{"id":414,"date":"2013-04-21T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.cleverfiles.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2021-06-03T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T12:34:08","slug":"can-i-recover-files-that-are-not-lost-but-cant-be-accessed-due-to-logical-disk-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/help\/can-i-recover-files-that-are-not-lost-but-cant-be-accessed-due-to-logical-disk-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Recover Files That Are Not Lost, But Can&#8217;t Be Accessed Due to Logical Disk Issues?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"post-relative post-download\">\r\n<i class=\"box-60x36 icons icon-winmac-xs  \"><\/i>\r\nDownload Disk Drill data recovery app\r\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs-block pull-right\" href=\"\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/dl.html\">Download now<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div><p><br \/>\nIf you have a disk which can&#8217;t be mounted correctly (you plug it into your Mac but it doesn&#8217;t show up in Finder), this may indicate that the disk&#8217;s partition header is corrupted or the HFS+ catalog file was damaged.\u00a0In this case, the disk will show up in Disk Drill and be shown as &#8220;Unallocated&#8221; or &#8220;Not Partitioned&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Simply click the universal <strong>Recover\/<a title=\"How Can I Rebuild a Corrupted Catalog Directory?\" href=\"\/help\/how-can-i-rebuild-a-corrupted-catalog-directory\/\">Rebuild<\/a><\/strong> button next to the disk name and Disk Drill will go through all of its partition find\/rebuild modes. 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