When your computer's internal hard drive or an external hard drive is not mounting on Windows/Mac, then all the files stored in the drive becomes inaccessible. If you are facing the same issue, and worried on how to recover data from unmountable hard drive, stop worrying...! Here is a solution to recover data from unmountable hard drive. To know how to, continue reading...!
Un-mountable hard drive is very rare to happen but when it happens then there is a great risk to the data which is residing within the drive. Any uncertainties with the hard drive can result in malfunction of the drive, however for the above-mentioned scenario there can be many reasons associated with the drive and if the problem associated with the drive is major then there might be huge loss of data from the drive. Thus, the data lost from the drive can be recovered by making use of suitable data recovery tool, but the major concern is when the drive does not mount then how does the computer locate the drive. Thus, in order to mount the drive you have to follow some steps so that after the recognition of the drive the data recovery tool can easily recover the lost data.
How to Mount an unmountable Drive on Windows 7:
- Navigate through: Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tool > double click on Computer Management > from the left pane click on Storage > under storage click on Disk Management
- Here right click on the drive that you desire to mount, click on Change Drive Letter and Paths
- Click on Add andthen click on Mount in the following empty NTFS folder, select an empty folder by providing the path directly or by clicking on Browse option and then click on OK
NOTE: There may be chances that your external hard drive connectivity may be lost due to defect cable or loose connection, as this problem can make the drive un-mountable. Thus make sure that the connection is correct and there is no defect in the cable.
How To Mount An Unmountable Drive On Windows 10:
- In Search panel Search for Create and Format hard disk Partitions.
- In Disk Management window, right click on the drive and select the change Drive Letter and Path option.
- Click on Add button, Select assign the following drive letter option.
- Select any of the available letter from the drop-down menu.
Even after following above mentioned steps if you are failed to mount hard drive sucessfully due to this you will loss all data stored on it. In order to restore data you have to perform data recovery using suitable hard drive recovery software, and one such tool which is most trusted among many users is Remo Recover (Windows / Mac).