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Monday, 23 December 2013
How to Recover a Disk With Software
Recover a disk with software by using a second computer and attaching
the disk as an external or secondary drive. When a disk has been
formatted or the partition deleted it becomes necessary to recover the
disk with software or to send the disk to a data recovery lab for
professional services. Specialized disk recovery software often allows
retrieval of files from a disk that the operating system will not
recognize or a disk that has errors preventing normal access.
Update the working computer with the latest operating system
patches and service packs from the website of the software maker.
Install or update virus protection on the computer to prevent infections
from recovered files from spreading.
2
Obtain and install data recovery software such as one of the
programs listed in the resources section of this article. Check for any
updates or patches to the recovery software and install them if
available.
3
Attach a USB hard drive adapter to the working computer and
follow any prompts to install the necessary driver software or utilities
that come with the adapter. Connect the drive which is to be recovered
to the adapter and connect power to the drive.
4
Run the data recovery software and scan the attached drive
for files using the basic method first, and if files are not found run
the scan again using a more progressive scan algorithm such as format
recovery or raw scan.
5
Store recovered files on a separate storage location such as a USB flash drive or external hard drive or network location.
Tips & Warnings
Power off any
computer that has a drive which needs to be recovered and do not use the
drive until the recovery process is complete, as the operating system
constantly creates and deletes various temporary files in the process of
running and these files greatly reduce the possibility of successful
data recovery. Send drives with sensitive or critical data directly to a
data recovery lab for the best chance of recovery.
Never
install data recovery software onto a drive that has to be recovered as
the installation process will likely overwrite files that could have
otherwise been recovered. Never handle a drive while it is running and
do not subject the drives to moisture, vibration, impact, or excessive
heat or cold.
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