#6 Select the Disk

Once you launched Disk Drill, a list of available disks will be shown. Click the name of your corrupted external hard drive to select it. Now select a scanning option. Most probably the lost partition will have a generic name instead of the correct one that was used before the data loss. If the button to the right of the partition name says “Rebuild” it means that the drive is not mounting properly. Click “Rebuild” to rebuild your directory and mount the disk. It will then automatically complete a Quick Scan of the disk. If the button next to the drive name says “Recover” it means that your drive is mounting OK. In that case, you can go straight to scanning. Simply click the drop-down arrow next to “Recover” and choose “Quick Scan”.