the main screen of FoneDog Data Recovery, choose the file types to recover and the Samsung external hard drive. Ensure that your PC is connected to a stable power source and your external hard drive is recognized successfully by your PC.
Step 3. Scan and Show File Results
Choose the scan mode for your device. The quick scan will perform at a faster speed while the deep scan will return more contents and takes longer to complete. Click the Scan button to proceed. The file results are returned in categories after the scan.
Step 4. Recover Your Samsung External Hard Drive
From the list of results, choose the files that you want to recover. You can search for the file by entering the name or path on the search box. Then click the Recover button to proceed. Wait until the data recovery process is completed.
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Part 2: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery Methods
This section provides simple methods on how to do Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery by reverting to the previous changes and restoring the lost and deleted files. Before trying to fix your external drive, stop any processes, and recover the data first. If you have backups you can restore them. If none, you can try to undo the changes or use the FoneDog Data Recovery tool.
Method 1: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery from the Recycle Bin
A hard drive including an external has its own recycle bin folder. Whenever a file has been temporarily deleted, it is sent automatically to the Recycle Bin on your desktop where it shows the combined recycle bin folders from your drives. You can restore the file to its original location. But if a file is permanently deleted (pressing Shift + Delete keys), you can no longer retrieve it in the Recycle Bin.
- Step 01: On your desktop, launch the Recycle Bin.
- Step 02: Scroll through the list of the deleted files. You can also search for a specific file.
- Step 03: The original location and date deleted of the file are shown on the details. Right-click on the file and click Restore.
- Step 04: Go to the original location of the file and verify if the file has been restored.
Method 2: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery Using Windows Previous Versions
Windows has an available feature that enables you to restore lost and deleted files from previous versions that are backed up. You have to enable this to use the feature. This can be utilized if the files are recently deleted and not much process has been carried out in the system.
How to enable Windows previous version feature:
- Step 01: Launch the Control Panel.
- Step 02: Navigate to System > System Protection.
- Step 03: Under Protection Settings, select the Samsung external hard drive that you want to configure for the settings.
- Step 04: Click Configure.
- Step 05: Under Restore Settings, enable the Turn on system protection option.
- Step 06: Click OK.
- Step 07: Click OK
On Windows 10, you can turn on the File History feature:
- Step 01: Go to Start programs.
- Step 02: Select Settings.
- Step 03: On Windows Settings window, click Update & Security.
- Step 04: Click Backup on the left pane.
- Step 05: Under Back up using File History, click the + icon Add a drive.
- Step 06: The list of drives is shown on the left. Select a File History drive such as your Samsung external hard drive.
- Step 07: Edit the backup settings to set the feature as automatic. Turn on the option for Automatically back up my files.
- Step 08: Click on More options.
- Step 09: Set the frequency of backing up your files and the duration of keeping the files. You can also specify the folders to be backed up or exclude them.
- Step 10: You can manually perform a backup by clicking on Back up Now.
How to restore previous versions in Windows:
- Step 01: Still on the Windows Settings> Backup section, click Restore files from a current backup under the Backup Options.
- Step 02: The backed up files are listed on the file history. Select a version of the file that you want to restore.
- Step 03: Click on the Restore button.
How to restore previous versions in Windows File Explorer:
- Step 01: Launch This PC or Computer.
- Step 02: Go to the folder location of the previously saved files.
- Step 03: Right-click on the folder and click Properties.
- Step 04: Go to the Previous Versions
- Step 05: A list of the folder’s previous versions are shown according to date and time. Double-click to select the previous version of the folder which contains the deleted files.
- Step 05: Drag the folder that contains the previous version of the files and drop it to a new location.
- Step 06: Click Restore to restore the previous version of the file. You can also specify the new location by clicking on the arrow down of the Restore button and select Restore To.
As a shortcut, you can also access File History in File Explorer by clicking on the File History icon beside Properties.
