Apart from these popular commercial products, the Windows automated recovery disk also helps in file recovery. The automated recovery disk comes along with every copy of genuine Windows. The disk is highly reliable and you can depend on it. It can recover at least some amount of lost data, and most importantly revive your corrupted operating system.
Through some freeware is available for Windows data recovery, you must have to purchase a commercial product if your situation is complex, or keep a commercial product handy if you are dealing with sensitive data.
Backup and Preservation – How useful are they?
Lastly, let me give you some preventive tips. As goes the age-old adage – “A stitch in time saves nine.” Preventive measures are always a better choice than to settle for a Windows data recovery session. I am not stating that only preventive measures will help and you can do without data recovery tools, the fact remains that probability of accurate data preservation increases more if you practice preventive measures.
Always back up your important data, files, music files, videos etc. to a safe place. You can burn them into a DVD and save them. At least, you will have a peace of mind in case you have to format your hard drive. Also, invest in a good anti-virus solution with firewall protection to prevent virus and malware attacks that can do damage to your operating system