How to Recover Lost Files from Hard Drive Attacked by Virus

Computer virus is a self-replicating malware program, damaging computer function and data by modifying other programs code. For computer users, this is undoubtedly a catastrophe when infected by virus. What would happen to a virus infected hard drive? Normally there are several symptoms as follows:

1.Files or folders disappear without cause

2.Anti-virus software failed

3.Home page tampering, forced refresh or jump page, frequent advertisement

4.Indicates insufficient disk space 

5.File cannot be opened

The first step to rescue hard drive is to run antivirus software to remove virus. If there is no important files on the hard drive, you can easily format it to solve the problem. (Hidden files would display by removing the tick “show hidden files and folders” in folder options) There are other common methods to fix virus infection:

RePicvid Free Photo Recovery is helpful to recover lost, hidden or deleted files from hard drive due to virus attack. It is aimed to photo, video and audio file recovery, supporting different storage devices, such as hard drive, mobile hard drive, USB flash drive, memory card, etc. Besides, it is also able to help you perform partition data recovery. Here is the procedure to recover lost files with RePicvid Free Photo Recovery:

Step 1.Download this software to your computer ( default location is C drive), then open it.

Step 2.Select a file type that you lost (photos, videos, audios or all file types) and the hard drive that affected by virus. 

Step 3.Scan the virus infected hard drive for all lost files. Note this process depends on the condition and size of disk and you should wait patiently.

Step 4.After scan completes, preview the lost files and choose those you need to recover.

5.Making regular backups of data 

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