Finding Free Data Recovery Software

By Walter Coyote

There is free data recovery software available if you should have hard drive problems or if you accidentally deleted some files. There are many recovery software programs available but some are pricey and you may not need all of the options. There is free data recovery software available to recover or restore a deleted partition, data from removable media etc.

It is important to remember that you may not be able to restore all of your data if it is on the hard drive. When you delete a file it is not actually deleted. What happens is that when your computer needs space to save data it will write over the deleted files. If you file has been overwritten then you cannot recover it but quite a lot of deleted data is stored on you hard drive and can be recovered. It should be noted that this software will only work if you haven't physically damaged your hard disk. This software works only on logistic data.

There are some viruses that can infiltrate your computer system and delete both files and partitions without you knowing it until you go to look for those files. This is one reason why it?s important to have both a firewall and antivirus protection installed on your computer. But even with the best of protection sometimes a bug can sneak in and cause files to be deleted. If the file deletion is caused by a virus free data recovery software can help you recover the file, but you may need to also run antivirus software to eliminate the virus.

The best defense to protect yourself from the frustration of lost or deleted files is to back up anything and everything that is important to you. Files can become inadvertently deleted for various reasons from a power failure to a child playing with the keyboard. In these situations if you have back-up your system it?s not much more than running the CD that you have backed up your files on to, or hitting a couple keys on your keyboard to restore those deletions. Back up your files regularly to avoid unnecessary aggravation.

Another point to be aware of when using free data recovery software is that data recovery software will not be able to recover data from damaged portions of the hard drive. Free data recovery software can only recover data from a healthy hard drive. If your hard drive is damaged you will have no choice but send your hard drive to a professional service that has the experience in repairing damaged hard drives.

The following programs are free undelete or recovery software. NTFS undelete is for Windows 2000 and above and can restore anything you may have accidentally deleted from the Windows system. PCInspector File Recovery finds and unerases any deleted partitions on your hard drive even if your boot sector is damaged. It can also recover any file that has been deleted on your hard drive as long as it hasn't been overwritten. ISOBuster lets you recover media from a CD or DVD no matter how badly scratched or damaged the disc. Recuva can be used to recover files that you deleted through your recycle bin.

There are many types of free data recovery software available on the internet. A simple one is Recuva which can recover documents lost through your recycle bin. PCInspector File Recovery locates and restores any deleted partitions on your hard drive, even it the hard drive is damaged. It will also recover deleted files as long as those files have not been overwritten. - 30432

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