HDD/SSD data recovery

A selection of the best programs for different types of formatting a hard disk drive (HDD, SSD, RAID) and removable media storage devices (USB flash drives, SD card).

Recuva is a cross functional tool for file recovery on Windows 10. With this program you can recover photos, video, text documents and other files regardless of their extension, storage device type and the method of their deletion. It works with Windows 7, 8, 10 and Mac OS.

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Figuring out how SMART works and what programs are the most suitable for diagnosing an HDD or SSD. Determining the status of your hard drive with the help of indicators: whether it needs to be replaced and for how long it can continue operating.

Data recovery from a hard drive deleted / formatted partition. How to find a deleted HDD partition via recovery software like TestDisk and Ontrack EasyRecovery. Scanning and analyzing a deleted partition and saving the results onto your hard drive.

Storing files on an SSD differs from an HDD. Accordingly, the process of data recovery also differs. In this article we'll show you how to configure Recuva for scanning and how to search for deleted files on an SSD via it. The tips given there can increase the chances of SSD data recovery.

What is bad blocks and what are the reasons for their occurrence. 3 ways how you can repair bad hdd sectors and hard disk read errors via HDD Regenerator, Victoria HDD and CHKDSK utilities for Windows.

How to work with EaseUS Data Recovery while recovering data from your hard drive or deleted partition: configuring it, running an HDD scanning and saving the results of recovery. The main features of free and paid versions. The limitations of EaseUS Data Recovery trial version.