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Many different factors account for data loss on the hard drive. To prevent data loss, awareness of the reasons and risks associated with data loss is essential.
Hard Drive Formatting
Hard Drive Damage
Virus or Malware Attack
Human Error
Bad Sectors
Abrupt Power failure
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is 100% clean and secure to recover data from hard drives in any complex situation.
Recover Deleted Files from Hard Drive
We all make mistakes sometimes and result in unintentional deletion of files that are important. Without realizing it, you may clear the Recycle Bin and lose data permanently. Restoring accidentally deleted data from HDD can be simple by using a professional EaseUS hard drive recovery tool, which supports file recovery from Shift+Delete or emptied Recycle Bin.
Retrieve Data from Corrupted Hard Drive
Hard drive malfunctions, including crashed, damage, and corruption lead to the majority of data losses on HDD. Hard drive issues are due to mechanical problems, human mishandling, computer overheat, power outage, and more. You can recover data from a damaged hard drive using EaseUS data recovery software. Besides, it can also repair corrupted files on the hard drive.
Recover Lost Files from Formatted HDD
You need to format the hard drive in the case of virus infection, reinstalling the operating system, or deleting all junk files. However, formatting hard drive will cause you lost data instantly and lead to panic. You can recover data from a formatted hard drive by running EaseUS hard drive recovery software.
Restore Data from RAW Hard Drive
Disk abnormality is a common occurrence. One type of hard disk problem is that the disk becomes RAW. When you view the partition properties, the system file is RAW. The RAW drive can be a tricky problem that tends to lose data when it is resolved. Don’t fret. EaseUS hard drive recovery software scans for all recoverable files from the inaccessible hard drive and performs file recovery efficiently.
Recover Files from All Brands of HDD
EaseUS hard drive recovery program supports data recovery from any type, model, or brand of the hard drive. Here are hard drives examples that EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard support: Western Digital, Seagate, HP, Toshiba, Samsung, Kingston, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Sony, etc.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard provides complete data recovery solutions to recover lost or permanently deleted photos, videos, documents, audio files, emails, and other multimedia types of files from hard drive. You can quickly recover data from HDD in just three steps: choose the disk device to scan, then, preview and restore lost files.
1. SelectSelect a specific hard disk or location.
2. ScanStart a quick or advanced scan for lost data.
3. RecoverPreview and recover the files you need.
Select the Hard Drive
Download and install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your computer. It is compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and new Windows 11. Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and choose the hard drive that contains lost files to scan. Both internal and external hard drives are supported.
Scan and Filter Files
You can perform a quick scan of the hard drive for deleted files or use the advanced deep scan for full data recovery. When the scan completes, you can apply the "Filter" feature to quickly find lost files by type, time, or size. Or, you can click the "Search files or folders" button to look for files with the specific file name.
Preview and Recover Files
To recover data from a hard disk precisely, you can preview the recovered files at first. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can repair corrupted photos, videos, and documents on the hard drive before recovery. After previewing, select the target files, click the "Recover" button, and pick a secure recovery destination.
If your data disk is damaged, you can directly use EaseUS hard drive recovery software to scan and recover data. If the system hard disk is corrupted or dead and the computer can’t boot, you can use a USB bootable disk of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard boot disk to restore data. But note that the prerequisite for hard drive recovery is that your disk can be recognized by the computer.
If the HDD doesn't show up in Disk Management, file recovery with data recovery software is impossible. In this case, you can consult with experts of EaseUS to fix the HDD issue and recover data.
Create a WinPE Bootable Media
WinPE Bootable Media can be used to boot a crashed computer without any operating system. You can prepare an empty CD/DVD-Recorder and a CD/DVD or USB drive to create EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Bootable Media.
Connect the USB drive to your PC or laptop and run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Edition. Select the USB drive and click "Create" to create a bootable disk.
Boot Your PC from the Bootable USB
Connect the bootable drive to the corrupted hard disk that won't boot and change the boot order in BIOS. Restart the computer and press F2/F11/Del at the same time to enter BIOS. Go to the Boot Drive section and set to boot the PC from "Removable Devices" (bootable USB disk) or "CD-ROM Drive" (bootable CD/DVD). Save the changes, exit BIOS, and wait for your computer to start.
Recover Files from Corrupted Hard Drive
The following data recovery steps are the same as above. Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard from the WinPE bootable disk, select the target hard drive for a quick or deep scan, filter files, preview and recover data. We strongly suggest that you keep the recovered files to another place to avoid data overwriting.
Not all data loss can be addressed with data recovery software. Under certain circumstances, such as dealing with file loss caused by hardware issues or abnormal conditions, you need to contact a data recovery center and get personalized help with 1 on 1 remote service.
EaseUS 1 on 1 Remote Assistance Service allows you to schedule a remote desktop session with dedicated support engineers for manual data recovery.
