People used to keep their important documents, photos and records on paper. Today, almost all of that information lives on electronic storage devices.
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But if something happens to those devices, can the data be recovered? In many cases, yes.
Data recovery has advanced a great deal in recent years. Using the right techniques, and working safely, specialized companies such as Bot Data Recovery can often recover files that users had given up for lost.
That means information can often be retrieved from internal and external hard drives, SSDs, smartphones, memory cards and USB flash drives, even when they have failed or been damaged.
Want to know how it works and who to turn to if you need help recovering data? Read on to find out.
Although it sounds complicated, data recovery is exactly what the name suggests: the process of retrieving data from storage devices. It is usually needed when damage, a failure, corruption or a logical error makes a device or its files inaccessible.
No matter how careful people are, losing access to important information is not unusual. Data can be lost through human error, but the device itself can also be the cause.
There are tricks and programs that let users recover data on their own, but in some cases only professionals can get the information back from the storage device.
The company receives the device on which the data was lost. It then runs a diagnosis to identify the problem and choose the best procedure for recovering the deleted or lost data.
Depending on how the data was lost, it is essential to have the recovery done by a specialist. If the procedure is carried out incorrectly, it can make the situation worse and even lead to permanent data loss.
Recovery is usually completed quickly, because meeting deadlines is one of Bot’s commitments. We work efficiently and precisely, from diagnosis to data delivery.
Photos, documents, reports and many other types of files can be recovered when the work is done correctly. If the data was simply deleted and is still in the Recycle Bin, recovery is much easier.
When data is lost and becomes inaccessible, recovery has to be carried out with specialized software and tools, by professionals with the necessary know-how.
They examine the entire drive to locate the data and recover it safely, working on a copy whenever possible.
Anyone who uses Windows knows that deleted files are not usually erased right away. They go to the Recycle Bin first, where they can be restored easily. This is very helpful when you delete something by accident or change your mind.
Things get harder when files are deleted from the Recycle Bin itself. Although this is called permanent deletion, on a hard drive the data stays on the disk: the system only removes the references to the files and marks that space as free, until new data overwrites it. On SSDs, the TRIM command usually wipes that data quickly, so the chances are lower.
Broadly speaking, there are two main ways to recover them:
The Bot Blog has a complete step-by-step guide on how to recover deleted files from the Windows Recycle Bin. Below, we show you some ways to get your data back.
This option suits users who don’t want to install third-party programs to recover data, but it only works if a backup feature (Backup and Restore or File History) was already enabled on the computer.
Here are three ways to recover your data:
The steps are very simple:
To do this:
This method is for files that still exist but have lost content, as long as earlier versions were saved. The process is almost the same as above:
As mentioned, there are several programs designed to recover files deleted from a computer. They are not hard to use, but we recommend leaving this step to professionals for a simple reason: one small mistake can make things worse and destroy your data for good. If you do try one, never install it on, or save recovered files to, the drive you are recovering from.
The best-known programs are:
Almost two decades after its launch, Recuva is still one of the most widely used file recovery programs. It comes in a free version and a paid Professional version with extra features.
It can recover deleted files, read some damaged drives and run a deep scan for files that are harder to find.
Available for computers and Android phones, DiskDigger can recover files from hard drives, USB flash drives, external drives, memory cards and other devices. According to its developer, it can also recover data from damaged areas of a drive.
Disk Drill runs on Windows and macOS and comes in free and Pro versions. It recovers files and folders and can rebuild more than 200 file types using different scanning methods.
It also includes some extra free tools.
Also available for Windows and macOS, it is designed to recover data lost from a wide range of devices (hard drives, SSDs, memory cards, computers…) and in different situations: virus attacks, accidental formatting, mistaken deletions, system crashes and more.
To round off the list, there is FreeUndelete, a Windows program that is free for personal use. Recovered files are saved to a separate location of your choice, so nothing on the source drive is overwritten.
Recovering lost data on your own is possible, but you don’t have to take the risk. We recover files stored on all kinds of devices, using the right tools for each type of data loss.
We assess what needs to be done and quickly get back to you with an accurate diagnosis. Bot can help you recover important business information as well as your photos, videos, music, documents and other files.
We have more than two decades of experience and more than 200,000 cases. Trust the experts. Contact us and let our specialists recover your files simply, quickly and safely.
