How to recover corrupted data and how to prevent it?

Data corruption is one of the most common causes for data loss. Some of them can be detected, while others cannot be detected. The most common causes for data corruptions are as follows.

Power outages

The sudden power loss or other power-related problem can cause data loss on hard drive. If you do not shut down the computer properly, you are easier to have data loss.

Hardware failures can cause data corruption. There are various hard drive problems, such as bad sectors, bad RAM and other physical damages.

The hard drive or other storage devices have not been safely removed from the computer. If you remove the USB storage device by force to eject them before you have safely remove them from system or you unplug the hard drive before you have power down the computer, it has great possible for you to have data loss or corruption.

Virus infection or malware. If there is virus or malware on your hard drive, it not only slow down the running speed, but also it will cause data loss or data corruption.

How to troubleshoot when data corruption occurs?

1. Use the Windows built-in tool to check the disk

Right-click the disk and choose properties, click Check now button in Tools tab. It will automatically to check the disk with system errors . You also can choose to scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

2. Use antivirus software to scan the disk

Run an antivirus software can help you to get rid of the virus and malware. If you have data loss after killing them, you should adopt a data recovery software to restore them.

3. Upgrade your hardware

If there are hardware failures in your computer, you may need to upgrade the hardware.

4. Back up your data

Backup is the most effective way for you to prevent possible data loss or data corruption. In case you have data corruption, you still can restore from the backups. But the backup is also possible become corrupted over time, you need to back up your data regularly and have more than one copies.

In conclusion, data corruption is inevitable, you cannot always prevent it. What we can do is to minimize the data corruption and reduce possible data loss. Once you have data loss, you should retrieve your data with the data recovery software first.

How to recover corrupted data from hard drive?

First, you need to download and run Hdata recovery software on your computer. And choose the proper recovery method according to your data loss. If you have data corruption on different drives, you can take Universal recovery.

Second, scan the drive and preview the result. You are able to preview the files and filter what you do not need.

Third, choose the files you need and then click to choose a recovery path for your data. To avoid data overwritten, you should not save data on any partition where have data loss.