Steps to recover deleted files on USB and External Hard Drive

In the process of processing data on a computer, it is inevitable that mistakenly delete or format data on a USB or external hard drive, now there are many software to help you recover deleted data, however. Not all software brings good results, this article introduces you to iMyFone AnyRecover software, which is one of the most powerful data recovery software available today.

1. Download iMyFone AnyRecover to your device

iMyFone AnyRecover is a tool capable of deep scanning, data recovery success rate is very high. Besides, iMyFone AnyRecover is also compatible with many different operating system platforms such as: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 and MacOs 11.10 ~ 11.0.

You can try iMyFone AnyRecover before you buy, in trial mode you can recover 8 files (no size limit).

You can download the trial version by following the link below:

1. Version for Windows: AnyRecover for Windows here.
2. Version for Mac: AnyRecover for MAC here.

Note: In case you mistakenly delete data on the USB/external hard drive, please pause the data recording to the USB/external hard drive and try to keep the status quo as much as possible. Overwriting, writing more data to the USB / external hard drive when data recovery is needed will reduce the success rate.

2. How to use iMyFone AnyRecover to recover deleted files on USB/external hard drive

After downloading AnyRecover software to your computer, install it to use the software and recover data.

Step 1: At the main interface of iMyFone AnyRecover software, the system has divided all storage hard drives into different groups such as:

1. Common Location: Shared Hard Drive
2. Hard Disk Drives: The hard drive on the computer
3. External Removable Devices: External Hard Drive (Portable Hard Drive/ USB)
4. I can't find my partitions: Partitions not found
5. Computer Crash Recovery: Computer Crash Recovery
6. Virtual Disk Drives: Virtual Drives
7. Specify a location: Select a location

In this case, we will recover data on the USB / external hard drive, so we will only be interested in the External Removable Devices section.

Step 2: If you have connected the USB / external hard drive to the computer, but the name of the USB / external hard drive does not appear on the system, select the Refresh item to refresh the list of connected devices.

Step 3: To scan the data to be recovered, select the external hard drive / USB to search for data (1) and press Start (2) to start.

Step 4: In the process of scanning data on USB devices / external hard drives, AnyRecover software will display the number of scanned files and the total size of successfully scanned files.

Step 5: For large capacity external hard drives/USB, the scanning process will take more time. In this article, Tipsmake uses 32GB USB and the total scan time is about 15 minutes.

Step 6: When scanning the data to be recovered successfully, you will receive the Scan completed window and click OK to complete.

Step 7: The strength of AnyRecover is that the system will classify documents according to formats such as: Images, Videos, Audio, Documents, Mail. Based on the above classifications, you can quickly find documents. whether lost.

Step 8: In this article, Tipsmake will restore the Demo image that was mistakenly deleted (deleted under the Format command). You just need to select the documents that match the file name to be searched (1) and click Recover (2) to start recovering.

Step 9: Next, you just need to choose the folder to store the files/documents after recovering with AnyRecover. You can restore files to USB or hard drive on your computer, when you confirm the storage location, click OK to finish.

Step 10: When the data is successfully restored, you will get the Congratulations! Files Recovery completed!

Step 11: Finally, you just need to open the recovered folder with AnyRecover and check the documents.

In this article, TipsMake has shown you how to recover deleted files on USB / external hard drive quickly and effectively. Have a nice day!

Lesley Montoya

Update 22 June 2021