I’ve already tried tools like DiskWarrior and several others, but I still can’t recover about 30GB of data.
Here’s what happened: I moved files from Bay 2 of my Mac Pro to an external drive. That external drive has since failed. I haven’t written anything new to the original internal drive, hoping the data might still be recoverable.
Is there any way to get those files back? I’d really appreciate any advice.
If you used “Move” (not copy), the files were likely deleted from the internal drive after being transferred. Since the external drive is dead, recovery depends on what happened during that move.
The good news: you haven’t written new data to the source drive. That helps.
If Bay 2 is a traditional HDD (not SSD), you still have a chance. Stop using that drive immediately and try a professional data recovery tool like iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac that can scan unallocated space. Remember, do not install the program on the same volume where your lost files used to be stored. The less activity on that disk, the better your odds.
If it’s an SSD, recovery becomes much harder because TRIM may have already wiped the deleted blocks.