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Recover deleted and lost partitions on Mac

Partitions are created in a hard drive to divide the memory resources, data and processes into multiple parts so that each partition is independent of the other and works efficiently as a separate entity. This is essential, since it results in better organization of data on Mac, as all the data available is distributed in an uniform manner, and not concentrated at one particular location. This increases the efficiency of your Mac and also increases throughput. Like most operating systems Mac too contains local partitions like HFS+ and HFSX.

 

There are instances when these local partitions get deleted or lost due to accidental deletion, virus attacks, sabotage, malware, file system corruption or software corruption. Partition loss of this kind could mean inaccessibility of important and confidential data. This could affect people who depend on the data for various purposes.

 

This puts the user in a rather uncomfortable situation, where he is confused as to how he can start recovering the data, and make sure that recovery is done completely. The solution is simple, as Mac Recovery software lets the user recover all the lost and deleted HFS+ and HFSX volumes with utmost ease. The recovery process can be completed in seven simple steps and the Preview option lets the user preview the recovered files before saving them.

 

 

You can follow the simple steps given below, to recover your deleted/lost partitions with ease

 

Step 1:Double click the desktop icon or select the application from the programs list to launch Mac Recovery software. This displays the main window of the software, as shown in Figure a.

 

Figure a : Main window

 

Step 2: The drives and volumes detected by the system get displayed as shown in Figure b. Choose the drive from which the lost volumes have to be recovered, and then click the Recover button.

 

Figure b : Select Drive

 

Step 3: Just as you click the Recover button, a new window where the user can select the appropriate option, is displayed, as shown in Figure c. There three options available for the user are,

• Display default volume(s) - The default volumes present on the system are displayed when you select this option. With this you can recover data from the volumes taht already exist on the system.
• Scan for volume(s) - This option can be used to search for lost, missing and corrupted partitions. The software does a scan of the system and displays the lost, missing and corrupted partitions if any..
• Raw Search on Physical Drive (File Recovery) – This option enables you to perform an extensive sector by sector search for lost files.

 

Figure c : Select appropriate option

 

Step 4: Select the Display default volume(s) option. Clicking the Display default volume(s) button displays the already existing volumes on the selected drive, as shown in Figure d. Select the volume which contains the deleted or lost data, and click the Next button.

 

Figure d : Select volume

 

Step 5: Click on the Next button to select the Scan Method that you want to make use of, as shown in Figure e. You can select from two options.

 

• Standard Scan- This is a faster and a more time saving scanning process, which can be used, if the corruption in the file system is not severe. We can use this scan method when the logical volume fails to mount.
• Advanced Scan- This is a scanning method that consumes more time, but is more effective than the Standad scan method, since it does an exhaustive search on the selected drive.

Select the Standard Scan option.

 

Figure e : Select Scan option

 

Step 6: The software starts to scan the selected drive as soon as you click the Standard Scan option. The software searches the drive for the lost data, and lists all the found files and folders, as shown in Figure f.

 

Figure f : Found files and folders

 

Step 7: Once the files get listed in the tree format, the next immediate step is to select a safe location where the recovered data can be saved. If you want to save all the listed files, click on the Root folder or specifically select the files you want to save, and click the Save button.

A window to choose the destination drive is displayed when you click the Save button. Specify the destination drive, where you want to save the data, and click on the Save button.

 

To save the data that you have selected onto the selected destination drive, click on the Save button. The data gets saved immediately. The saved data can now be accessed as before.