Data Recovery Software for External Hard Drive

Use GiliSoft Data Recovery as data recovery software for external hard drives when portable HDD or SSD storage becomes deleted, formatted, RAW, inaccessible, or partially unreadable.

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What This Recovery Page Covers

Recover files from external HDDs and SSDs used for backup, media, work files, or archives.
Handle deleted-file recovery, formatted-drive recovery, RAW drive recovery, and inaccessible external storage.
Preview recoverable content before restoring selected data to another disk.
Fit practical Windows recovery needs without moving into specialist forensic workflows.

How to Recover Files from External Storage

1. Disconnect and reconnect the external hard drive, then avoid copying new files to it.

2. Open GiliSoft Data Recovery and select the external drive from the scan list.

3. Run the scan and review recoverable results by file type, folder, or name.

4. Restore important files to a different healthy drive, not back to the same external unit.

Best Fit

This page is best when the external drive itself is the main recovery target, not just a single folder or one deleted file.