If you don't have a backup of your external hard drive, you should use data recovery software. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard specializes in recovering external hard drive data that is presumably lost or inaccessible. Besides, it has proven cases of successful recoveries in both personal and commercial environments.
To Recover Data from an External HDD:
Download and run EaseUS external hard drive recovery software.
Choose the external hard drive and click "Scan".
After the scanning process, use "Filter" or the Search bar to find lost external hard drive data.
Double-click to preview files you want to retrieve. Then, click "Recover" and choose another location to save the desired data.
When you delete a file from your Mac hard drive, macOS does not erase the data. It just removes the links that make the data accessible to the operating system and marks the space as available for future use. Therefore, you can restore data with file recovery software until the space is overwritten by new data.
To Restore Hard Drive Files on Mac:
Download and install EaseUS Mac data recovery software on your device.
Select the hard drive where you lost data and files. Click the "Scan" button.
In the scan results, select the file(s) and click the "Recover" button to have them back.
Data recovery software is your best bet when it comes to getting back data from a hard drive. Here, we list our top 5 favorite HDD recovery tools, and we encourage you to make your own choice. Although we have different needs and priorities, there are certain things that you should always take into account when selecting hard drive recovery software:
Performance
This is the most important point when you are selecting a hard drive recovery application. A recommended tool should restore at least several hundred different file formats from Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7.
Compatibility
You cannot get help if the most effective data recovery software doesn't support your system. If you are a Windows user, you are lucky. Most of the hard disk recovery software can run on all recent versions of Windows.
Speed
Good-performing data recovery software generally has high-speed scanning mode. And some even have multiple recovery methods to get your data back in short time.
User-Friendly
A data recovery tool could be useless if it can only be used the one who created it. An easy-to-use program with userfriedly interface is what we are looking for.
Price
Sometimes free things are really attractive, but they don't offer the same level of polish as paid applications. Therefore, affordable software with high recovery rate is what we need.
Recovery Rate
You can know the usefulness of this software through the recovery rate of the hard drive recovery software. The higher the recovery rate, the better the quality.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard (Windows & Mac)
EaseUS hard drive recovery software ranks the top among the best data recovery software for Windows and Mac because of its ability to recover lost or deleted data from any storage media. EaseUS has been in the data recovery business for about 17 years. Over 530 million users have got help in data backup, data recovery and disk management fields.
Hard Disk Recovery Software - Recuva (Windows)
Piriform Recuva is also an effective hard drive data recovery software with 16 years' experience. The most surprising thing is that almost all of its functions are free. Except for these functions, including advanced file recovery, virtual hard drive support, and automatic updates, all other functions are free. If you are looking for a free hard drive recovery application, this software is the best one for you.
Disk Drill Data Recovery Software (Windows & Mac)
Disk Drill Data Recovery is one of the best hard drive data recovery softwar. It works flawlessly with a wide range of storage devices, including hard drives, USB flash drive, memory cards, and camcorders. With it, you can recover deleted files from Windows & Mac quickly and easily.
Stellar Data Recovery Software (Windows & Mac)
Stellar data recovery software recovers data from all types of internal and external storage drives on Windows and Mac PCs. Besides, you can regain data from corrupt hard drives and formatted partitions with its deep scan featur. Whta's more, the damaged photos and videos can be repaired during the recovery process.
Ontrack Data Recovery Software (Windows & Mac)
Ontrack aims to provide users with manual data recovery service at the very beginning. Later, it has the data recovery software - Ontrack EasyRecovery for users. This data recovery software allows users to perform precise file recovery of data lost after deletion, reformatting, and a number of other data loss scenarios.
EaseUS
Excellent
Recuva
Normal
Disk Drill
Good
Stellar
Good
Ontrack
Good
Frequently Asked Questions
You can recover 2GB of data for free with EaseUS data recovery software:
Yes, files can be recovered from a failed hard drive:
All you need is a relaible hard drive recovery program. If you can boot into your system, run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. If you don't have access to the failed hard drive, refer to recovering data from a dead hard drive.
How much does it cost to recover data from a hard drive? It depends on these factors:
Hard drive corruption or damage occurs from time to time unexpectedly. General users do not know how to deal with this problem. Don’t worry, take the following two ways to fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting and data loss.
Note: If you haven't previously backed up your data, be sure to use data recovery software to retrieve it first.
1. Repair Hard Drive Using CMD
CHKDSK can scan to mark bad sectors and fix corrupted file system errors to prevent data loss. Follow the instructions below to run CHKDSK to fix damaged hard disks without formatting:
2. Fix Corrupted Hard Drive with File Manager
Windows has its own tool to check and repair a corrupted hard drive. You can do it manually.
To recover data from a hard drive that won't boot:
To fix hard drive failure:
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