How to perform hard drive restoration
In today’s world computers have become very important gadget which is used by both domestic and corporate users. Computer store its data in a device known as hard drive. This device is the most essential part of the computer which is responsible to store operating system and user saved information. Users can save precious data such as family photos, home videos, office documents, company’s financial records etc. Hard drive can be divided into various partitions (Depending on the size of hard drive). Partitions are created so as to segregate the data on computer, this helps user to store different data on different partitions.
There might be instances where hard drive of computer might get formatted accidentally by user. Formatting erases all the data which were present on the hard drive. In such scenario the user might be confused as to restore the data back to the hard drive. Hard drive restoration can be done by data recovery software.
It is to be noted that, when hard drive is formatted, operating system does not delete the data but it just erases / deletes the index pointing to the data present on the hard drive. The data is still present on the hard drive but is invisible to the operating system. In such case only data recovery software can help the user to get back his formatted data.
There are many reasons for formatting the data from hard drive. Some of them are listed below
- Accidental formatting: – Users may accidentally format the partition on hard drive. That is, users may accidentally select partition “E” instead of selecting and formatting partition “F”. In such case data which is present on that partition is deleted.
- Virus attack: – When system is infected with virus, it becomes necessary to format the system and install new OS.
- File system corruption: – Sudden fluctuation in power can result in file system of hard drive to get corrupt. In such circumstances hard drive will be inaccessible and it is recommended to format the hard drive.
Observing the above factors it is advised to backup important data. Backup can be done by making a disk image and saving them on CD’s or DVD’s or external hard drive or flash drive. Even though if user has lost his / her data without any backup, he / she can always recover them using data recovery software’s.
Remo Recover (Windows) – Media Edition is one such recovery utility which can easily restore Windows hard drive with in few steps. This software is designed specially for Windows OS and is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Win 7, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. It uses an advance in-built algorithm which scans the entire hard drive in minutes and displays the recovered results. The recovered data is displayed on the basis of name, date, size and file type. Software gives you a preview option which enables user to view the files before recovering. Remo Software gives the option to download the software for free. You can download the software and evaluate the results. If you are satisfied with the results you can later purchase it.