Free Hard Disk Data Recovery

Why hard disk data can be recovered?

Hard disk recovery is possible because of data remanence, which means that some data continues to exist on the hard disk drive even after it has been deleted. While data remanence is beneficial to hard disk recovery, there is also a downside; that is, data remanence is one of the most convenient tools used in cyber-espionage. That's why computer security experts tell you that simply erasing a file doesn't always completely delete it.

The best free hard disk recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition, reconstructs lost files, regardless of whether they were deleted accidentally or are inaccessible due to a crashed hard drive, hardware failure or virus infection. In some circumstances, the hard disk may become inaccessible because of a hardware problem. The actuator arm, a small mechanical arm that moves back and forth across the hard disk, may have suffered a mechanical error. In this situation, the data is not lost at all, but is just inaccessible due to this hard disk mechanical problem. Similarly, the circuit board may develop flaws, which may make the hard disk inoperable. If there are strange noises or no noise at all, the cause is likely mechanical, and a technician will have to disassemble the hard drive to repair the problem. In some cases, the mechanical problem may cause the drive itself to become damaged, which may directly affect the data. Alternatively, data loss may occur due to a software problem.

Taking a little preventive action can help prevent the need for hard disk recovery. When files become fragmented, they are stored in multiple clusters on the hard disk drive, which makes the computer take more time to read it. A drive with a lot of fragmentation will be harder to recover in the event of a crash. Therefore, it is recommended to regularly defrag your hard disk drive.

When a file is deleted, the operating system marks the file name with a character that informs the computer that it has been deleted. The deleted data is actually still on the hard diskdrive until the file system overwrites it, but the operating system can no longer access it. The process of hard disk recovery finds the data that the operating system is unaware of, but still exists in individual clusters on the hard disk drive. However, clusters that have become corrupted or physically damaged cannot be recovered. In these cases, hard disk recovery has a greater likelihood of success if it is attempted immediately after the failure so as not to give the sectors with missing data an opportunity to be overwritten. A professional hard disk recovery service will not work on the hard drive itself, but will instead make a sector copy of the hard drive and work from that.

Free hard disk recovery software to recover lost data on hard disk drive

With EaseUS, a crashed hard disk drive is not the end of the line for your computer. We specialize in safe and secure hard disk data recovery and data and file extractions from hard disk drives. Hard disk data recovery is our primary focus.

If you are having hard drive problems, it's important to let a professional handle data recovery so further damage is not done to the hard disk, making data or file recovery impossible. Data Recovery Wizard does not charge for the evaluation of your hard disk. Contact us. Your data recovery is our top priority.

How to use the free hard disk data recovery software?

EaseUS Data recovery Wizard Free Edition is a free and easy hard disk data recovery software. There are three recovery modules on the main window of the interface:

Free hard disk recovery software

Deleted File Recovery is used to recover data when your data are deleted and emptied from the Recycle Bin.

Complete Recovery is used to recover data when your hard disk drive has been formatted, corrupted or displayed as RAW.

Partition Recovery is used to recover data from hard disk drive when the partition is deleted, lost or invisible. It will scan the entire hard disk drive to fund out all possible partitions and recover data from it.

Take Complete Recovery for example. If you formatted a partition on your hard disk drive carelessly, please follow the steps to recover data:

1. Choose Complete Recovery on the main window.

2. Select the file types you want to recover.

3. You will see all the partition on the hard disk drive. Then select the formatted partition and continue.

4. Click Next to search all the existing files on the formatted partition on your hard disk drive.

Start to search the lost files on the formatted partition on hard disk drive

5. You will see the files and folders tree soon. You can preview the lost files before saving them to hard disk drive.

Preview lost photo before recovery on hard disk drive

Preview lost Word document before recovery on hard disk drive

Preview lost Excel document before recovery on hard disk drive

See also: How do I recover hard drive data?

Tips: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition can only recover 1GB data free of charge. If you want to recover data more than 1 GB, you need to purchase EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

If you are seeking for Mac data recovery software, please go to see EaseUS Mac Data Recovery Wizard.

 

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