HDD/SSD data recovery

What are bad blocks

An unreliable or unreadable sector of an HDD is usually called a bad sector or a bad block. The more bad blocks you have, the worse and slower your storage device operates. When there are more bad sectors than allows the amount stated by the manufacturer, a hard drive stops working. You can prevent damage by carrying out special software "treatment" of your computer from time to time.

What is SMART

SMART is a tool for assessing hard drive current state, i.e. HDD self-testing. This hardware-software set predicts the time of hdd wearing and records several other important characteristics regarding storage device performance.

What does SMART indicate

SMART monitors the performance of a hard drive in real time. Analysis of collected data and evaluation of each characteristic in two groups takes place inside the system every second:

We're going to talk about a program intended for that purpose. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard allows a quick recovery of files from a HDD (including external) after accidental file deletion or disk formatting.

Incorrect formatting of a hard drive leads to tragic consequences: all information disappears and it's not easy to recover it.

If you've lost valuable files, don't fall into despair: it's possible to recover data from a hard drive and even an ordinary user can do it.

It is a rather widespread problem: SD Card or HDD is not accessible, the type of the file system is RAW. At the same time Windows (7-10) gives notification “unable to run chkdsk on the disk”.

What is RAW, how bad is the problem for the hard drive (memory stick or memory card) and how to fix the file system error – read on.

A question from the reader:

"The hard disk stopped working. There is a suspicion that the reason is bad blocks, because earlier there were symptoms suggesting it. The problem is that I can’t boot Windows. How to create a bootable USB flash drive with HDD Regenerator program, if it is at all possible? Will it work like live cd?"