Perform Toshiba Hard Disk Recovery for Free [6 Options]

How do I recover data from my Toshiba hard drive?

It is not difficult to perform Toshiba hard disk recovery, no matter whether the files are deleted permanently or lost accidentally. Still, here are some pointers to help you recover your files at a higher success rate:

How to perform Toshiba hard disk recovery for free

According to whether you would like to perform Toshiba hard disk recovery with or without software, here we divided the options into two parts.

Part 1. Recover files from Toshiba hard disk with free software [3 options]

Let’s take a look at three Toshiba hard disk recovery software free downloads.

Option 1. Recover files from the formatted/corrupted Toshiba hard drive

Supposing that your Toshiba hard drive got corrupted, or you have permanently deleted files from the Toshiba hard drive or formatted the whole Toshiba hard drive, you can always use the professional data recovery freeware MyRecover to get the files back with ease.

Easy-to-operate. It recovers lost/deleted data from Windows in three simple steps.

Overall. It applies to a variety of data loss scenarios in Windows, such as recovering data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, system crashes, virus attacks, and so on.

High-speed. It recovers lost data quickly.

High rate of recovery. It recovers your data with a high success rate, even if it was deleted permanently.

Widely-compatible. Windows 11/10/8/7 & Windows Server support NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, and ReFS.

Thorough. You can recover deleted/lost data in original format, including texts, pictures, videos, audio, emails, compressed files, and so on.

Download, install and launch MyRecover on your computer.  

Step 1. Hover the mouse over the drive and click Scan to scan.

Step 2. Then the scanning process will start automatically. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the files you want to recover.

Step 3. Choose the files that you want to recover. Click Recover xx files and choose a destination path to save the restored files.

Option 2. Retrieve files from a lost/deleted partition on Toshiba hard disk

Losing a partition on the hard drive will also cause data in the partition to be lost. When you lost/deleted a partition on Toshiba hard drive and need to retrieve it back, the advice we give here is to use the professional partition management tool AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard. It helps you restore the partition as well as the files no matter whether the partitions are lost due to accident deletion, partition table damage, bad sectors, or any other reasons.

Step 1. Download, install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant.

Step 2. Click on Partition Recovery Wizard on the left panel and select and select the Toshiba hard drive. Click Next.

Step 3. Select a search mode. It is recommended that you select Fast Search the first time because it saves time. Then, click on Next.

Step 4. AOMEI Partition Assistant will show you the list of all lost or deleted partitions from the Toshiba hard drive. You can select the one you want to recover. And then, click on Proceed.

Step 5. When the partition recovery process is completed, you will be informed by the Congratulations window. Click Finish.

Step 6. Then go to Windows File Explorer to check whether the deleted or lost partitions on the Toshiba hard drive were recovered.

Option 3. Recover deleted/lost files from Toshiba hard drive using Windows File Recovery

The final option to recover deleted/lost files on Toshiba hard drive with software is to use the Windows File Recovery, a program provided by Microsoft.

Preparation work before using Windows File Recovery:

To use this tool, check out your File System first. Go to This PC > right-click on the drive that contains the data you want to restore before > click Properties.

In addition, you need to use recovery mode and switches to get back your files. To decide which mode to use, refer to this table.

Switches are used to filter the scanning range, thus can save the scanning time.

Step 1. Download and install Window File Recovery on your computer from Microsoft Store and then open it.

Step 2. Open Powershell or Command Prompt (run as administrator). In the Command Prompt, enter commands in the following command format:

winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/mode] [/switches]

For example, if you need to recover deleted pdf files from F: drive (the Toshiba hard drive) to D: drive, then the command will be like:

winfr F: D: /regular /n *.pdf

Part 2. Recover files from Toshiba hard disk for free without software [3 options]

Here are three more options on how to recover files from Toshiba external hard drive for free without software.

Option 1. Restore accidentally deleted files from the Recycle Bin

The first method, also the easiest one is to restore accidentally deleted files from the Recycle Bin.

Step 1. Double click Recycle Bin on your desktop to open it.

Step 2. Locate the files you have just deleted. Right-click these files, then click Restore. Then your files will come back to the location where it was before being deleted.

Option 2. Get deleted files back from a Windows backup

The second method to recover accidentally deleted files on Toshiba hard drive is to use the Windows built-in utility Backup and Restore if you have enabled this service.

Step 1. Input Control Panel in the Windows search bar, and start it.

Step 2. Click System and Security and then Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 3. Here you’ll see if you have this feature enabled. If you do, click Select another backup to restore files from. If you don’t, jump to the next method.

Step 4. Select the backup and then click Next.

Step 5. Search for your lost/deleted files by using the Browse for files or Browse for folders option.

Step 6. Choose a location to save the backup, select your files and click Restore to recover them.

Option 3. Revert deleted/lost files to an old version with File History

The final option to recover deleted/lost files from Toshiba hard disk without software is to use the File History feature. Note, you also need to turn on this feature in order to use it. Let’s see how to check whether you have turned it on and how to recover files using it.

 Step 1. Go to Control Panel > System and Security > File History.

Step 2. Click Restore personal files.

Step 3. Select the files you need to recover and then click the Restore button.

Conclusion

This post primarily explains six options on how to perform Toshiba hard disk recovery for free. Specifically, three options for recovering files with software and three options for recovering files without software are presented. You can try whatever you want because they are all free.

Before finishing, we would like to introduce the smart backup solution AOMEI Backupper to you. With it, you can backup files on your Toshiba hard drive and restore them anytime you like to avoid future file loss.