Data loss is the common problem that many computer user faces. Data loss can occur due to accidental deletion or formatting of partitions or accidental reformatting of the partitions present on the PC or laptop, software malfunction, due to corruption of file system, virus attacks, malware affecting the PC, system errors, OS crashes etc. In this situation, the files stored on the drive may be lost or get inaccessible. To restore files after format, reformat use good data recovery tool.
When you format your hard drive without taking a backup of the files stored on the hard drive, memory card, USB drive, external hard disk drive etc. results in data loss, actually the data does not gets completely lost from the hard drive, it is just the pointers to the files that are deleted from the partition table. The operating system marks the space occupied by those files as available and allows you to save or store the new files. However, the deleted / lost file remains in the hard drive until it is overwritten by new files.
In order to recover the data without losing it you need to follow certain guidelines -
- Stop using the hard drive from which you would like to recover files immediately
- Do not install any new software / application to the formatted hard drive as this may overwrite your lost files by storing or saving new files
- Never restart the Pc or laptop containing the formatted hard drive as it could lead to permanent data loss
Search the internet for good formatted data recovery software and select the utility by interpreting the articles about the product. Make sure the software can recover files from reformatted hard drive, deleted / lost, missing partitions or volumes. The chosen application must allow you to preview the recovered files before saving them. The utility should also allow you to save the restored files in your desire location or any accessible drive or CD / DVD. Evaluate the recovery capability of the software by running the demo version of the recovery utility before going to purchase the full version of it.