How to Recover Lost Files from Hard Drives and Memory Cards

Losing important files from a memory card can be frustrating and stressful. Whether it’s photos, videos, or documents,

Understanding Data Recovery: What You Need to Know

Your data is precious, seek professional assistance immediately, to ensure your data will be recoverable, or it could end up costing you dearly.

Memory card inserted in a card reader for data recovery

Step by Step Guide on What to do if you Cannot Access your Storage Device

Recovering lost files from a memory card involves several steps. Follow these carefully to avoid further data loss.

1. Stop Using the Memory Card immediately, eject it properly

through the software, never just pull it out!

• Run a deep scan to find recoverable files.

2. Check for Physical Damage - has the device been knocked,

dropped or water damaged? If it is a hard drive, is it

making any strange noises like whining or clicking?

3. Avoid Formatting the Device as this could render the data

unrecoverable.

4. Backup Your Data Regularly, especially if you rely on your

device to keep your business running or keep precious

family photographs stored, there are various cloud and

physical methods that can be employed. Ask yourself -

"how would I feel or what would that mean for my

business if I lost all my data?"!

To prevent f

Data recovery software scanning a memory card for lost files

When to Seek Professional Data Recovery

If your device is incredibly slow to access or making strange noises, it is time to seek help. Generally when these symptoms begin they rarely go away on their own! Your device could just have severe corruption, or physical damage and the quicker you seek professional assistance the better your chances of successful recovery of your precious data.

Tips to Prevent Data Loss in the Future

Let us set you up with weekly backups to an external device and/or real time backups to a cloud service. that way you have 3 places your data is stored in and the chances of you losing anything are greatly minimised.

Pr following these tips, you can reduce the risk of losing

Exploring Advanced Recovery Options and Tools.

Of course you can attempt data recovery yourself, but you risk something badly going wrong. We have had clients who have formatted their devices over and over, not really knowing what they are doing, or who have overwritten their devices, so the chances of data recovery are completely thwarted. Also, the longer you try to access your device to recover data, if your device is failing, chances of a reasonably priced data recovery are thwarted. Your device could end up failing before data is recovered and then your drive will need to be rebuilt and that could ultimately cost you much, much more.

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