As no backup was available, the drive decided to write erratically and cause read errors. We had a scenario recently where one of our external USB drives started to fail. The more often your computer writes to the drive, the less likely you’ll be able to recover data.Īlthough it’s rare for a hard drive to fail or for an individual to 'accidentally' delete important data you need in the future, once it happens, you’ll want software to help you recover, swiftly. Time is important for finding deleted files. Let's face it, most of us don’t lose data that often, but when you do, it takes time to scurry around and find a tool to attempt recovery.