What Causes Data Loss?

Among other causes, data loss can be attributed to system or human error, adverse environmental conditions and device failure.
Human causes of data loss include intentional or accidental deletion or overwriting of files. Virus damage, operating system or application software bugs, or failed upgrades may also cause data loss.
Common physical causes of data loss include power loss or power surge, overheating, electrostatic ("static") discharge and any kind of physical damage to the storage device or medium.

What is Data Loss?
The majority of computer users will encounter data loss at some time. Data loss is usually characterized by one or more of the following:

• You are unable to access any data from a previously functioning computer system or backup.
• Data has accidentally been erased or data control structures have been overwritten.
• Data has been corrupted or made inaccessible.

If you have lost your data:
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• If your hard drive is making noise, shut down your system immediately.
• Stop writing to your hard drive. This means discontinue using all programs which may write new data to your drive and possibly overwrite the lost data you seek.
• Avoid do-it-yourself solutions. Do-it-yourself software may make extensive use of the problem drive, potentially causing complete failure.