Is there a way to recover data from an encrypted hard drive?
I don’t know what has happened to my encrypted hard drive. Yesterday, after plunging it to my computer, there is nothing on this drive. What could I do to get back all my saved data back?
The encryption is widely used to protect the hard drive data from unauthorized access, which always asks one to type in the password for reading or writing the inner data. So, if the encryption functions well, in your case, your drive data may not be deleted or formatted by someone. Just remove this from the possible reason list.
1). Try to unhide your hard drive data.
In most similar cases, many drive owners find that all his stored data is only hidden in some way. Therefore, it might be your drive problem. Try to unhide your hard drive data like this:
1. Click “Start” On the left corner of your desktop.
2. Enter “control folders” in “Run” box.
3. Highlight “View” tab and hook “Show hidden files and folders”.
Over these steps, one could easily show his hidden files.
2). Try to remove any possible virus on your drive.
Virus would also hide your drive or erase them without reason. So, your drive also can be influenced by some viruses. Try to remove any possible virus on your drive.
1. Download an efficient antivirus tools on your computer, such as AVAST, AVG and AVIRUS. (If you don’t have extra money, you also could apply the free version on the internet.
2. Scan your computer and find out the possible virus.
3. Separate or delete some infected files. (Check the suspicious file list careful in case that you intentionally delete some needed files.)
But, if your important files are unfortunately infected, you’d better try the following ways instead.
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3). Try to restore your data from this encrypted drive.
Sometimes, the encrypted drive data cannot be accessed because something goes wrong with its data carrier. Therefore, under this circumstance, one could try to recover his data by running data recovery software.
1. Avoid saving new data on this encrypted drive in case of data loss.
2. Download a data recovery program to help retrieve the inaccessible data. Countless data recovery programs could be accessed over the internet. Just opt for a proper drive data recovery freeware for yourself, such as Recuva, TestDisk and iCare Data Recovery Free.
3. Deeply scan this drive and restore your needed data back.
4. Store all your retrieved data on another drive.
