And that's what recovery software can do also. Infact some software locates and mounts the drive then wants you to format the drive before recovering its data.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of dan d. Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2020 4:43 AM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Cc: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: Re: File recovery If it doesn't mount; what good any recovery software? If you have experience with the terminal it is sometimes possible to force an external drive mount. If you don't know terminal, find someone who does. Might this be a question for apple disability with them using a remote hookup to view your machine so they can talk you through the terminal mount process? On Mon, 27 Apr 2020, Ian Harrison wrote: > Hi all, > I need to recover files from an external hard drive that won???t mount any > more. Do you have any suggestions for one with Catalina in mind. > > There is one called Disk Drill that gets good ratings on the appstore, but > the developer says it is not really voice over accessible. > > with thanks > Ian > > -- XR -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/alpine.OSX.2.22.394.2004271207010.3818%40dans-mac-mini.home. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SYCPR01MB4048793D78A95FBA4C3A03158AAC0%40SYCPR01MB4048.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.
