With the never-ending advances in technology, particularly in the world of computer technology, people become somewhat fearful that they may lose all their information that is stored on a hard drive. If you have lost particular files from your hard drive fear not for there may be a way to recover deleted files that is cost effective for you.
There are 3 main options that are recommended when trying to recover deleted files. First you may consider ignoring the problem and just choose to recreate your lost file from scratch. In addition to just ignoring the problem and developing a new file you may consider purchasing and installing brand new software systems that are geared toward retrieving deleted or lost files. This option can be costly; however you may be able to fix the problem yourself without having to pay someone to do it for you. The third option you want to consider is to remove and send a problem disk to a computer professional to help recover your deleted files. This option is even more costly then the second but you can be guaranteed that it will recover the files if this is at all possible.
If you choose options 2 or 3 it is most important that you do not save additional material to the offending disk. As this could overwrite the lost/ deleted file.
Now let us consider each of the options in a bit more detail to give you a better knowledge of how they figure in the data recovery process.
Option one involves starting over and recreating the lost files yourself. The validity of this option depends on the type and size of the data that has been lost. Imagine if you lost a small text file or word document. Then it would be relatively easy to just create the document from scratch. However, imagine that you have been creating a huge document over the last few weeks and you inadvertently lost it. Well obviously starting over is not going to be a desired option for you. If you have lost images then it is almost impossible to recreate the exact same image again so this would not be a valid option.
The second option utilises special software to help you locate and recover the missing files. This type of software is freely available on the Internet (just search for 'data recovery software' or follow the link below). You can download, install the software and locate missing files for free. However you have to purchase a license to actually recover the files. This is usually a one off payment which then allows you to use the software again should you need to.
The third option is to employ the services of a computer specialist to try to recover the delete or missing files. Whilst this is the most expensive option it can be very attractive to those with little or no computer knowledge. It is also the option with the highest success rate as specialist firms will have the tools to recover the data.
So consider the above options when you have to recover deleted files on your computer.
By Joey Ranlen
