(Solved) How Can We Recover Data From Hard Disk Easily?

How can we recover data from hard disk? Solutions are given in detal, please check it out in this post.

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By Lora / Updated on October 20, 2022

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"How can I recover my data from hard disk?"

Backblaze released quarterly hard disk failure statistics in May 2021. The annualized failure rate of nearly 200,000 hard disks reached 0.85%, which shows how many users are at risk of data loss.

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Dear Team, I have a 2 TB Seagate hard disk, when organizing my works and files, some got deleted. After that I accidentally emptied the recycle bin, how can I get them back? Kindly guide me to recover the data. Thanks.

       

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"How can we recover data from hard disks?" It is not a seldom asked question.

Users are prone to meet partition loss issues like deletion or a formatted partition recovery issue or a RAW partition recovery problem, facing upsetting data loss.

The priority for them to take into consideration is to perform hard disk data recovery. But before offering the solution of how to recover data from hard drives, a basic understanding of data recovery is necessary.

Overview of data recovery from hard disk

To get a basic impression of data recovery, let’s get started with its definition of it. And then the possibility of performing hard disk data recovery will be elaborated on in the second part.

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What is hard disk data recovery?

When it comes to data recovery, we are referring to the process of retrieving the deleted, lost, inaccessible, damaged, or formatted data from storage devices.

Generally, data loss takes place under certain circumstances, you may have accidentally deleted partitions, or run into virus intrusion, OS failure, or file system corruption caused by logical damage/physical damage.

When users are confronted with logical, or physical damage to the device, they may meet an unbootable system, some failure or error warnings, vanished partitions, or drives.

Can data be recovered from hard disks?

If there is physical damage caused by the act of God or poor maintenance to the storage device, the device may go through some hardware failures such as head crash, platter scratch, firm corruption, PCB burn, etc.

If so, the very first course of action is to turn to an in-lab recovery service near you that is equipped with sophisticated and experienced technicians. If there is logical damage on your hard drive, the errors do not occur in the hardware but in the software.

E.g., logical damage like partition table error, file system error, etc., results in unreadable or inaccessible data. The very most we need to avoid is data being overwritten by new data. Once the data is overwritten, it can be said that files are never retrievable.

Then how can we recover data from hard disks? The remedy you need is provided in the next part.

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How to recover data from hard drives?

To perform hard disk recovery, turning to an official tool is an advisable choice. Windows File Recovery here could be of some help.

This tool could not only recover deleted data from a healthy hard disk, but also from a corrupted or formatted hard disk.

But the only fly in the ointment is that it is a command-line app.

Without a graphical user interface, this tool is way too difficult to handle for those who do not possess any IT knowledge or troubleshooting experience.

If you need an easier way to recover data from hard drives, please refer to the end part of this section. Now, to use this tool, figuring out some notions is necessary.

File System: the way your Operating System uses to store and retrieve the data.
Source drive: the location where you lost your files. You might specify a single folder or offer a broad range, such as the C: drive. 
Target place: where you'll put your recovered files, must be different from the source disk.
Recovery mode: general: Regular & Extensive; advanced: Segment & Signature.
Switch: parameters to narrow or limit the scanning range.

To recover data from hard drives using Windows File Recovery, a recovery mode and switches should be used. First, check your File System. Go to “This PC” > right-click on the drive that has lost files > “Properties”.

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To decide which recovery mode to use, check the table below.

File system Scenarios mode
NTFS Deleted recently Regular
NTFS Deleted for a while Extensive
NTFS Formatted disk Extensive
NTFS corrupted disk Extensive
FAT and exFAT Any Extensive

To filter the scanning, refer to this chart.

Switches Meaning Supported mode(s)
/n Filter the scan range: scans for a specific file with its file name/path/type, etc. All
/y: Recover specific extension groups. Signature
/k Recovers system files. NTFS
Segment​​​​​
/u Recovers undeleted files, for example, from the Recycle Bin. NTFS
Segment

Now you could follow the guide here to get back lost files and data.

Notes:✎...
If asked whether allow the app to make changes to your device, please click “Yes”.
To fix the error "Windows File Recovery failed to create destination folder", please get help.

Step 1. Download Windows File Recovery from Microsoft Store.

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Step 2. Start it, and input the command line according to your situation. Refer to this command line template:

winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/mode] [/switches]

Let's take an example. If you need to recover pictures under the folder "\Users\ashe\pics\" from C: drive to D: drive, then the command will go:

winfr C: D: /n \Users\ashe\pics\*. jpg

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Step 3. After the scanning and processing, a recovery folder will be created in the destination. Thus you will have successfully carried out hard disk data recovery.

If you find it too difficult to handle Windows File Recovery, what to do? How to get rid of complex commands?

How can we recover data from hard disks and keep its original format/name/path?

Windows File Recovery requires knowledge of command lines, and cannot provide a high recovery rate to users.

Facing this, users might want to find another professional Windows data recovery utility. MyRecover can meet your needs.

This tool is equipped with efficient and advanced scanning tech and algorithms, scanning hard disks for deleted and lost data within several minutes.

  • Retrieve deleted data from the hard disk with its original filename, directory, and format intact.
  • Solve data loss issues in comprehensive causes - deletion, disk formatting, system crash, virus attack, etc.
  • Get 200+ types of data back within 3 steps.
  • Scan and locate missing and deleted data quickly and safely.

Download MyRecover now to start Windows data recovery.

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Step 1. Install and run the software > select a location to start data recovery > click  Start Scan.

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Step 2. The software will automatically Quick Scan and Deep Scan your partition and list all the deleted and missing files.

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Step 3.  Select the files you need > click Recover x files to restore them.

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Using this tool, it will be an easy task to recover permanently deleted files.

Summary

In this article, you can find the answer to the question of how can we recover data from hard disks. Generally speaking, it is not that easy to perform hard disk data recovery.

But there is no need to panic. Just do no more actions to the drive to prevent the precious files from being overwritten.

Then you could turn to Windows File Recovery, or you might as well choose MyRecover to get back your lost files.

What’s more, to get rid of future risks, you might as well form a habit of taking backup operations.

At this time, making use of a third-party tool is also recommended. Here the utility “Disk Backup”, "File Backup", etc. of AOMEI Backupper can help you out.

Lora
Lora · Editor
Lora is an editor of AOMEI Technology. She is also a tester and editor of AOMEI Data Recovery Tools. -- "Keep testing, write the most useful tutorials for helping people recover the lost data for Windows and phones" is the most meaningful thing for her. Dedicated to creating helpful tutorials, she hopes her tutorial can assist users to effortlessly solve data loss problems on their personal computers and mobile phones.