Four perfect tools to Recover Files from External Hard Drive 2020

In the modern era, where every work requires technical help to store all these files, hard drive’s storage capacity is not a joke. Hence the role of hard drive plays a crucial part. It is easy to carry, contains terabytes of data and shares these files to other devices easily; therefore, slowly, it became the need of our daily life.

Have you ever thought about what will you do if you accidentally delete or lost your files? And how many people know how to do it? If you are one of them, then you came in the right place as I will tell you four best tools by which you can recover your files from an external hard drive.

When users stuck in this situation, they start panicking and then install any available tool without even knowing whether it works or not.
But first, we must know the possibilities by which hard drive fails to work correctly.

Causes of hard drive failure

The leading cause of the hard drive is mainly divided into two parts-
Software failure and hardware failure

* Software failure

It is primarily caused by a virus or malware attack, which gives damages to the hard disk by deleting the store data. These types of attacks were common during the window XP era. Now, these viruses and malware are in control due to the availability of recovery tools in the market. As one can use these tools and restore their data. Still, many novice users lose their data because they delete the recycle bin without noticing it.

* Hardware failure

It is further divided into four symptoms which show that if your hard disk is not performing well. These are –

* When the hard drive is not spinning

It mainly occurs after a sudden voltage spike which makes the diode present inside the hard disk blow and it seems like it was dead and has lost their data. You can replace them by using a printed circuit board (PCB) without opening a hard disk.

* When Hard drive is inaccessible

This condition arises when your computer recognizes your hard drive, but you cannot access the files which are stored in it or boost into the operating system.

* When Hard drive is not detected

This condition arises due to the incompatibility with the motherboard, or it can occur when you are dealing with older hardware or exotic hard disk.

* When it produces clicking or beeping sound

This condition arises when the hard disk is unable to return the rear head to its position. As this rear head got stuck in the platter and scratching the platter violently, which results in irreversible data loss.

Four Best Tools to Use For Data Recovery

You can quickly recover your file if you know which tool you should use. So here I have listed four tools which can be your life saviour

1. SysInfo Windows Data Recovery v 1.0

It is a complete solution for restoring maximum data from damaged or corrupted hard drives. It contains multiple recovery modes, a preview option to view recovered data. It can scan a corrupted physical drive in two different ways, i.e. standard and advance mode and is compatible with all Window version. All these features make this tool more reliable and trusted one. Hence I put this tool at the top of my list.

2. Test disk

• This open-source data recovery helps to restore the lost part and give a boost to non-bootable drive.
• It operates in Linux, DOS, Windows, Open BSD, etc.
• It runs in the command line, therefore not recommended to normal users.
• If you can operate the command line than it is a fantastic, lightweight tool.

3. R - Studio

It is a complete package of data recovery tool for any data recovery related problems. It can recover data from all major file systems, fix startup issues perform data recovery over LAN, do raw file searches. But its main drawback is that it can be handled by technical and network experts only.

4. Photo Rec

It is used to recover Images, Videos and other standard file formats from hard drive, memory cards and digital cameras.
The software works for multimedia file formats such as JPG, AVI, PNG or MP3. It is a command-line with no graphical interface.

Summary

In this blog, I have discussed the causes and best tools to counter the hard disk failure. In my opinion, you should use the Sysinfo Window Data Recovery tool as it is one of the best tools for this year to solve this problem.