recover game save

[ulao]

I was wondering, why my game data was missing and if I can get it back?

What I did.

installed a few games on my external HDD
played a few games, and saved data.
resumed and played the games many times.

Then one day the HDD died on me. So I got a new one and installed my games back on. Now all game data is missing.

Post automatically merged: Mar 11, 2024

Oh wait...
"Wii U saves the savefile in the same place as the game iirc, so if your hdd goes so does your saves."
That stupid... Switch does not do that, I guess they change that for the switch, So game data is history huh.

 

[SDIO]

If you want your saves you have to recover them from the HDD. What was the problem with the HDD? Maybe something can be recovered

 

[ulao]

If you want your saves you have to recover them from the HDD. What was the problem with the HDD? Maybe something can be recovered

a its gone. My guess is it over heated, just started play games very leggy and then one day, stopped reading. When I turned it back on the drive was clicking.,

 

[SDIO]

Clicking could also be not enough power. How is it powered?
You could also try removing it from the case and using it on the PC via sata directly