Data Recovery Software: Choosing What Runs Best

If you have a computer, you've undoubtedly been in situations where you've lost files

which you need; and this is where data recovery software comes in. You may have accidentally deleted a file from your hard drive or found that you've lost data due to a crash, had files corrupted due to a virus, while partitioning your hard drive or any other kind of mishap with your computer.

You may also need to recover files that are on a damaged external hard drive, USB drive or other memory device. Although it's unfortunately the case that not all lost data can be recovered, many files can be retrieved or repaired using data recovery software.

In many cases, you can even recover files from a hard drive which has been reformatted and had a new operating system installed; some software can even revert the new formatting to allow you to recover most or all of the files lost during a reformatting.

There are a lot of different data recovery programs out there, some of which are designed for specific operating systems or file systems. There are also programs which can be used with a variety of different file systems, which may be important since not all PC users are aware of what kind of file types they use.

The most common file systems on Windows based PCs are NTFS or Fat32, though USB drives and other external storage media may use less common file systems; and Linux based PCs may use the Reiser, EXT 3 or EXT 4 file systems. If you can find out what kind of system your PC uses, this will help you find data recovery software which is compatible with your operating system and file systems.

You can find both free and commercial data recovery programs and there are a wide variety of each to choose from. However, especially if you're using a Windows operating system on your PC, you may want to keep in mind that you usually get what you pay for here. A commercially produced data recovery program will generally be more actively developed and more frequently updated as well as offering at least some kind of technical support in case you run into problems with your data recovery software.

In order to choose a data recovery program that can recover the files you need, you may want to read some reviews before making a decision. If possible, you might also want to try a trial version of some of the commercial data recovery software - you usually won't be able to actually recover your files, but the trial version of these programs will show you if the full version will be able to retrieve the data you need. Once you find one which works, you'll be ready to go ahead and make your purchase, secure in the knowledge that you'll be able to get back your lost files.

by: Dave Taylor

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