In Pasadena, California, data recovery became urgent when a small business’s 2 TB SanDisk SDSSDE81-2T00 external SSD failed during a crucial video editing project. The drive was being used to export a Final Cut Pro project when it suddenly went offline. The export became glitchy, and soon the main project folder — labeled “Marc Fisher” — appeared empty.
At first, parts of the project were reconnected using edit files saved to the desktop. For a short time, everything seemed normal again. But after the drive was safely ejected on Saturday night, it failed completely by Sunday morning. When reconnected, the computer displayed the dreaded error: “The disk you attached was not readable by this computer.”
With 365 GB of critical video content at stake, the case was sent to WeRecoverData, the leading data recovery company trusted by creative professionals.
At the lab, engineers diagnosed the issue as either file system corruption or sudden memory controller failure, both common in flash-based storage under heavy workloads. Using custom forensic tools, they created a complete image of the failing drive, bypassing the unreadable file system.
Next, the team reconstructed the corrupted directory structure and carefully recovered all raw footage, Final Cut libraries, and assets linked to the Marc Fisher folder. Special care was taken to preserve file names and the original folder hierarchy so the project could be restored seamlessly.
The data recovery was a complete success. Every essential file — including Final Cut source media and timelines — was fully restored and returned to the business, ready for immediate use.
Thanks to WeRecoverData, what could have been a devastating creative loss turned into a full recovery. The business was able to continue its editing workflow with confidence, knowing its project and peace of mind had been fully restored.
