NTFS Partition recovery
Once disaster strikes, it may be assumed that it has been lost forever, whether it is a result of software error, or user error, this can be catastrophic. When such a disaster appears, what is the best that can be done?
Many users accept that their files are gone forever and face all succeeding losses. However, this is not necessarily the way it has to be. Even when NTFS does not have a practicable solution for the recovery of lost data, hope is now a possibility with REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, an easy and secure way to recover data you had thought was lost forever.
REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, is a tool that helps you to recover data when
- Files and directories are accidentally deleted.
- Drive is accidentally formatted.
- When partition table is corrupted.
- When your partition is accidentally deleted.
What happens when you format a drive?
Formatting of a drive is a process, which is done once the creation of a partition is completed. Partitioning of a drive, basically creates specific user-defined regions on the drive. To make these regions usable, you have to make sure that they are formatted. Most of the people believe that formatting erases the data on a drive and makes it completely refreshed to store data from scratch.
The data present on a logical drive, is managed by a specific file system like NTFS or FAT. By formatting the drive, you clean your file system and give instructions which makes the file system assume that the drive is empty, and make it start the overwriting process all over again. This way, the file system starts overwriting on the data sectors which still contain data. It is because of this very reason, that data recovery is possible, even after reformatting the hard drive. The recovery software use certain special techniques, to create virtual pointers, that help in locating the lost data.
The virtual pointers created by the recovery software, make recovery of data very easy. However, the chances of recovery of data reduce considerably with increased overwriting and fragmentation of data.
Do’s and Don’t after data loss
- If possible, do not save anymore data onto the NTFS system after formatting the partition
- Close all applications without saving any data to the disk or other data storage media (if possible).
- Switch off the computer.
- Think patiently about how data has been lost. Try not to panic and quickly restore the data in question, as adventurous behavior can lead to even more data loss.
Recovering files from a formatted NTFS partition
Recovering data using REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, is quick and hassle free. Accompanied by an on-screen “wizard”, you are guided through the data recovery process step by step. When all is accomplished you will be able to use the once-lost data just as before.
Follow the simple steps below to recover lost data from formatted NTFS drive:
Step 1: Start the application from either the Start menu or by double clicking the desktop shorcut. Click on the Remo Recover – Advance option. Further select NTFS Partition Recovery option. The application main window will be displayed as shown in figure a.
Figure a: Application Main Window
Step 2: Select the Recover your Data option and click on the Next button to continue. As you click the Next button, a window will be displayed to select the physical drive which contains the formatted partition. As you select the drive, you can see information about the drive selected, on the right side of the window panel as shown in Figure b.
Figure b: Select source disk
Step 3: Let the processing mode be set to default i.e., Display default partitions. As you click on the Next button, the application analyzes the drive, and lists all the found partitions in the partition table, as shown in Figure c.
Figure c: Partition Table
Step 4: Select the formatted partition, from which data has to be recovered. Once the partition is selected, click the Finish button. The software analyzes the selected logical drive, and searches for files and folders in it.
While REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software searches for files and folders, process information is displayed at the bottom of the main application window panel, and actions are recorded in the process log on the application main window panel.
After searching for files and folders, all found files and folders will be displayed in a tree format as shown in Figure d.
Figure d: Found files and folders
Step 5: Once the tree is formed the final step is to restore data to safe location. If you want to recover whole tree structure formed, click root folder to mark whole data and click on ‘Save All’ option on the tool bar or button from the tools menu.
As soon as you click on ‘Save all’ button, a window to select destination location is displayed as shown in Figure e.
Figure e: Select local drive
Select a logical drive in your local disk where you wish to save the data.
If you want to save a particular file, right click and select Save option. This will save the selected file/folder to specified destination location.
Note:
- If you do not find your files and folders in the tree structure formed, then run Turbo scan option from Tools menu. In this operation, the application performs rigorous search to find files and folders and will list all the found files and folders.
- You can preview the file before it could be recovered using Preview option.
- If you do not want to save data now but do it later, then you can save scanned information in a file using ‘Save Scan Information’ option in Tools menu. You can open scan info file whenever required using ‘Open Scan Information’ option in File menu and recover data to desired destination location. This reduces the pain of scanning the drive again to search for lost / deleted data.
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