SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software

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SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software

Recover Deleted, Formatted, Corrupted & RAW Data from Internal/External Hard Drives

SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software helps you to recover lost, deleted, formatted, RAW, corrupted and inaccessible data from internal and external hard drives. The software supports common HDD file systems that allow you to preview recoverable files before saving and uses read-only scanning to avoid modifying a single byte of your existing data.

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  • Recover (Shift+Deleted) Files Permanently Deleted Files From HDD
  • Restore Data From Formatted Internal and External Hard Drives
  • Recover Data From RAW and Corrupted Hard Drive Partitions
  • Support SATA, IDE and USB-connected External Hard Drives
  • Recover Data From NTFS, FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT HDDs
  • Deleted Partition Recovery From MBR and GPT Partitions
  • Recover Lost Data from HFS & HFS+ MAC OS File System Directly on Windows PC
  • Preserve Original Folder Structure and File Names Where Possible
  • Enables Category Filter and Save Required Files from Recovered Data
  • HDD Recovery Software Allow Preview Recoverable Files Before Saving
  • Compatible With Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (32-bit & 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008-2019

Try Free - Download the demo version of SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software and scan your HDD to preview recoverable files.

Data Loss? Check Immediate Recovery Steps

Stop Using the Hard Drive Before Recovery
If your important files have just disappeared from a hard drive then immediately stop using the drive until you decide how to recover them. New files, software installations, system updates or other write activity can overwrite sectors containing deleted data and reduce recovery chances.

Immediate precautions

  • Do not save new files to the affected hard drive.
  • Do not install recovery software on the same HDD.
  • Do not format a drive showing a formatting prompt.
  • Do not initialize an unrecognized disk before recovery.
  • Avoid running CHKDSK before recovering important data.
  • Save recovered files to a different drive.
  • Stop using an HDD that makes clicking or grinding sounds.

Hard Drive Recovery Software (Video Guide)

Professional Hard Drive Recovery Software

Recover Hard Drive Data From Common Data Loss Situations

Securely recover inaccessible, deleted, formatted, and corrupted hard drive data.

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Accidental Deletion &
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Virus-Infected
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Corrupted File System
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Power Failure During
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Read/Write
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Improper
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Hard Drive
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Hard Drive Problems

Logical vs. Physical Hard Drive Problems

Logical Problems

Logical problems may include accidentally deleted files, formatting, RAW file systems, lost partitions and also file system corruption. SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery Software helps you to retrieve readable data in these situations.

Physical Problems

Physical problems include clicking, grinding, burning smells, repeated spin up and spin down behavior or an HDD that does not spin. These all symptoms simply indicate hardware failure. So in such cases continued software scanning may make the situation worse. So professional lab recovery may be more appropriate for physical damages.

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Hard Drive Recovery

What Is Hard Drive Recovery?

The process of recovering deleted, inaccessible, formatted, corrupted or lost data from a hard drive is known as hard drive recovery. Depending on the condition of the drive the recovery software can scan your file system and storage sectors to locate all recoverable files and reconstruct their folder information.

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Deleted Data May Remain Recoverable

A deleted file does not always mean it has been removed immediately but in maximum cases only the file system reference is removed however the underlying storage space remains available until new information overwrites it. This is why stopping further use of the hard drive is important after accidental deletion. You can safely recover all your important files using SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software.

Recovery Results

Recovery results completely depend on factors such as the type of data loss, file system condition, amount of overwriting, bad sectors and physical health of your hard drive.

  • Type of Data Loss
  • File System Condition
  • Overwriting & Bad Sectors
  • Physical Health of Hard Drive

Hard Drive Recovery Scenarios

When Do You Need Hard Drive Recovery?

Hard drive data can become inaccessible for many different reasons and the appropriate recovery approach depends on what happened to the HDD.

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Recover Accidentally Deleted Files from Hard Drive

Files that are deleted by mistake may still remain recoverable if their storage space has not been overwritten. This includes files removed from folders, deleted from the Recycle Bin or it is accidentally removed during file management.

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Recover Files After Formatting a Hard Drive

Formatting a hard drive can remove access to existing file system information and make stored files appear missing. You should avoid formatting the drive again and scan the affected HDD instead.

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Recover Files After Formatting a Hard Drive

Formatting a hard drive can remove access to existing file system information and make stored files appear missing. You should avoid formatting the drive again and scan the affected HDD instead.

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Recover Data from a RAW Hard Drive

A hard drive may appear as RAW when Windows cannot recognize its existing file system. So if your drive contains important files then do not immediately format it. A recovery scan will locate all readable files from the RAW partition.

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Recover Data from a Corrupted Hard Drive

If there is a file system corruption it can prevent Windows from opening an HDD or displaying its folders correctly. Professional Hard Disk Recovery Software can scan beyond the damaged directory information to locate recoverable files where possible.

