Hard Drive Recovery on Windows 7

Windows 7 is the latest version of Windows Operating System, which was released by Microsoft in 2009. Windows 7 Operating system provides many features, which are not provided by other versions of Windows Operating Systems. Some of the features provided by Windows 7 are-Multiple instances of the same program can be opened simultaneously, using Problem Steps Recorder tool user can record his steps, and folders can be added into Favorite menu, which helps to access those folders faster.

As Windows 7 provides several new features, most of the people prefer Windows 7 Operating System. In all systems, data will get stored on the hard drive and therefore hard drive is an essential part in all systems. As hard drive data loss scenarios are common in all the systems, it is also common in the system which is running on Windows 7 Operating System. Some of the scenarios in which file loss occurs from the hard drive are listed here

• File loss due to formatting of hard drive- While trying to install new hard drive for the first time, while removing errors from the hard drive, while removing viruses from the hard drive need of formatting hard drive arises. After formatting the hard drive all data, which is stored on the hard drive will get deleted.
• File loss due to reformatting the partition- If you want to change file system of the hard drive then need of reformatting hard drive arises. Suppose if you want to convert file system of the partition from FAT to NTFS then you should reformat the hard drive. When partition is reformatted improperly all files and folders will get deleted completely.
• File loss due to repartitioning the hard drive- Before installing the Operating System you may repartition the existing partition. While repartitioning the existing partition the files and other data present in the existing partition may become inaccessible and because of this reason, you may lose files from your hard drive.
• File loss due to reinstalling the Operating System- When you are trying to reinstall the Operating System then you should format hard drive. While formatting the drive if you select the drive other than the one that you actually wanted to format then you will lose all files from that particular drive.

You can avoid files and other data loss from the system by taking some precautions. Some of the precautionary measures that you can take are listed here-

• Before formatting the drive, keep back up of all the important files in separate storage device.
• While selecting the drive to format, be careful because if you select some other drive to format than the one, which you actually wanted to format, then you will lose all information stored on that particular drive.

If you have lost data from your hard drive due to any of these scenarios then there is no need to be panic because, you can recover hard drive partition files by making use of efficient Windows data recovery software. The software can perform hard drive retrieval and recover lost or deleted data from different types of storage devices like hard drive, external hard drive, flash drive, USB drive and FireWire drives. You can also recover data from dead hard drive using this software. The software supports different versions of Windows Operating System namely Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

You should follow some steps to perform hard drive restoration. They are,

Step 1:Download and install free trial version of the Windows data recovery tool in a healthy system. Select “Recover Partitions/Drives” option from the main screen as shown in Ffigure 1.

Figure 1 : Main Window

Step 2: Then select “Partition Recovery” from the screen that appears next. The software will start scanning and it will display list physical drives. Select the physical drive from where data is to be recovered and click on next as shown in the Figure 2. The software will scan selected physical drive and it will display list of partitions

Figure 2 : Select Physical drive

Step 3: Select the partition from where data is to be recovered and click on “Next” as shown in the Figure 3. After that, the software will display list of file types from which you should select the type of the file that you want to recover and click “Next”.

Figure 3: Select Partition

Step 4: The software scans the selected partition. Once scanning is completed, you can view recovered files as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4 : Recovered Data