How to perform Windows data recovery?
There are many software vendors in the market which provide data recovery tools for Windows systems. The best among them is Recuva Data Recovery tool. It's a freeware utility provided by Piriform. It can restore data from corrupt/damaged as well as formatted hard disk and its volumes. It supports recovery of all types of file formats and from all storage media devices. There are few commercialware tools also available in the market which you can use. Most of them are available with demo/trial version for free evaluation. By using demo version, you can see what you could possibly recover from the hard disk before you can actually pay for the software. If you're satisfied with the results, you can purchase the software.
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