HOW TO RECOVER LOST DATA

HI FELLAS 

Most of the time we are using our Pen-drives, Hard-Disks or any other media for data storage and carrying of data .It is really one of the most convenient, easy and cheap method for data storage, but there are many problems which we face most often. 
And on of the biggest problem is "LOSS OF DATA DUE TO VIRUSES" or due to any other problem.
Many times you people see that disk space has been used but when you open that drive of memory then there is nothing, even the hidden files option has been used but still one can see nothing.
Also sometimes you see that you plugged your Pen-Drive or any other source and the computer shows that "THE DISK CANNOT BE USED UNTIL THE DISK IS FORMATTED"and then, you format the disk. 

And most of the time, you take the ultimate decision to format the disk.
But friends this can be avoided
There are three methods to recover data
1) Using Command Prompt (CMD)
2) Using Linux Operating System (Ubuntu, Fedora e.t.c)
3) Using any recovery software
I will  explain each of them one by one.

USING COMMAND POMPT (CMD)

It is one of the most simple and easy methods of recovering data.
Just you have to do is to use commands like CHKDSK AND ATTRIB
For those who are new to use CMD, these are some easy steps to open CMD console.
Click Windows key + R key, a box named RUN will appear,

 type CMD in that, and then you get the CMD. 

Now after seeing the various images, we will use the commands and learn what they actually do 

We will start with CHKDSK command first.
This Command can be used with numerous modes
One of them is like this

             "CHKDSK G:"

Here in this command the disk drive G will be checked for errors and will produce a list of errors if they exist.
Also if you use it like this

             "CHKDSK /F G:"

then this will fix the errors present in the disk.

There are several modes of using CHKDSK command and are shown below.
You can get the list of operating modes for CHKDSK by simply writing

             "HELP CHKDSK"

Now I will tell you about ATTRIB command.
This command is used for reading the Files in different modes and using some combination of modes can bring back lost files from the drive.
Command for bringing back virus infected lost files is 

            "G: ATTRIB -S -H /S /D *.*"

Here G is the name of the infected drive.

Command for getting hidden files is 

             "G: ATTRIB -H -S -R"

There are more modes for ATTRIB as shown below

RECOVERING FILES USING LINUX

Its very simple, if you have lost any file due to virus in windows and you see that the disk space is utilised but you see nothing when you open it.
To see all those files, you open your disk drive in a Linux system, and there you see all the files, even the virus files as well.
This is because the Linux systems are immune to viruses and they don't have any effect on any Linux Operating system.

There are more methods for recovering data using LINUX TERMINAL, but it is very vast.
Therefore I will post a separate blog for it.

One of the Linux OS Console is shown below.

 

RECOVERING DATA USING A THIRD PARTY (SOFTWARE)

Recovering data using a software is easy and more efficient.
It can also recover lost data fragments and deleted data as well.
But most of the times the software is either a paid version or a trial version.
Also it takes lot of time and memory in some cases, but it is not important than the data which we lost,
Isn't it ? :D ;)
I am providing you a list of some third party software's.
these are as fallows

1)File Recover
2)WinUndelete
3)Recuva
4)Easy Recover

If you know some more methods for recovering data then please add your valuable comments below. :)

TILL THEN
KEEP SMILING :)