I turn on my computer
as usual, after boot I found some of my files have disappeared but I’m sure I
have never delete them. Where did the files go and can I still find back them
on the hard drive?
Keep calm! Unexpected
data loss on computer is very common if you have no backups. If it is certain
that the files aren’t lost by accidental deletion, formatting, partition
deletion or resizing, the files just automatically disappear from the computer
desktop, hard drive partition, you need to try to find the causes and recover
them.
Why
the files disappear from your computer?
Upgrading of windows
may causes this problem. If you upgrade the windows system, the files on the
desktop and the installed programs will be removed. So you need to remember to
back up your data on desktop and system drive. If you have created restore
points, you still can restore the system to a previous version so that to find
your data.
Virus infection may
delete or hidden your files on the hard drive. You need to take the antivirus
software to scan the entire hard drive to remove the virus. And you can try to
unhide the hidden files in File explorer by clicking File Explorer>View,
check show hidden files. Then the disappeared files will show up.
Another situation is
that your hard drive is dead. If this is the reason for your data loss, you
have no chance to recover your data.
How
to recover the lost or deleted data from hard drive?
If you lost personal
data on the desktop and system drive, system restore cannot help you, they can
only restore the system files. If you have no backups, the only solution is to
recover with data recovery software. Running the antivirus software can help
you to remove the virus, but at the same time, it sometimes will remove your
infected files. After killing the virus, you need to retrieve them as soon as
possible.
Steps to recover lost
data on desktop
Run Hdata recovery software on
your computer.
To recover data on
desktop, you need to use the software to scan the system drive, generally it is
the Drive C. Click Deleted Your files accidentally.
The time for scanning
greatly depends on the size of your files in system drive.
After scan, all the
recoverable files list here, you can preview them to check which ones to
recover.
Select the recovery
path for your data. The recovery path is to store your recovered data. If you
lost data on system drive, you should choose other partition as the recovery
path.