Data Recovery Software for Desktop PCs and Laptops

Desktop PCs and laptops have become an important part of our daily lives and an integral part of the working environment. The undesirable event of data loss could mean the loss of some treasured memories, or it could jeopardize the daily operation of businesses. Not everyone is very conscious about this risk and keeps a regular backup of their important files. What if our hard drives failed and we have no backups to fall back on?

There are so many factors that can lead to data loss:

1. Human errors. Human errors is one of the major causes of data loss. There are two kinds of human errors causing data loss, one is false operations like accidental delete or format something we don't mean to; another is causing physical damages like dropping or coffee spilling.

2. Hardware failure. Hard disk drives are fragile mechanical devices. There are many moving parts running at such a high speed that any sudden impact or movement can lead to potential disaster. Aside from that, there are also chances you just have a hard disk with manufacturing defects. 

3. Virus infection or malware. Data loss could be a side effect or main purpose of a virus infection. The battle between virus and anti-virus are constantly evolving. It is safer to make regular backups than wishing the wall holds up against the ravages.

4. Power failure. Power failure has two adversary effects. One is that the data in volatile memory not being saved to permanent memories. For example, you were writing a paper and the power went off before you could save your file. Another is the sudden power outage damaging hard disk. Cutting off power while the hard disk is working can result in bad sectors or damaged partition table, rendering the data inaccessible.

How to Recover Data from Desktop PC and Laptops

We can divide the data-loss situation into two categories: logical data loss and physical data loss. Logical data loss means data is inaccessible due to deletion, partition corruption, partition deletion, format, reinstall, virus etc. In short, the storage media is in fine working condition but the file system is damaged or the data housed by the file system is latent or corrupt. Physical or mechanical data loss means the data is no longer accessible because the storage media is no longer operational. Hard drives may not be operational due to damage to the Printed Circuit Board, read/write head failure or platter damage. No matter what caused the data loss, we should immediately stop using the hard drive to avoid secondary damage to the data. This is important because it can affect how successful the data recovery will be.

Although we might need professional assistance from technicians to handle physical data loss, we can easily perform the recovery from logical data loss on our own by using professional data recovery software such as H Data Recovery Software. Performing data recovery with H Data Recovery Software is very simple. According to your data loss situation, you may choose from one of the 6 modules this software has to offer. These situations include accidental deletion, emptied recycle bin, deletion from flash drives like USB flash drives or SD cards, accidental formatting of drives, damaged or lost partitions, etc.

Step 1. Launch H Data Recovery Software and select one module by clicking it.

Step 2. Select the partition where your files used to be before they get deleted. If you wish to recover files on Desktop, choose partition (C:). Click Next to start the scan process.

Step 3. When scanning is done, you will be able to see all the files that can be recovered. Check the files you wish to recover and click next to start the recovering process. 

Step 4. (Optional) If the scanning process failed to find your lost file, try our new feature "Universal Recovery". It is a special module that conducts a thorough scan and tries to find and reconstitute every deleted files.

Step 5. Choose a directory or device to store the recovered files. Do not put new files into that partition in order to avoid deleted files being overwritten.