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Hard drive suddenly stopped working recovery
Have you ever encountered such problem that the hard drive on the computer stops working? We can not use the hard disk drive at that time. For example, we can not read files or folders stored on it at the previous time, or we have no way to save new contents on it. What we should do if the previous information on the hard drive is vital or crucial? As a matter of fact, we can try to get those original files back from the problematic hard disk drive with data recovery software.
Example of hard drive stopped working
My hard disk drive stopped working suddenly. I could not open it no matter which way t used last night. I had no idea what was going on, actually. But I need to access files stored on the problematic hard disk drive at the previous time now. What I should do in that case? Can I view those original contents on the hard disk drive again? Is there any one can kindly help me get out of the hard disk drive stops working trouble? By the way, files on the hard disk drive are videos and pictures files. –Lee from New York
How to recover files from the hard drive which stopped working with data recovery software
When the hard disk drive stopped working, we can try to get the information saved on it at the previous time back though the hard drive is unusable. The tool we need to use is data recovery software, which may help us access the lost data again. Here are the steps as follows to show us the problematic hard drive files recovery detail:
Recover files from hard disk
Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can run the software and choose a recovery module after entering the main interface of the software.
Different data loss situations when use the hard drive
We can not access contents saved on the hard disk drive when it stops working. In other words, we will lose information off the hard disk drive if it is not working. Fortunately, we can ask the data recovery tool for help to try to get the original data back. As a matter of fact, there is more than one situation that we can not view information saved on the hard disk drive previously. There are various data loss cases we may meet when use the hard disk drive. As the same, we can perform data recovery on them in most cases, too. Here are some of them below:
1. The hard disk drive is formatted. We may format the hard disk drive by mistake or by intention sometimes. As a result of the format, there would be nothing remain on the hard disk drive. So we lose those contents saved on the hard disk drive at the previous time. Like data recovery on hard drive not work, we can perform data recovery on the formatted hard drive to restore the lost files needed.
2. Files stored on the hard disk drive are deleted by mistake. We may delete information off the hard disk drive due to some reasons. For example, those files are useless so we format the. Or we may delete information off the hard disk drive in order to save new data on it. Generally speaking, we can find the deleted files and recover them in the recycle bin. But we need to ask the data recovery program for help if the recycle bin is emptied or we shift delete them.
3. The hard disk drive is infected by virus. One of the common data loss cases when use the hard disk drive is the virus attacks. The harmful matters such as virus and worms may be hidden in the contents stored on the hard disk drive, and then they may infect the hard disk drive. Data recovery tool may help us retrieve the lost files if they are erased due to the virus infection.
4. Other logical data loss problems we may encounter when use the hard disk drive.
File types on the hard drive can be restored by data recovery program
We can store various file types on the hard disk drive. For example, we can save pictures, video files, word documents, power point files, audio files, and other file types on the hard drive. We can ask data recovery program for help after files types above get lost.
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