Method 3: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery by Verification
In this method, try to connect your Samsung external hard drive to another computer to see if the issue is on your hard drive or with the PC. Check also the USB ports and the USB cable that are being used if there are no issues. If the issue still persists, try to perform the other methods in the succeeding section.
Part 3: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery with Check Disk Tool
This method provides the detailed steps that will guide you on how to do Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery with the use of a built-in app in Windows called the Check Disk Tool. This will scan your external drive and fix the errors that are found. Make sure that you connect your PC to a stable power source before doing the steps below.
Using Command Prompt:
- Step 01: Connect your Samsung external hard drive to the Windows PC.
- Step 02: Open File Explorer. Press and hold together Windows logo + E keys until the Explorer window appears.
- Step 03: Take note of the drive letter linked to the Samsung external hard drive.
- Step 04: Open the Command Prompt. Press and hold together Windows Logo + R keys until the Run dialog appears.
- Step 05: Enter cmd on the Open box. Or press and hold together Windows Logo + X keys and select Command Prompt (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin) from the list that appears.
- Step 06: Press the Enter key or click OK.
- Step 07: The Command Prompt window appears. Type in Chkdsk E: /f
- Note: Change letter E to the drive letter linked to the Samsung external hard drive. Ensure that you enter the correct drive letter to prevent affecting other drives.
- Step 08: Press the Enter The Check Disk tool will now begin scanning your Samsung external hard drive for any issue. Wait while the activity is ongoing making sure there are no disruptions during the process.
- Step 09: Verify that your Samsung external hard drive data recovery activity is successful and you can access it.
Another way is to run the Check Disk tool via Properties:
- Step 01: Connect your Samsung external hard drive to the Windows PC.
- Step 02: Open File Explorer. Press and hold together Windows logo + E keys until the Explorer window appears.
- Step 03: Right-click on the Samsung external hard drive and select Properties from the menu that appears.
- Step 04: Go to the Tools
- Step 05: Under Error Checking section, click on the Check
- Step 06: The tool will check for any errors in your Samsung external hard drive.
If no error is found, a message will appear saying that You don’t need to scan this drive, but you can still choose to scan the drive. If there are errors found, the list of Check disk options will show up.
- Step 07: Check both options: Automatically fix file system errors, and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
- Step 08: The Check Disk tool will now begin scanning your Samsung external hard drive for any issue. Wait while the activity is ongoing making sure there are no disruptions during the process.
- Step 09: Verify that your Samsung external hard drive data recovery activity is successful and you can access it.
Part 4: Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery with Disk Management
This section provides the process on how to perform Samsung External Hard Drive Data Recovery using the Disk Management tool in Windows. This tool will assign a new drive letter to a corrupted Samsung External Hard Drive.
- Step 01: On your Windows PC, open the Disk Management Go to Start menu or enter Disk Management on the search box. Or access it via Run dialog window. Press and hold together Windows logo + R keys as a shortcut.
- Step 02: On the Run dialog window, type in MSC on the Open box.
- Step 03: Press Enter key or click OK.
- Step 04: The Disk Management window appears. Right-click on the drive linked to your Samsung external hard drive. Select the correct drive to prevent affecting other drives.
- Step 05: Choose Change Drive Letter and Paths from the list that appears.
- Step 06: Click Add and select another drive letter (that is new or unassigned) that you will assign to your Samsung external hard drive.
- Step 07: Click OK.
- Step 08: Verify that your Samsung external hard drive data recovery activity is successful and you can access it.
Data Recovery
Recover deleted image, document, audio and more files.
Get deleted data back from computer (including Recycle Bin) and hard drives.
Recover loss data caused by disk accident, operation system crushes and other reasons.
Free Download
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Part 5: In Summary
We can expand our data storage by using an external hard drive. There are times that we encounter issues with our storage drives such as accidental loss or deletion of data. This article provides different ways on how to do Samsung external hard drive data recovery.
Another tool that can also help you is the FoneDog Data Recovery program for an easier and more convenient way of recovering the data from your Samsung external hard drive. It is also recommended to always do regular backups of your data in case of any issue that will happen.
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