I think you’ll need to use a more advanced disk repair app like [https://www.prosofteng.com/drive-genius-mac-protection-software/|Drive Genius] or your other option is to ship the drive out to a data recovery service like [https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com|Drive Savers]
Hopefully you didn’t use the built-in 256-bit AES Encryption with WD Security software as then you would have no means to recover unless Western Digital has a recovery option which you’ll need to talk with them. WD may also offer a recovery service if the drive is still under warranty so it maybe worth your effort to check that direction first.
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=== Update (09/30/2018) ===
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I’m happy you were able to recovery your files!
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I’m not sure I follow your direction here…
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The first question: do you have your AirPort on a Surge suppressor or better yet a UPS. The issue is if the AirPort lost power (and via the USB connection the drive as well) so the wink out of power was the cause.
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The second question: If this is your backup solution then I would recommend a better drive system. I don’t like one drive solutions as they put your data a risk. I use a [https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/RAID-5-redundant-array-of-independent-disks|RAID 5 solution]
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If you want to try to salvage your drive I would recommend you do a complete wipe and restore your data. I would still be cautious on depending on it.
I think you’ll need to use a more advanced disk repair app like [https://www.prosofteng.com/drive-genius-mac-protection-software/|Drive Genius] or your other option is to ship the drive out to a data recovery service like {https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com|Drive Savers]
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I think you’ll need to use a more advanced disk repair app like [https://www.prosofteng.com/drive-genius-mac-protection-software/|Drive Genius] or your other option is to ship the drive out to a data recovery service like [https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com|Drive Savers]
Hopefully you didn’t use the built-in 256-bit AES Encryption with WD Security software as then you would have no means to recover unless Western Digital has a recovery option which you’ll need to talk with them. WD may also offer a recovery service if the drive is still under warranty so it maybe worth your effort to check that direction first.
I think you’ll need to use a more advanced disk repair app like [https://www.prosofteng.com/drive-genius-mac-protection-software/|Drive Genius] or your other option is to ship the drive out to a data recovery service like {https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com|Drive Savers]
Hopefully you didn’t use the built-in 256-bit AES Encryption with WD Security software as then you would have no means to recover unless Western Digital has a recovery option which you’ll need to talk with them. WD may also offer a recovery service if the drive is still under warranty so it maybe worth your effort to check that direction first.