Generally speaking recovering lost or deleted files from a large external drive such as a Western Digital model or a Maxtor hard disk is a fairly simple process. When using a powerful data retrieval tool such as FileFinder, you simply connect the digital storage unit to your computer and load the program. Choose from the drop down menu the drive into which your external disk drive has been connected and press the find files button. A basic search of a large external hard drive when using our software can be done in less than 20 minutes. Of course, this simplicity and this time span apply only to data recovery when using FileFinder.
Lesser quality programs do not have the ability to operate directly from your computer’s RAM and microprocessor. Therefore you can expect them to scan for and recover files on a much slower speed. Most other file recovery programs are so slow that a complete and thorough scan of a 500 GB drive may take up to a full week. Obviously none of us has the time to watch the data scanning process unfold over hundreds of hours. The full power slow scan feature of FileFinder can usually work its way through that same half terabyte hard disk in around 3 hours. In terms of time required that is the worst case scenario. Remember the base quick scan feature of our external hard drive recovery software can usually find your files on a large external model in less than 20 minutes.
