There are many kinds of loss of data. One can lose data through simple logical problems such as deleting accidentally or software malfunction. There are however, some good ways of preventing as well as recovering data. One of the most common and basic ways is through the backing up of data.

If the data is lost from the hard drive, here is what you should do. You should stop saving any more data in that drive space. One should first safely assess what kind of problem affected your computer then fix it. Saving more data is bad because deleted data does not really get deleted. The computer only writes over these data once you save anything else. So before that happens, you should try to retrieve it.

You should first boot your computer using the OS disk in order to try data recovery through the hard drive. After that, you can either use the chkdsk, testdsk, or fdsk command prompt that will help scan the hard drive. Most of the time, this will help you recover the data you have lost through corruption. The commands above should be used in a Windows OS recovery console.

There is also such a thing as FINDNTS which is a nifty freeware that will help you recover data. This is just a free software that is centered on NTFS recovery (meaning it gets back NT files. One could also boot from this if the Windows OS is not working. You won’t even have to reformat)

Chkds as well as testdsk are both needed for hard drive information recovery. These simple tools retrieve the lost FAT as well as NTFS files. Basically, they find, retrieve, then fix the partition on the hard drive then reinstate boot sections. Usually, people would just reformat and get things over with. However these commands can help you boot and then fix the problem even if the OS is inaccessible.

Those stated above can manage loss from deletion yet it is also possible for one to get back files that might have been accidentally deleted. And what’s more, these are mostly free software you can find in the net.

So there you have it. Losing those all important files or data is not the end of the world. There are measures to retrieve them and there are measures to back them up in order to prevent loss. Just learn these basic hard drive data recovery tips and you should be fine.

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The key of course is to back up your system. Once you do so, recovering data such as emails, text files, or anything else you can think of is very easy. Any old rewritable CD where data or any other recent saved files can be written and re-written on it again and again is suitable for this job.

Of course, there is another kind of data recovery disk saves things such as deleted partitions or even corrupted files. Such a disk will most likely contain data recovery, disk image, password resetting, partition management, system utilities, data erasure as well as network access tools.

Anyone can buy a data recovery disk varying on the kind of recovery that can be made. Most disks have certain specializations. You can set them to recover images only, or e-mails only or anything from your hard drive. You can even recover data from any removable disk.

The operating system disc (usually drive C) can also be used to recover data. One just needs to boot from there then you run any of the following depending on what kind of recovery you want to do. These run commands are either fdisk, chkdsk, or testdk. Just press F12 when the operating system is starting as you turn the PC on. You could also boot from a CD or your disk. That will enable you to get inside and fix the kinks out.

There are however, some special circumstances when data recovery is no longer possible. And this is funny because there are those who think that banging or dropping the computer, or even heating it can fix it. Of course most of the time, this just makes the problem worse.

Of course, a computer that has been hit or fallen will have physical damage. During this kind of circumstances, your hard drive might just be damaged. Then you will never be able to get back that lost data. The most you can try to do is to pay the guys from crime scene investigations to have a look at your data. But that is of course highly unlikely.

Therefore, as a warning, one should never do anything silly as physically banging on the PC if you are only looking for attention. Simply use disk to back up your data most of the time as well as other tools for recovering data. Remember though that some day, your pc will go bust. This is why one must be ready by backing up or having a data recovery disk.

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It does not really matter if you forgot that you might not get back all the lost hard drive data that requires restoration. One should take note that not all the data is guaranteed to be recoverable if it is in the hard drive. The fact is that deleted files are not really deleted completely. The computer will only really “delete” when it needs more file space and it writes over the old deleted data. So when you wait long enough for your computer to overwrite the deleted file, then it would be impossible to get that file back anymore. Free data recovery software can be capable of doing this. However if the disk is physically damaged, then of course the software won’t cut it.

When choosing the right data recovery tool, it is essential to pick one that automatically backs up files regularly. This is the best way to avoid any data loss in the first place. This can be done whether the back up is in an external disk or on one of the computer’s drives. Thus, it will be great if your computer has two instead of the usual one hard drive.

These are the disk or partition cloning and imaging programs. Make sure that the software is reliable before downloading.

• Macrium Reflect Free,
• g4y- Harddisk Image Cloning for PCs,
• PING – Partimage is Not Ghost, Partition Saving
• DriveImage XML
• Clone Maxx
• Dubaron DiskImage
• WinDD
• SelfImage
• Forensic Acquisition Utilities
• NFGDump
• PartImage
• Ultimate Boot CD
• SystemRescue CD and many more if you just surf the web.

For free hard drive backup and restore software, here is another list:

• BackupPC Open Source Backup
• Microsoft SyncToy
• Back4Win
• FreeByte Backup
• Cobian Backup
• Unison File Synchronizer.

These file backup as well as restore specific kinds of files such as Microsoft outlook databases, email, ZIP files, text, pictures etc.

For problems of accidentally deleting something, here is another list.

• For OS with Windows 2000 and above can get NTFS undelete. Software and all files can be retrieved by this.
• PCInspector is for you if you need to get boot sector or hard drive or partition erasure trouble.
• ISObuster gets those corrupted media from any DVD or CD even if it is so scratched up.
• Recuva is a nifty one for those deleted in the recycle bin.
• FreeUndelete program for windows is good for getting back all the network, drive, or floppy disk loss.
• Avira Unerase Personal is another great software for hard drive recovery but it is non-commercial.

These are all but a few examples of the many other free data recovery software available for you out there.

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