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Recover Data from an Unallocated Hard Drive

Sometimes a partition may appear as unallocated after partition deletion, corruption or partition table problems. Must avoid creating a new partition if you need the existing data and attempt recovery first.

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Recover Data from a Hard Drive Showing 0 Bytes

An HDD showing 0 bytes capacity requires very careful diagnosis. If the drive is physically healthy and only there is a logical issue then recovery may be possible. However a 0-byte capacity combined with physical symptoms and simply indicate a hardware problem that needs professional evaluation.

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Recover Data from a Hard Drive with Bad Sectors

Deleted or missing partitions can make large amounts of data disappear from Windows Explorer and lost partition recovery become quite challenging. Partition aware scanning will help you easily locate all your files from lost or inaccessible HDD volumes.

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Recover Data After Partition Loss

Deleted or missing partitions can make large amounts of data disappear from Windows Explorer and lost partition recovery become quite challenging. Partition aware scanning will help you easily locate all your files from lost or inaccessible HDD volumes.

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Recover Data After a System Crash

A Windows crash, boot failure or any kind of damaged system partition which makes files on an internal HDD inaccessible. So If the hard drive is still readable then connecting it to another working Windows computer may allow you recovery without booting from the affected installation.

Hard Drive Recovery Support

Recover Data from Internal and External Hard Drives

SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software completely supports recovery from common internal and external HDD configurations.

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Internal Hard Drive Recovery

You can safely recover data from HDDs installed inside your desktop computers and laptops. The Hard Disk Recovery Software can quickly scan supported partitions containing documents, photos, videos, archives and any other files.

Common situations include:

  • Deleted files from a laptop HDD
  • Formatted desktop hard drives
  • Corrupted Windows partitions
  • Lost or inaccessible HDD partitions
  • RAW internal hard drives
  • Files inaccessible after system failure

External Hard Drive Recovery

External HDDs sometimes become inaccessible due to accidental deletion, formatting, unsafe disconnection, file system corruption or connectivity problems.

Our Secure Hard Drive Recovery Software can be used with supported USB-connected external hard drives including your common portable and desktop external HDDs to recovered deleted file from external HDD after formatting

If your external HDD repeatedly disconnects, makes unusual noises or it becomes unusually hot then you must stop using it and consider professional lab diagnosis before attempting repeated scans.

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Brand Compatibility

Recover Data from Hard Drives of Different Brands

Hard drive recovery is not very limited to a particular manufacturer. SysTools supports recovery from many commonly used HDD brands when your drive is accessible to the Windows system.

Western Digital hard drive recovery

Western Digital Hard Drive Recovery

Software is fully capable of recovering deleted, formatted, corrupted or inaccessible files from supported WD internal and external hard drives.

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Seagate Hard Drive Recovery

You can scan supported Seagate desktop and portable HDDs for deleted and lost files after accidental deletion, formatting, partition loss or file system problems.

Toshiba hard drive recovery

Toshiba Hard Drive Recovery

Recover files from Toshiba internal and external hard drives easily affected by common logical data loss situations.

Samsung hard drive recovery

Samsung Hard Drive Recovery

With the help of Hard Drive Recovery Software you can scan supported Samsung HDDs for deleted, formatted or inaccessible data.



Formatted Hard Drive Recovery

Recover Files from a Formatted Hard Drive

Accidentally formatting an HDD does not always mean that your every file has been immediately overwritten. However recovery may remain possible but it is depending on the type of formatting and subsequent drive usage.

Common situations include:

  • Accidentally formatted internal HDD
  • Accidentally formatted external HDD
  • Quick formatted NTFS drive
  • Reformatted FAT32 HDD
  • Formatted partition with important files
  • External HDD formatted by Windows
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Recovery condition Drive usage
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Recovery Process

How to Recover Data from a Hard Drive

The recovery process is designed to keep the affected HDD separate from the destination where recovered files are saved.

Step 1 Launch Data Recovery Software

Step 1: Connect the Hard Drive

Connect your internal or external HDD to a working Windows computer. You should avoid using the affected drive for normal storage activity.

Step 2 Select Drive or Location

Step 2: Select the Hard Drive

Now launch SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software and select the HDD or partition containing the lost data.

Step 3 Scan Drive for Deleted Files

Step 3: Scan the HDD

Start the appropriate scanning process based on the data loss situation such as deleted file, formatted or deeper recovery scanning.

Step 4 Preview Recovered Files

Step 4: Preview Recoverable Files

Review your recovered folders and files. Use available search or filtering options to locate specific items.

Step 5 Save Recovered Data

Step 5: Save Recovered Files

Now select the required files and save them to a different hard drive or another safe storage location.

