Losing of important files is the something that nobody wants to happen and all people want to regain files that get lost due to certain reasons. But file loss just happens without any sign, such as a folder is deleted by mistake from a flash drive, and files are deleted directly without putting into Recycle Bin; a thumb drive goes wrong and turns to be inaccessible. Protection of data is the first step that people should learn, but in case that file loss happens to you, this manual will get you through the problem.
Draw up a plan for data backup. Having a full backup of latest data is important to prevent data loss. Data recovery might be powerful as advertised, but it can’t be regarded as the single solution to protect data. Backup is not alternative and should be as planned. The major obstacles of backing up data is time and patience, thus we should invest time, patience and money to make backups. Operating system of computer can be backed up to an image files which can save you when system crashes, infect virus, blue screen, etc. Personal files such as photos, songs and documents can be made an entire copy to another drive. And update it when there are changes.
There are so many reasons that accounts for file loss and some are out of users’ control. Here are several most common cases that users may encounter in daily lives and easy solutions are provided.
Unintentional file deletion or formatting. Believe it or not, one of the most common causes of losing data is human error. Human being makes mistakes, and some mistakes end up with losing data. Some users may drag a file to Recycle Bin and empty it, and then they realize that the file is still useful. Such experience can be frustrating and cause serious result. File recovery software such as Eassos Recovery can solve this problem and retrieve data from all kinds of storage devices.
Computer infects virus is another common reason. There are numerous viruses online and computer that connects to the Internet is more likely to infect virus. Virus may delete files permanently, damage file system or even operating system. Thus, it’s necessary install firewall and antivirus software to prevent such issue.
File system corruption of partition. USB drives are produced to transfer and store data and they are often used on different computer after connecting to USB port. Some users may unplug USB drive while it is accessing data. Then the drive can’t be opened and reports errors such as “The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable”.
Recovery of lost data can be done by many programs and recovery companies. You can make the choice based on your budget and importance of data.