Hard Drive Unallocated Space Data Recovery Software

What is unallocated space?

Unallocated space, or commonly known as “free space”, is the logical space on a hard drive that the operating system, e.g Windows, can write to. A storage device must have at least one partition before a file system can be set up and store data. The partition can contain all of the storage space on the drive or just some of it. On many storage devices, a single partition will often take up the entire drive. When partitions are lost, the drive returns to its original unallocated raw state. When a hard drive or a partition becomes unallocated space, it means its filesystem cannot be recognized by the computer. Since the computer can’t see any filesystem, you will be unable to see or access the files you previously stored on that part of the hard drive.

Is recovering data from unallocated space possible? For average users with a limited knowledge about computer storage technology, unallocated space data recovery seems too hard to pull off. However the data from the unallocated space are still on the hard drive, it does not just disappear, it just changes its status. This means until new files are written to the hard drive, the inaccessible data will remain deleted but still recoverable from the hard drive. Even if new files are written it must overwrite the same unallocated space before they are permanently destroyed.

Unallocated space can only be accessed by specialist tools. HDD unallocated space recovery is possible and even very easy to achieve, as long as you have the right powerful data recovery software. H Data Recovery Software is our recommendation. Being a powerful and easy-to-use data recovery program, it is the best choice for you to perform HDD unallocated space data recovery.

How to Recover Data from Unallocated Space

Now you can download H Data Recovery Software and follow the step-by-step guide to recover your photos, videos, audio files, and documents from HDD unallocated space.

Step 1. Launch H Data Recovery Software and select the lost/damaged partition data recovery mode and click “Next”.

Step 2. Select the hard drive which contains the unallocated space. Click Next to proceed with the scan. The scanning process may take a while as the software will locate and collect every file that is stored in the lost partition.

Step 3. When the scanning is complete, you can choose from the listed files and save them to your desired safe destination. You can use the filter and search bar to quickly pin down the files you want.