How to Recover Permanently Deleted Folder from External Hard Drive

Yes, now you can easily retrieve deleted folder from external hard drive using data recovery tools. Here we will show you how to recover deleted folder from external hard drive using one of the reliable data recovery tool, i.e. Hi5 Software File Recovery software.

Recovering Deleted Folder using Hi5 Software File Recovery-

Hi5 Software File Recovery recovers deleted files and folders from external hard drive of any brand like Transcend, Seagate, Western Digital, Sony, Samsung etc. The tool retrieves files like images, videos, audios and other documents that are stored on external hard drive. It supports data recovery from external hard disk with interfaces like SATA, IDE, and SCSI that are partitioned using file systems like FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5.

Complete Guide on How to Recover Folder from External HDD using Hi5 Software File Recovery-

Step 1: Install the software and connect the external hard drive

Download Hi5 Software File Recovery on your computer and install it by following on-screen instructions. Next, launch the tool and connect your external hard drive from which file has to be recovered.

Step 2: Choose the appropriate option

You need to click on "Deleted File Recovery" from the main screen. If you want to restore lost folder, then select “Lost File Recovery” option.

Step 3: Drive Selection

The software scans the entire computer and displays a list of drives exist on it. Select the drive that represents external hard drive and click Next button to continue the recovery process.

Step 4: Preview Recovered Files

The Software will start recovering the deleted files/folders from the selected drive. You can view recovered data either in “Data Type” or “File Type View”. Even, it allows you to Preview the recovered files before saving

Step 5: Save Recovered Files

Select the drive for saving recovered files and click on Save button.

Other Main Features of Hi5 Software File Recovery:

Hi5 Software File Recovery supports all the latest Windows Operating System like Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, etc.

• Supports recovery of files from both internal and external hard drives
• Ability to recover data from corrupted, formatted and inaccessible external hard drive
• No alteration is made to the content of the original files during recovery process
• Recovered data can be previewed prior to save and can be saved on any accessible drives

Causes for data loss from external hard drive:

• Accidental deletion of files and folders from the drive
• Harmful virus infection to files
• Detaching the external drive from the system while the data transfer is still under process
• Sudden power failure while external hard drive is connected to the system
• Formatting the drive when the backup of existing data is not taken

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