Flash drive is not responding when connected to Mac system? It might be dead!!! This is one of the most horrible things that can happen with flash drive users. This can make one pay heavy price if it holds important data, which in most of the cases it does. Since flash drives are cost-effective, small in size and easily accessible most of the Mac and other operating system users tend to store their important file in the USB drive so that they can access their data whenever they need. But in some unpleasant situations, these drives may turn inaccessible and fails to get recognized by your Mac system, result in a huge problem to deal with. Well rather going deep with the issues, let’s get to know what technically dead flash drive means and how to recover information from the dead flash drive on Mac.
There is no need for any third party application to use these USB drives, as they automatically get detected (if computer has necessary drivers). These drives make use of flash memory and have a file system just like your computer hard drive, which helps in managing data efficiently. But when file system of these drives get corrupt and operating system fails to detect these drives, then it is said that flash drive is dead. After which connecting flash drive to Mac makes no response and lead to data crisis.
Here are some of the common reasons due to which flash drive file system gets corrupted:
You might find it difficult or impossible to recover data from the dead flash drive, but not for Remo Recover software. With Remo Hard Drive Recovery, one can restore lost files from the dead flash drive on Mac, as this software scans the system thoroughly and recognize dead flash drive even if you won’t see it in Mac browser. Since this application is loaded with extremely effective recovery modules and capable of retrieving data from unrecognizing flash drives on Mac. Moreover, Remo Recover is rated as the best tool for dead USB drive data recovery, as it is recommended by many industries and home users. This software is designed with very detailed GUI; therefore, even non-technical users can perform recovery of data from the inaccessible flash drive on Mac without any experts help. In addition, you can also use this application to recover data from the dead external hard drive of all popular brands.
Note: One can only perform dead flash drive data recovery if flash drive gets detected in Mac disk utility.
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Step 1: Download and Install the demo version of the software on your Mac system and launch it to open the main screen as illustrated in figure 1. Before this make sure that dead flash drive is connected to Mac system and select "Recover Volumes/Drives" option.
Figure 1: Main Screen
Step 2: Here, you have to select "Volume Recovery" as illustrated in figure 2.
Figure 2: Select Volume Recovery
Step 3: From the next window select the flash drive from which you need to recover data as illustrated in figure 3.
Figure 3: Select Flash Drive
Step 4: Once the recovery process is completed, the list of recovered partition data will be displayed.
Figure 4: Recovered Data
Step 5: Save Recovery Session for saving entire recovery process hence you can avoid re-scanning of the flash drive, in future.
Figure 5: Save Recovery Session