Hard Drive Recovery: Recover Lost or Deleted Data from Dell Laptop

Written By Jyoti Prakash
Approved By Rohit Arora
Updated on 21 Feb, 2023
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The blog highlights the various data loss instances faced with Dell laptops. These include loss of data while re partitioning the hard drive, OS crash, software failure, hardware malfunctioning, and other human errors. We also suggest a data recovery solution to help you recover the lost data on Dell laptops.

Hard drive partitioning is needed to store data in a more organized manner. The task seems straightforward, but it must be done carefully; any mistake can lead to a data loss situation.

Data loss due to accidental deletion or formatting, malware infection, improper system use, system crash, etc. is common and might require manual efforts. A data recovery software helps you recover the data in a quick, convenient, and effective way.

Software such as Stellar Data Recovery Professional come handy when backups are unavailable or obsolete. However, there are a few factors with definitive impact on the success rate of data recovery software.

Factors Affecting Data Recovery from Dell Laptop

Continued use of the affected system or storage drive.
Hit-and-trial attempts for data recovery and partition repair.
Reinstating deleted partition with Disk Management or third party tool.
Disk Fragmentation.
Corruption level (is it normal or severe).
Bad Sectors on the hard drive.

Steps to Recover Lost and Deleted Files

Step 1: Run Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Windows

Step 2: Select ‘All Data’ or specific file types from the listed options and click ‘Next.’

Step 3: Select the Dell laptop drive volume under ‘Connected Drives’ and turn on the ‘Deep Scan’ toggle switch at the bottom left.

Alternatively, you can select a specific folder from Common Locations such as Desktop, Documents or any other folder on a volume.

Step 4: Click ‘Scan’ and wait for it to finish.

Step 5: After the scan, click on a file to see its preview.

Step 6: Then choose the files you wish to recover and click the ‘Recover’ button.

Step 7: Click ‘Browse’ and select a save location on an external drive volume. Do not select Dell laptop drive volume or partition as save location.

Step 8: Click ‘Start Saving’.

A Few Tips to Prevent Data Loss From Dell Laptops

Copy important files to an external disk or cloud storage. Data backup will help prevent common data loss situations.
Keep the Dell laptop drive optimized with the help of Windows inbuilt Defragmentation tool.
Run scheduled CHKDSK scans.
Run SFC scans to check system file integrity. Corrupt or damaged system files cause system crash, leading to drive corruption and data loss.
Use Dell SupportAssist (formerly Dell System Detect) to run scheduled system diagnostics, auto-update device drivers, and better system support.
Keep a check on the hard drive or SSD SMART information. Use tool like Drive Monitor (available with Professional version of Stellar Data Recovery software) or CrystalDiskInfo.
Regularly install OS and software Updates as they arrive.
Never install Beta version software or OS.
Monitor system temperature and keep it cool. Use laptop cooler, if necessary.
Install and update the Antivirus or Malware protection app.

The Bottom Line

Dell laptops are sturdy devices, loaded with high-quality hardware components such as RAM, hard drive, etc. They also come with many utilities such as DellAssist that makes working on the laptop safe and secure.

Modern Windows 10 laptops also have One Drive folder that looks just like any other folder on your OS. But the data you put in the One Drive folder syncs with the One Drive cloud storage automatically. This creates a copy of your data and safeguards against data loss.

However, only a few Dell users use the backup feature or even know about it. Thus, you need a data recovery software when the data is lost. Stellar Data recovery Professional is one of the best software to recover data from Dell Laptop hard drives. It’s compatible with all kinds of storage media such as hard drives, SSDs and other flash drives.

The software recovers deleted or formatted data and files from severely corrupt drive volumes and lost partitions in just a few clicks. The software is also equipped with Drive Monitor tool that monitors your laptop hard drive and provides real-time protection from data loss due to drive errors.

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Jyoti Prakash

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24 comments

Linda Scott says:

February 13, 2017 at 5:45 am

Virus attack is a difficult situation to carry, especially when you lose your data due to this. I too had faced the similar situation but had easily recovered my data from my laptop with the help of Stellar software. Thanks Stellar for a blog and software.

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John says:

February 10, 2017 at 4:58 am

Is there any free software by which I can recover my lost partition? I don’t have a budget to pay for a paid software. Please Suggest.

