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Recover files from an external hard disk
Do you have experienced such problem that loses files off the external hard disk drive? For example, we may lose data after formatting the external hard disk by mistake, or we may lose files due to the accidental deletion, or lose information in other cases. But we may want to access contents stored on the external USB hard drive at the old time again if they were useful. What can we do at that time? As a matter of fact, we can try to get the lost data back.
Case of deleting data off the external USB hard drive by error
I wanted to recover files from an external hard disk, because data stored on the external USB hard drive at the original time was deleted by mistake, but it is important for me. As a result, I needed to think ways to get those deleted files back. I have come up with some ways since that day and had a try, but to my upset, I have not retrieved any deleted data. Is there any other possible way to get deleted contents from the external hard disk drive? Can you kindly help me? -Judy from LA
How to retrieve lost files from the external hard disk drive with data recovery software
We can try to use the data recovery software to get the deleted files or contents which lost due to other reasons back from the external hard disk where they stored at the previous time. In other words, we may restore the lost data from the external USB hard drive with data recovery tool. Here are the steps as follows:
Recover data from external hard drive
Preparation: Connect the external hard drive to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
How to protect information on the external hard disk from being lost
Most of us may feel anxious after losing files off the external hard disk drive if they were important or valuable, and especially when we have no idea how to get them back. Have you ever troubled by the similar cases? Before encounter the data loss problem, what we can do is to protect the information saved on the portable hard disk drive from being lost no matter hoe many the cases related to data loss there are. Here are some protections below to avoid data loss problem while using the external USB hard drive:
1. Prepare precaution. It is necessary to prepare precaution in case of losing files or folders off the external hard disk, because we have no idea when or how we may lose those contents suddenly. So we need to back up information useful or important regularly in daily life, and we can retrieve those files quickly and easily after losing them. It will work if we do not know how to perform the lost files recovery on external hard disk drive.
2. Install anti-virus tool on the external hard disk drive. Besides the backup, it is also important and necessary to download and mount anti-virus software on the external USB hard drive, because the external hard disk may be infected by virus abruptly and then cause the data loss problem, such as the portable hard drive turn to raw file system or others.
3. Think twice before formatting the external USB hard drive or deleting data odd it. It is not proper to delete files off the external hard disk or format the drive impulsively, because those contents likely to be deleted may still are important or useful. So we should make it clear whether those chose files useful or not before perform the format or delete operation.
4. Other protections we need when view or edit files saved on the portable hard disk drive.
Brands of external hard drive can be performed data recovery
We can perform the lost files recovery on the external USB hard drive to retrieve its original contents no matter what brand it is, such as the WD (western digital), Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, Kingston, ADATA and so on.
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