How to Recover Deleted/Formatted or Lost Data from Crucial X6/X8/X9/X9 Pro/X10/X10 Pro Portable SSD?

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updated on 2023-12-10 to Data Recovery

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Summary: Lost data on a Crucial portable SSD is not lost forever. With reliable Crucial external hard drive data recovery tool - Magoshare Data Recovery, you can easily and completely recover deleted, formatted or lost data from a Crucial portable SSD, even it gets damaged.

Crucial portable SSD has been ranked as one of the best 10 external SSDs by many technology medias. It is widely used as a backup drive for Windows users or Mac users or an external storage to store important videos, pictures, documents, etc. If you have deleted important files from a Crucial portable SSD by mistake or format it without a backup, you will lose your files. In this article, we will show you how to recover lost data from a Crucial portable SSD including Crucial X6 SSD, Crucial X8 SSD, Crucial X9 SSD, Crucial X9 Pro SSD, X10 Pro SSD, etc.

Data Loss on Crucial External SSD

Data loss can happen on any storage device and Crucial portable SSD is no exception. There are many reasons why files are missing from your Crucial portable SSD or can’t be accessed:

  • Delete files from Crucial portable SSD accidentally.
  • Format or erased the Crucial portable SSD.
  • The file system of the Crucial portable SSD gets damaged, you can not access to the files which are stored on the Crucial portable SSD.
  • The Crucial portable SSD is not recognized by your PC or Mac.
  • The Crucial portable SSD was affected by virus files, malware, etc.

When you realize you’ve lost important data on your Crucial portable SSD, just stop using it. If you continue to use this SSD, the lost data would get overwritten by new data and it will make data recovery become more difficult.

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Can You Recover Lost Data from Crucial Portable SSD?

Is it possible to recover deleted or formatted data from Crucial SSD? Yes, the lost data is not lost forever and can be recovered by data recovery software - such as Magoshare Data Recovery. This Crucial portable SSD data recovery software can help you quickly and completely recover lost images, videos, documents, archives, audio/music files from the Crucial portable SSD.

Key features for Crucial portable SSD data recovery:

  • Recover all file formats including images, videos, documents, folders, archives, audio files, RAW files, etc.
  • Recover lost data due to deletion, formatting Crucial portable SSD, human error, file system crash, logical error, virus attacking, read-only issue, etc.
  • Deep scan technology to ensure finding every recoverable file from the Crucial portable SSD.
  • Support to recover lost data from Crucial internal SSDs, external SSDs.
  • Recover lost data from Crucial portable SSD on both Windows and macOS.
  • Even can recover lost data from crashed Crucial portable SSD.

As said above, you should stop using the Crucial portable SSD after data loss. Just immediately run Magoshare Data Recovery to scan the Crucial portable SSD to get all lost files back.

This software has free trial version, after scanning, you can preview all recoverable files. No need to buy a license key.

Magoshare Data Recovery

  • Recover all lost data from your Crucial portable SSD.
  • Easy-to-use Crucial portable SSD data recovery tool.
  • Recover deleted, formatted and inaccessible data.

Three Steps to Recover Lost Data from Crucial Portable SSD

Magoshare Data Recovery is a DIY data recovery tool. Anyone can use this software to recover lost data from a Crucial portable SSD.

Step 1. Connect the Crucial portable SSD to your computer and open Magoshare Data Recovery. It will list all local hard drives and external devices on the main interface. Just select the Crucial portable SSD to start data recovery.

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Step 2. Click on Scan button, then this software will deeply scan the Crucial portable SSD and find all recoverable files including deleted files, formatted data, hidden files, existing files, inaccessible files, etc.

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Step 3. Once the scan is completed, you can preview the found files. Then select the wanted files and save them. Don’t save them to your Crucial portable SSD before getting all lost files back.

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FAQs About Crucial SSD Data Recovery

1. Is it possible to recover deleted files from Crucial portable SSD?

Yes, the deleted files are not lost forever even the hard drive is a SSD. With a Crucial portable SSD data recovery tool, you can recover deleted files even they were deleted 1 year ago.

2. How to unformat a Crucial portable SSD?

Don’t put new files to the formatted Crucial portable SSD, follow the steps below to unformat the Crucial portable SSD:

  • Open Magoshare Data Recovery and make sure the Crucial portable SSD has been connected to your computer.
  • Select the Crucial portable SSD.
  • Click on Scan button.
  • Select all files, then click on Recover Now button to save the files to your computer.

3. The Crucial portable SSD is not showing up on my computer, how to fix it?

On a Windows PC, just open Disk Management to fix it. Add a new drive letter or create a new volume on it or format the drive.

On a Mac, open Disk Utility to mount the drive or run First Aid to repair the drive. Or you should check the Finder Settings to check if you have selected External disks in the settings.

4. How to prevent data loss on your Crucial portable SSD?

You can make a full backup of your Crucial portable SSD regularly to prevent data loss. Every time when you don’t need it any more on your computer, eject it in safe mode.

5. How to permanently wipe all data from the Crucial portable SSD before selling or donating?

To make data recovery be impossible, you can use a data erasure tool to wipe the Crucial portable SSD and permanently erase all data beyond the scope of data recovery.

AweEraser is a certified data erasure tool, it can help you securely wipe the Crucial portable SSD before selling or donating.

  • Download and install AweEraser on your computer.
  • Open AweEraser, choose data erasure mode - Wipe Hard Drive.
  • Select the Crucial portable SSD, click on Wipe Now button.
  • Permanently wipe all data (existing files, deleted/lost files included) from the Crucial portable SSD.

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Bottom Line

Lost data on Crucial portable SSD can be recovered by data recovery software - such as Magoshare Data Recovery. With the reliable data recovery software, you can easily and quickly recover deleted, formatted or lost data from your Crucial portable SSD. In some cases, it may find ten thousands of lost files from your 1TB/2TB/3TB/4TB Crucial portable SSD. Just select the wanted files and save them to a safe location.