Recover Files From Harddisk of a Dead

So your computer has gone dead and you had some important files present in its hard disk. Unfortunately, you have not even kept a backup as well and are looking for some quick tips to recover all that data from your hardware by using the same computer. Here is few things that you can do to retrieve all your data.

For starters, you must try rebooting your computer in a safe mode. If your computer runs with a Windows 8 or 7 then start pressing F8 as soon as you boot/start your computer. From Boot menu, select Safe Mode. In case F8 doesn’t work on Windows 8 then you might try your luck by pressing Shift+F8.

Once in Safe mode, use Windows Explorer in Windows 7 and earlier version to recover your files. For windows 8 users, they must look for their files in the File Explorer. After finding your desired files, simply copy them to an external memory like a USB drive.

If your computer doesn’t run with a safe Mode, then it’s time to make use of some rational and out-of-the-box methods.  Get a Live Linux variation and try booting it on your computer via a CD or USB. General Live Linux variation is downloaded in .ISO format .Once double clicked, it should start the process of burning the operating system to a bootable CD. In case your PC lacks an optical drive or is unable to function then you can always make use of USB to boot Linux. Just about every distribution of Linux is available in a Live version, which means you can boot it without installing it.

You can even get out your Hard disk and put it in the computer of a friend or other family member having suitable compatibility and then can transfer the needed files to an external memory source. Just in case, you fail to get your data from all the said sources then its time that you use your wallet and go to the market to buy a data recovery software