WD passport not readable by my computer

WD External and Portable SSD External SSD for macOS
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Seems like the same thing posted over and over… but I just want to make sure Im getting this right…Im guessing I need to contact a data recovery company-  I have data I have got to recover from the external drive-

first, the message comes up when I plug it in that “drive is not readable by your computer, quit or ignore”    

I have found its not the cable issue, several diff. cables and its recognized in disk utilities,  but wont let me pic “verify or restore”  both are blanked out-    and when I try to run my recovery software, it says no data is found-   reformatting is not an option, as I can not lose the data-  

My question is -  "is there any other solutions, or is data recovery companies the only option?

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You didn’t mention your OS how you copied files or what recovery software. Does it say anything in disk management like raw or unallocated? Maybe a Linux live CD would work it doesn’t actually install on PC.

Joe

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Try connecting the drive to a different computer (if possible windows) to recover the files. Have you tried using  Mini Tool Data Recovery.  

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if you’ve blown out the partition, then a partition recovery software might work.  at least you can get most of the data back.  corruption is corruption, and data recovery won’t fix that.