Restore Disappeared ExFAT Partition

If you are going through this page right now, you possibly are a victim of a disappeared ExFAT hard drive partition, and are searching for adequate solutions to restore it back. Well, the perfect solution to recover data from lost ExFAT partition is right here! You can meritoriously recover missing ExFAT partition in order to get all of its important data back by employing Remo Partition Recovery Tool. Read on to know all details.

 An example of a disappeared ExFAT partition case:

This is a real time scenario experienced by one of the Mac users around. Read on to know what actually happened and how to overcome the issue.

“Recently, I was doing some editing work on my MacBook for a business meeting on a plane. Along with it, I inadvertently moved and deleted some unwanted files from a volume formatted with ExFAT file system. The next day I woke up to deliver a presentation only to find out that my ExFAT partition was missing from my Windows running MacBook. The OS reported that the volume needed to be formatted and Mac OS X operating system reported that the partition was corrupt. On either operating systems, the relevant disk utility tools were unable to resolve the issue. How do I get back data from that partition reliably?”

It seems like the ExFAT partitions are not well supported in OS X operating systems, particularly if you erase files from it. Unfortunately because of Windows and Mac not playing well from a read / write perspective, neither HFS nor NTFS file systems are an option for this partition either.

Nevertheless, even after the ExFAT partition is missing, or if it gets corrupted due to any reasons, all data that was present on it will still be available on that volume itself, but the condition is that the concerned volume must not be used for writing any new contents. On that occasion, it will be possible to restore lost hard disk drive partition along its data by making use of a robust data recovery utility like Remo Recover.

Some probable factors that may cause an ExFAT partition to disappear or corrupt:

An ExFAT partition can get corrupted or just get disappeared due to a variety of unfortunate events such as the ones briefed below. Go through them to see if you can relate to any such event in your case of a disappeared ExFAT partition:

  • The hard disk drive formatted with ExFAT can get lost due to errors in the logical structure of the hard disk drive, resulting in one or more of its partitions to go missing or get damaged
  • Problems in the header of the hard disk volume due to any unknown factors such as virus contaminations, software conflicts, etc. may cause the ExFAT partition to turn inaccessible or corrupt
  • A hard disk can get corrupted or lost due to having a large number of bad sectors on it or due to RAM errors, resulting in data loss
  • Data can even be lost due to repartition of a hard drive

Recovering missing ExFAT partition using Remo Recover utility:

Remo Recover is a highly advanced and efficient partition recovery software that can effectively locate missing ExFAT hard disk drive partition to successfully restore all of its contents. This powerful tool can be used to perform various other kinds of data restorations including to recover files from unallocated drive, perform data restoration on unmountable disks, and many other critical tasks with high efficiency.

Remo Recover software has a powerful yet simple user friendly interface that makes restoring lost ExFAT partition data a simple task even for basic computer users. You can also make use of the free demonstration version of this utility that has all features of the full edition, except for the Save option. (You can however enable the Save button after previewing the results)

 

Steps to perform disappeared ExFAT partition restoration using Remo Recover:

Step 1: Install Remo Recover software on your Mac and launch the software. It will show the main screen with three options. Click on "Recover Volumes / Drives" option.

Recover Disappeared ExFAT Partition - Main Screen

Figure 1: Main Screen

Step 2: On next screen, select "Formatted / Re-Formatted Recovery" or "Volumes Recovery" option.

Restore Disappeared Exfat Partition - Formatted / Re-Formatted Recovery Option

Figure 2: Formatted / Re-Formatted Recovery Option

Step 3: Select the ExFAT hard drive partition and click "Next".

Recover Lost ExFAT Partition - Select Hard Drive

Figure 3: Select ExFAT Partition

Step 4: Upon successful completion of recovery process, a list of restored ExFAT partition data is displayed.

Restore Missing ExFAT Partition - List of Recovered Files

Figure 4: List of Recovered Files

Step 5: Use "Save Recovery Session" option to avoid re-scanning of the ExFAT partition.

Recover Missing ExFAT Partition - Save Recovery Session option

Figure 5: Save Recovery Session option