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1. Jyoti Prakash says:
  
  February 13, 2017 at 7:02 am
  
  Yes, you can recover your missing partition with the help of a Stellar Free partition recovery software available at
  
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Pratt Foster says:

January 25, 2017 at 5:33 am

I was using Dell Inspiron laptop since last 2 years without any problem. Due to malicious malware attack sometimes it stops showing any data in D and E partitions. All my important images, files, and folders are in these partitions. Run Stellar software in some other working system and retrieve all the data. The interface of the software is easy to use even for non-technical people.

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Sandra Parker says:

January 13, 2017 at 4:06 am

I had faced a data loss situation while working on my Dell laptop, in a hurry I accidentally press shift delete while cleaning my laptop, few of my research papers and e-books are deleted from one of my partitions. On the recommendation of my friend, I had tried Stellar data recovery software, which produces satisfactory results for me.

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Fred Carter says:

December 15, 2016 at 8:24 am

Hey,

It’s a nice tool which I have ever used in my life. This tool works so perfectly for me that it had recovered my data within a short period. Thanks Stellar.

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Hammer Paul says:

December 14, 2016 at 10:38 am

I have a Sony Vaio laptop and a WD hard drive inside it. Does this software also recover the data from a Sony laptop?

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1. Jyoti Prakash says:
  
  December 15, 2016 at 2:56 am
  
  Yes,
  
  This software can recover your data from your Sony laptop.
  
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Ethan Noah says:

November 29, 2016 at 6:15 am

As per my experience dell laptops are by far the best laptops performance wise for home and business based users. But two years back, I face a horrible situation when my E and D drive are suddenly invisible to me after formatting my hard drive. My day and night research of two years are locked in hdd. I googled many data recovery forums for best software, there I get to know about Stellar Disk recovery software, I used it and regain my lost data. Nice experience.

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1. ZIAUDDIN ANSARI says:
  
  November 4, 2017 at 3:16 pm
  
  how can recover my formatting data of D /E drive from window 10.
  
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  1. Jyoti Prakash says:
    
    November 6, 2017 at 7:10 am
    
    Hello Mr Ansari,
    
    As you wish to recover the formatted data from drives, we recommend you to try the demo version of Stellar Data Recovery Professional from the below mentioned link:
    
    After installing the software, please follow the below mentioned steps
    
    1. Run Stellar Windows Data Recovery.
    2. From Select What to Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Folders & Emails or Multimedia Files, you want to recover.
    3. Click Next.
    4. On Select Location screen, select Can’t Find Drive from Other Locations
    5. Now click on ‘Scan’ button.
    6. In the Select Drive section all the hard drives connected to the system are listed with their details. From this section, choose a hard drive you want to scan for lost partitions and click Search. A scan for lost or deleted partitions will be performed in the selected disk or drive.
    7. Any ‘lost partition’ detected, will be listed in the Partition Found section.
    8. From the list of partitions found, select any desired partition and click Scan to continue with the recovery process.
    
    Note: If you can’t find your desired partition in the Partition Found section, you can choose Deep Scan option to perform a comprehensive scan of the selected drive for deleted or lost partition.
Nicholas Hall says:

November 16, 2016 at 6:55 am

Perfect content on a data recovery from a Dell laptop hard drive. I don’t know much about data recovery, but when I come to use this software, it had worked for me so perfectly that I didn’t require any guide or a guidance of any expert. Thanks for the blog.

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Alex Keliy says:

November 10, 2016 at 6:00 am

Hi,

I have accidently deleted my school assignment from my Dell laptop. I also have looked into recycle bin, but didn’t found my assignment yet. Can you please suggest me something to get my assignment back? Thanks.

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Natosha Jacobs says:

October 17, 2016 at 6:15 am

I was using my Dell Laptop from last 4.5 years, and it was working well and never gave any problem to me. Suddenly, a few days back, it starts creating a noise from it. Earlier, I didn’t get it that what exactly happens to my laptop; then, I think to search for this issue on Internet. During that duration, I realise that some of my files got disappeared. I searched them in my entire laptop but didn’t found it. So, I began my search with the Data recovery software which can easily run on my system and recover my data. So, my search finishes with this software. I ran this software on my Dell Laptop and easily recover my data with the help of it. Thanks Stellar for introducing such a nice software.

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