Data loss is a scary scenario. Everything stops when you lose critical data. Unless you have backups to rely on, you can just move on and do what you’re supposed to do.

Granted that your backups are good, you would still have to recover your lost data from your hard drive. As a safety measure, you just have to do it.

You can’t leave your critical data stored in a useless hard drive. Remember, someone could always steal critical data from a disposed hard drive. Hence, you really have to recover data from it, no matter what.

Now, that could be a tedious task for you to do, especially if you’re not a techy person. Even if you are, would have all the time in the world to do it?

According to a study, you wouldn’t have to fret over recovering data from a hard drive.

A study by OneWorldHerald.com on recovering lost hard drive data has shown that one can recover their lost data by following some basic steps. As a lot of techie people who work on their projects face the problem of data loss, they opt for a number of data recovery services to recover their lost data.

(Via: https://oneworldherald.com/2019/06/17/study-shows-the-common-ways-on-how-to-recover-lost-hard-drive-data/)

Whether you’re a techy or a non-techy person, relying on a data recovery service is the easiest way to go about data loss. One good example of a data recovery service is the Hard Drive Recovery Group. This particular data recovery service is composed of trained technicians who can diagnose, secure, and most importantly, recover your precious data.

So why go through the trouble of dong it yourself? Unfortunately, there are some folks who take it upon themselves to recover their lost data. According to the study, some of these folks end up using recovery software to recover their lost data.

It has been shown in the study that most of the people use recovery software to restore their lost files and formatted data. Many free data recovery software available online helps to easily recover from crashed hard drive. With the use of data recovery software such as DiskDrill, it is possible to get all the lost data back. However, it facilitates the recovery of copies of important documents and files.

(Via: https://oneworldherald.com/2019/06/17/study-shows-the-common-ways-on-how-to-recover-lost-hard-drive-data/)

Choosing to use a recovery software is big risk. Although there’s nothing wrong with it, you just have to make sure that you will be able to recover your critical data with it. If that recovery software fails you, the chances of getting back your data become slimmer.

Even the trained technicians from the Harddriverecovery.org will ask you first if you had used a data recovery software. This is part of their service.  Before anything else, they will diagnose your hard drive.

So, if you’re not sure about the recovery software, don’t even bother with it. Save yourself the trouble because if it doesn’t work out, you’ll be ending up going to a recovery service for help. The bottom line is, don’t try to do it yourself by relying on a recovery software.

The study highlighted the mistake which people make is that they try to recover data on their own even if they don’t have any knowledge about the recovery process. Under such cases, it is required to contact the data recovery specialists to get the job done. Another easy way to recover files on its own is through recycle bin. In the case of recovering deleted files, it is possible to recover the lost files by restoring them.

(Via: https://oneworldherald.com/2019/06/17/study-shows-the-common-ways-on-how-to-recover-lost-hard-drive-data/)

The most that you can do yourself when recovering lost data is to check your Recycle Bin. If you’re lucky enough to see your files there, then you can just easily restore them back to your desktop. It will just take a couple of clicks to do that. Obviously, that is something that you can do yourself.

Now, what if you can’t find your files in the Recycle Bin? What are you to do? Spare yourself the trouble and take it from the OneWorldHerald.com study. Don’t do it yourself. Instead, rely on trained technicians from a reliable recovery service.

That said, always keep in mind that hard drive data recovery is not a job for you to do. Even the study says so.