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Complete Hard Drive Recovery

Recover photos, videos, music, documents, and all other file types from any Windows hard drive, with original folder structure and filenames intact. Raw file recovery is also supported for formatted drives that including ZIP, JPEG, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, MP3, AVI, BMP, and more.

NTFS Hard Drive Recovery

Support MAC & Windows File System

Advanced disk recovery tool supports recovery of data from Windows OS (NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and Extended FAT file systems and Mac OS (HFS+) file system. So, It become quite easy to recover Normal deleted, shift deleted, & formatted data from NTFS, FAT, HFS, and HFS+ type of file formats.

Regain Normal and Shift Deleted Data

Regain Normal & Shift Deleted Data

The hard disk recovery wizard fetches normal as well as permanently deleted files from each folder of the drive. It lists the recuperated shift-deleted files with red color in its primary folder. However, the recovered normal deleted files get accumulated in one folder and then, listed in preview area.

Maintain Folder Structure

Maintains On-Disk Folder Structure

After recovering data from internal and external hard drive, the Hard Drive Recovery Software will retain the original on disk folder structure. The tool ensures to recover complete data from every folder that is present in your systems hard drive professionally; without any loss and change in original formatting of files and other items.

Auto Detect Drives with Attributes

Auto Detect Drives with Attributes

Hard Drive Recovery software is intelligent enough to auto detect and previews all the drives on any machine with its complete properties like: model number, disk number, total size and free size.

Scan and Preview Option

Quick Scan and Preview Recovered Data

To recover data from hard disk, software performs quick scanning of storage device and generates the preview of recovered data with properties like: file name, size, type, creation date, modification date.

Search Files Within Recovered Data

Search Files within Recovered Data

You can search for any specific file or item within the recovered data with smart searching feature of hard drive recovery tool. Apply the date filters to refine the searching by file creation date or last modified date.

Sort Hard Drive Items by Attributes

Sort Hard Drive Items by Attributes

While previewing the recovered items in software panel then the hard disk drive recovery software full version allows you to sort the data by its properties. You can easily arrange the data in ascending or descending order by its name, size, type, date of creation, and date of modification.

Recover Selective File and Folders

Recover Selective Files / Folders

This Reliable Hard Drive Recovery software allows you to extract and save selected folders from the recovered data. You can check the folder which you want to export and proceed for saving it. The software provides multiple features which helps users to perform professional recovery from hard drive.

Recover Deleted Data from PC

Recover Deleted Data from Laptops and Computer

It doesn’t matter whether you're on a desktop or laptop, SysTools recovers lost files from any Windows PC of any brand - Dell, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, and more. If You need secure software for hard drive recovery then just download and install this tool on Windows OS system and follow few steps to recover files and data safely.

Hard Drive Recovery Software - Specifications

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Size: 27.6 MB

Version: 18.6

MD5: d0b4dd3646eac189619ddf7fd9b412db

Trial Limitations

Limitations
Demo version of Hard Drive Recovery software will generate only preview of entire recovered items. It support recovery from external and internal hard drive. You can easily recover permanently deleted, formatted and corrupted files from computer or laptop hard disk.

System Specifications

Hard Disk Space
100 MB of free hard disk space required

RAM
2 GB is recommended

Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz 2.39GHz

Application
Pre-Requisites

  • If you are using Windows 11 (64-bit), 10, 8, 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) & Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008, then please launch the tool as "Run as Administrator".
  • Microsoft .NET framework 4.5 or above

Supported
Editions

  • Microsoft Windows – Windows 11 (64 bit), 10, 8, 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) & Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008
  • Supports Recovery for Windows File Systems – FAT 32, FAT 16, ExFAT, NTFS File System & Cross-Formats between NTFS & Other Formats like FAT16 & FAT32
  • Supports Recovery for Mac File Systems – HFS+
  • Disk types – Basic & Dynamic
  • Supported Partition – GPT and MBR
  • Bitlocker protected volumes or partitions are not supported.

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Supported File Types for HDD Recovery

Supported File Types for HDD Recovery

Doc

Document

DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, XLSB/XLSM, PPT/PPTX, XLTM/XLTX, PDF, CWK, HTML/HTM, MDB, INDD, EPS, ODT etc.

Video Recovery from Hard Drive

Video

AVI, MOV, AU, MP4, M4V, MXF, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, MKV, ASF, FLV, SWF, MPG, RM/RMVB, MPEG etc.

Audio File Recovery from Hard Drive

Audio

AIF/AIFF, M4A, RA, MP3, WAV, WMA, APE, MID/MIDI, OGG, AAC, RealAudio, VQF etc.

Recover Deleted Files from Internal and External Hard Drive

Email

PST, DBX, EMLX, etc.(from Outlook, Outlook Express etc.)

