What is data loss and recovery?

Data recovery

Introduction:

In everyday activities, users work with a large amount of data stored on different data storage devices. The stored data can be lost or deleted and it may happen even to the most reliable storage devices.

In the IT field, data restoration is called data recovery. In common words The process of retrieving the data that was accidentally deleted or lost is called Data recovery.

The data stored in storage devices can be lost, may get corrupted, it can get inaccessible or get deleted unintentionally. data can be restored by taking a backup of all the data. There are many ways for taking backup, such as to backup the data in the laptop, desktop, external hard drives, or servers, etc.

 

What causes the data loss?

There are so many reasons for data loss. Most common and simple human errors or some malfunctions of a electronic devices can cause serious damage and loss of valuable data and information. 

 

Data loss may occur due to unintentionally deleting the data, failure of the component or equipment, power blackouts, formatting the hard drive accidentally, the problem with the read-write head of the hard drive, the software crashes, using the PC even in it's damaged state, etc. 

 

How is the data recovered?

The process of recovering the data depends upon the situations in which the data has been lost. The data can be recovered with the use of some softwares or the professionals have to do so with their best tools and efforts.

 

In the first place, some softwares provides data backup and recovery services. They all work on the fact that, When some files have been deleted intentionally or accidentally, some information about those files already get stored on the storage devices. These files cannot be seen by user but are still saved on the hard drive. The the file and the information related to the file is located in different places. This makes the data recovery process possible by the use of retaining file information.

 

The common Operating system of laptop or desktop is windows OS. In the windows OS, for recovery of deleted files can be handled by the file allocation table. It finds the location of the file and file information that are stored on the hard drive.

 

For example, the table of contents of the book, having contents and page numbers, but here the pages are the files. If The files that are to be recovered are still on the hard drive and it is undamaged, The file can be recovered.

 

Point to be noted that any file or information is not recoverable if it is overwritten. So do not try to add anything to that storage device.

 

Some other best free softwares for file recovery are.

  1. Stellar data recovery
  2. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
  3. Recuva

If the hard drive is physically damaged hard drives can be reconstructed to get the data back. Many processes and expertise are required to for recovering the data from such devices. This recovery process takes more time for large data and applications.

 

Conclusion:

You can restore your lost data all by yourself by using recovery softwares, There are many softwares available online, which will help you in the restoration process of the data. if it doesn't work out for you, then take the help of a professional. You can contact your nearby laptop or desktop service centres with your data device. They might be able to get back your valuable data and information. 

 

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May 18, 2021, 11:42 AM - Ravi kumar Meena
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