How to Recover Data from a Seagate Hard Drive

Can You Recover Data from a Seagate Hard Drive?

Yes, you can often recover data from a Seagate hard drive after accidental deletion, formatting, partition loss, or file system corruption.

The chances of successful Seagate data recovery depend on the cause of data loss, the condition of the drive, and whether the lost data has been overwritten.

Below are some scenarios in which data recovery might be successful.

• Files have been deleted but have not yet been overwritten by new data.
• The Seagate hard drive underwent a quick format rather than a full format, and the original data has not yet been overwritten.
• A partition has been lost or deleted, and no new partition has been created in its original location.
• The hard drive appears as RAW format or is inaccessible, but the issue is caused by logical corruption rather than physical damage.
• A Seagate hard drive is not recognized, but the issue can often be resolved by replacing the connection cable, trying a different USB port, or checking the power supply.

How to Recover Data from a Seagate Hard Drive Using Software

If you have accidentally deleted files, formatted a partition, or lost data from a Seagate hard drive, you can try using data recovery software to retrieve your files. MiniTool Partition Wizard is one option for recovering lost files from supported storage devices, including Seagate internal and external hard drives.

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Here is how to recover data using this Seagate data recovery software.

Step 1: Connect the Seagate hard drive to your computer. To recover data from Seagate external hard drive, you should connect it to your computer using a compatible USB cable. For an internal hard drive, ensure that it is properly connected to the computer.

Step 2: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard and select Data Recovery. Then, determine where to scan: an existing partition, a specific folder, a lost partition, and unallocated space are OK.

Step 3: Once the scanning is complete, find the files you want to recover under Path or Type. Tick these files and then click Save.

Step 4: On the pop-up window, select a location different from the scanning partition and then click OK.

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How to Recover a Lost Partition on a Seagate Drive

If a partition on your Seagate hard drive disappears, becomes inaccessible, or shows up as unallocated space in Windows, you may be able to restore it using partition recovery software.

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a perfect partition recovery tool. It provides a Partition Recovery feature that can help locate and recover lost or deleted partitions on supported disks.

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Follow these steps to attempt partition recovery with MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Step 1: Connect the Seagate drive to your computer. Then, launch MiniTool Partition Wizard and click Partition Recovery. Click Next. Now, you need to select the disk where the partition is lost.

Step 2: Select a scanning range on the disk (Full Disk, Unallocated Space, or a Specified Range).

Step 3: Select a scanning method (Quick Scan or Full Scan). For the initial scan, a quick scan is generally recommended.

Step 4: Tick the Lost/Deleted partition. Then, click Finish.

Step 5: The recovered partition has no drive letter. You need to add one to it. Right-click it and choose Advanced > Change Letter. Check the new drive letter and click OK.

Step 6: Click Apply to execute the pending operations.

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How to Prevent Seagate Hard Drive Data Loss

As some Seagate recovery services are expensive, especially for physically damaged hard drive, you should always be carefully when using a Seagate hard drive. Learning how to prevent Seagate hard drive data loss may help you avoid this kind of trouble.

• Backup your dataonto a second hard drive if your content is important.
• Use CHKDSK utility to checkand fix Seagate hard drive errors.
• Deploy firewalls and anti-virus softwareto protect Seagate hard drive from virus invasion.
• Be aware of signs of hard drive failure. Once you find some signsindicating hard drive failure like strange sounds, stop using it immediately and transfer all the data to another disk.
• Use the Safely remove hardware and Eject mediaoption to remove Seagate external hard drive from your computer.
• Be careful when handling Seagate external hard drive as external HDD are vulnerable tobe physically damage And most data recover software on the market cannot recover data from physically damaged hard drive.

Bottom Line

MiniTool is an excellent Seagate hard drive recovery tool that can recover not only data but also partitions from Seagate drives. If you have any questions about this software, contact us via [email protected] for help.