Photos Recovery

Images

PG/JPEG, TIFF/TIF, PNG, BMP, GIF, PSD, ICO, PS, AI, CRW, EPS, CR2, NEF, ORF, RAF, SR2, MRW, DCR , WMF, DNG, ERF, RAW, SWF, SVG, PAT, FH9, FH11, and X3F etc.

Recover Deleted Files

Other Files

EPUB, HTML, ICS, CDR, VCF, RTF, 7Z, ARJ, PEF, CAB, EDB, RPM, etc.

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Feature Comparison Of Hard Drive Recovery Tool

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Recover Formatted Data from Hard Drive
Recover Corrupted Data from HDD
Recovery Permanently Deleted Data HDD
Recover data from NTFS Formatted HDD
Supports Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) & Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008
Preview Complete Recovered Data Items
Save Complete Items After Recovery Only Preview
Cost FREE $39

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Why Trust SysTools for Hard Drive Recovery?

Every data loss situation is different and before you decide to use any software, you must know exactly who built it, how it works, and why it will not make things worse.

Recovery You Can Verify

Tested by Data Recovery Expertise

SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Software is tested across common Windows recovery scenarios to verify reliable scanning, file preview, and recovery performance. Testing covers supported internal and external HDDs on Windows 11 systems, including deleted, formatted, corrupted, RAW, and inaccessible drive conditions.

Version Tested: v18.6

April 2026

The Software is Tested in April

Tested By

Tej Pratap Shukla

Senior Data Recovery Engineer, SysTools

15 Years of Experience

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Upcoming Feature Assessment

Read-only, Non-destructive Scan so Your Data is Never Modified

SysTools HDD Recovery Tool completely scans your drive in read-only mode. During scanning or previewing, nothing is ever written to, modified on, or deleted from your drive at any point and your original data remains exactly as it was.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is it safe to use recovery software on a damaged HDD?

Yes it is safe to use recovery software but with certain conditions if the drive does not show physical symptoms such as clicking sounds or overheating it is good to go.

What amount of time is required to recover corrupted hard drive data?

“I have an external hard drive of 600 GB which got corrupted somehow. How much time will the SysTools Hard Drive Recovery software take, to recover my data from corrupted hard drive?”

Recovery time taken by hard drive corrupted HDD recovery software entirely depends on the size of data involved. Other than that, level of corruption is also a factor determining the time taken for recovering data i.e. more time will be taken to scan and recover highly corrupted data as compared to minimally corrupted data.
Can old hard drives still be recovered?
Yes, using our hard disk recovery software your old hard drives can still be recovered only the condition is it must not have any physical damage.
Can I download HDD recovery software crack version for free?

“I have downloaded demo version of hard disk recovery software. It showed my lost files but saving option is disabled. So my friend suggested me to download crack version. Is the crack key or serial key available for free.”

No, The serial key is not available for free. Also, do not use hard drive recovery crack version. Because it may be a malicious program and can create lots of trouble for you.
What is the best free hard drive recovery software for Windows 11?
SysTools offers a free demo that lets you scan your drive and preview all your recoverable files before purchasing the software. This allows you to confirm your files are recoverable at zero cost. The full version, required to save files, is priced only at $39.
Can I recover data from a hard drive with bad sectors?
Yes, in most cases. SysTools uses a sector by sector scanning approach that skips unreadable bad sectors and continues recovering the data from the healthy portions of the drive. Recovery success depends on how many sectors are damaged and whether your target files happen to sit on affected areas.
How do I fix a corrupted hard drive without formatting?
You can recover data from a corrupted hard drive without formatting by using SysTools hard disk files recovery tool. It is a reliable Software and it recovers data safely and securely. And after recovering your data you can format your hard drive. The best thing about this software is that it recovers corrupted, deleted, formatted and permanently deleted data as well.
Can you retrieve files from a dead hard drive?
Yes, You can recover data from dead laptop hard drive and all other types of drives by using SysTools hard drive recovery software only when the hard drive is logically damaged. But, you can not recover your data if hard drive is physically damaged and in this situation you need to contact data recovery service center.
How do I recover photos from my hard drive?
Use the best software named as SysTools hard disk file recovery software to recover photos from hard drive. You can recover JPG, RAW camera files and many more by using this professional software.
How do I recover data from an external hard drive that is not recognized?
When Windows stops recognizing an external drive, it simply means a file system error, corrupted partition table, or driver issue - not physical damage. SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Wizard can scan your unrecognized drive directly using RAW recovery mode. You just need to connect the drive, launch the software, select the drive from the list even if it shows no partition, and run a Formatted Scan.
Can files be recovered from a formatted hard drive?
Yes, Files can be recovered from a formatted hard drive by using HDD Recovery Software.
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