Applies to: File Deletion Recovery, Formatted Data Recovery, RAW Drive Recovery, and other tricky data recovery situations

# [Data Loss]( #part1)

Transcend is a reputable manufacturer of storage devices. Their external hard drives, memory cards (including SD, CF, and Micro SD), USB flash drives, and solid-state drives (SSDs) are widely used by various device users, such as desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cameras.

However, it is almost inevitable that you may lose important data from Transcend external hard drive or memory card due to certain reasons such as:

    • Remove viruses from an external hard drive or memory card
    • Change the file system of an external hard drive or SD card
    • Wipe all partitions on a storage device

While there can be various reasons to format a Transcend external hard drive or memory card, the result is the same: you will lose all existing files on the external hard drive or memory card. Then comes the most important question – how to perform Transcend data recovery?

What You Need – Beyond Data Recovery Software

Regardless of whether you have accidentally deleted files from your Transcend external hard drive/memory card or formatted the device, you can use the Data Recovery Wizard tool to restore all lost data. This professional software excels in performing data recovery on various storage devices and in different data loss scenarios.

    • Supports recovery of deleted files, formatted data recovery, emptied Recycle Bin data recovery, system crash recovery, and more...
    • Data recovery from external hard drives, SD cards, CF cards, USB flash drives, digital cameras, and other devices
    • Recover photos, videos, audio files, documents, and almost all other file types

Download the software now, and continue reading to learn how to perform Transcend Data Recovery in 3 simple steps.

How to recover data from a Transcend external hard drive or memory card

Now, you can easily recover data from Transcend storage devices in 3 simple steps. The Transcend Data Recovery software provides you with a powerful and flexible solution to retrieve lost or formatted data from external hard drives or memory cards in just minutes.

Step 1: Choose and scan the external hard drive

    1. Download and install the Data Recovery tool on your computer or laptop. 2. Connect the external hard drive to your computer. 3. Launch the Data Recovery Wizard, select the external hard drive from the list of drives, and then click on Scan to look for lost data.
Select External Hard Drive

Step 2: Check the scan results

  • Data recovery software will immediately scan all data on the selected drive, including deleted, corrupted, and existing files.
  • You can use the filter feature to quickly locate a specific file type, such as images, Word, Excel, PDF, videos, emails, and more.
Scan External Hard Drive

Step 3: Preview and recover the data

    • Double-click a file from the scan results to preview it. • Select the files you need and click “Recover”. • Choose another disk (different from the original location) to save the recovered files.
Preview and recover data

With the excellent performance of this software, you can easily recover data from Transcend external hard drive or memory card. The above steps can be followed to retrieve data from almost any data loss situation.

Bonus Tip: Protect your data with Transcend's backup utility

Another way to prevent complete data loss on Transcend devices is to back up Transcend data regularly with the free backup software Todo Backup. This Transcend backup utility allows you to back up local disks, external hard drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, and more. Whether you want to back up an entire disk or selectively back up files on it, Todo Backup can get it done. Plus, you can schedule backup tasks to start automatically, making the backup process hands-off.

Click here to download Todo Backup Free, and easily back up your important data.

Step 1: Connect your Transcend external hard drive, SD card, or USB flash drive to your computer. Launch Todo Backup and select “Disk/Partition Backup.”

Select disk/partition to backup Seagate hard drive

Step 2: Select your external hard drive, memory card, or USB as the source disk.

Select the entire hard drive or a partition on Seagate hard drive

Step 3: Click on “Browse…”. This will open a new window where you can choose where to save your backup. It could be a local hard drive, cloud storage, a computer within the same LAN, or a NAS device. After making your selection, click “OK” to confirm. (You can explore more advanced options in the “Backup Options.”)

Select Backup Destination

Step 4. Click “Start” to begin backing up your external hard drive, memory card, or USB to the location you chose.

Bottom line

External hard drives usually come with 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB storage. This means that you can lose a significant amount of important files if you delete them from the device or format the drive. This is why it's highly recommended to back up your data. But if you have already lost data from your Transcend external hard drive or other storage device, there's no need to panic. You can still recover your files with tools like Data Recovery Wizard. To minimize the risk of data loss, it's also advisable to use the Transcend backup utility and Transcend Data Recovery Wizard software. Give it a try.