Data Recovery Basics

Ownership of a computer brings with it a number of challenges and risks, as well as opportunities. One ever-present danger is that of data loss. Unfortunately, data loss is almost unavoidable. Whether it is caused by physical harm to a hard drive or system glitches, human error or stolen hardware, most computer owners will experience data loss at some point.Easeus Data Recovery

As long as the hard drive hasn’t been physically damaged beyond repair (as can sometimes happen in a fire, flood, or another devastating natural event), it can usually be recovered. You might be able to recover it yourself if it’s making a ticking or scratching noise or simply not always working properly, but any physical damage should be handled by a data recovery technician.

Hard drives range in storage space from under a gigabyte to a terabyte or more, and in size from those that can fit in the palm of your hand to those longer than your forearm. Whether used for Mac or Windows storage, NTFS or FAT32 format, hard drives can almost always be recovered.

If you have a RAID setup, which involves multiple hard drives configured to minimize data loss from hard drive failure, you might not need to do any recovery. Sometimes, however, the entire configuration will fail (particularly in the case of a natural disaster), and a technician should be called to restore both hardware and software.

Even files that were accidentally deleted from the recycle bin or overwritten when a hard drive is repartitioned can be recovered, if you plan ahead for the possibility.

Planning for data loss consists of figuring out first of all how long you can manage without the data on a hard drive, how you would get it fixed, and how you would manage without that data in the meantime.

Figure out which way you’re most likely to lose the data. If you have an old computer, you should be wary of sudden computer and hard drive failure, particularly if the CPU is dusty. If you live in a region with frequent blackouts and random power losses, this can damage your hardware. If you aren’t very technical, you might be at a greater risk for accidentally deleting files.Recover My Files

Finally, decide what the best solution for dealing with each risk is, and implement it. Backing up data on an external hard drive or through an online backup system might work well, for example, and having a battery backup and surge protector for your computer is always important.

It’s important to plan ahead for data loss before it happens, so you’re prepared to quickly recover the files you need with minimum trauma from losing files that were valuable to you.