How to Retrieve Lost Files?

Question

All files disappeared from my HDD. What are my options?

lmorandi · Accepted Answer

If it's an HDD as you said, you can try a tool like recuva: https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva, and if it's not enough, if you have knowedge in linux you can try foremost which is a forensics tool, it's gonna take more time but it's way better than recuva because of the way it works.

thesuperbigfrog · Answer

Spinrite (https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm) might help.

undopamine · Answer

Recuva works.https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

aifooh7Keew6xoo · Answer

If HDD, remove the hard drive, image it, apply data recovery software to imageIf SSD, mourn your lost data

theandrewbailey · Answer

Learn to have and use backups.

How to Retrieve Lost Files?

All files disappeared from my HDD. What are my options?

If it's an HDD as you said, you can try a tool like recuva: https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva, and if it's not enough, if you have knowedge in linux you can try foremost which is a forensics tool, it's gonna take more time but it's way better than recuva because of the way it works.

Spinrite (https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm) might help.

Recuva works.
https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

If HDD, remove the hard drive, image it, apply data recovery software to image
If SSD, mourn your lost data

Learn to have and use backups.