What are the Best Tips for File Recovery?
If your computer crashes because of viruses or hard disk errors, or if you accidentally delete something, you may find yourself researching file recovery. The good news is that your files are still on your hard disk, USB flash drive, or whatever you used to store them. The bad news is that there are things you can do that can make your files more difficult to recover. In some cases you can render them unrecoverable. To help ensure your file recovery success it is wise to refrain from writing new data to the disk, to make a disk image and, in some cases, to consult a professional. If you need to recover files on any storage device, do not write or save new data to that device. This includes installing new software. If you write new information to the drive or device, you may be writing over the desired data. The more you overwrite information, the less likely file recovery will work. Until you get your data off of the device use a different drive or storage option to store new informati
