Do not download and install software on a drive needing recovery
Data Recovery Software can access HDD, SSD, Network Drives and memory sticks connected to a PC , Laptop or Server.
Only run software from a computer that can be used to run the recovery.
Refer to the frequently asked questions if you are not familiar with DR software.
Use the Free Demo of data recovery software to scan for deleted, formatted or inaccessible files.
After the scan has completed, confirm the missing files are available.
I guess we have all been there at one stage or another. You have been working on an important project, business proposal or even spent days and sometimes weeks writing an academic paper and all of a sudden the file is no longer there and panic sets in.
You check your deleted files with no luck and do a full search on your computer but the file or folder has simply vanished. In all probability the file is still on your hard disk but for some reason cannot be found which may be the first signs of a degraded drive.
Much as we would like to believe a hard drive will not last forever but has a definitive life expectancy which is often referred to as a mean time between failures (MTB). MTB can often be used as a reference to a drive future reliability and calculations would put expected drive failures at less than 0.1 percent.
A question often asked is how long should a hard drive be expected to last before requiring replacement?
This is a very difficult question to answer and also opens up a whole host of other factors that need to be taken into consideration as well.
The actual usage of the hard disk will play a large part in your decision for example a hard drive used in a low use machine may last 5 years or longer as the drive is not being used very much at all or only stores a relatively small amount of data.
Pretty much the same could be said for a mid usage machine as well for example a pc used for office work or accounts perhaps. So you may never experience
drive degradation or drive failure.
But if your system is used for extreme gaming, computer aided design, Digital content creation or virtual prototyping then the hard disk will be working massively harder than in the previous two scenario's so it would only be expected that true life expectancy would be a lot shorter.
