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What To do When Show Hidden Files Not Working Problem in Windows 11/10?

Summary:

Most of the Windows users face the issue with hidden files and folders. At times Window’s Show hidden files and folders option don’t work or show up on the screen when required to access it. The article provides complete manual solutions for the trouble. Troubleshoot the problem Show hidden files and folder is not working without making it complex.

Why Some Files and Folders are hidden in Windows?

By default Windows operating system is configured not to display hidden files. The reason behind some files and folders are marked as hidden is that they are not the files that you should be accessing or altering, deleting or moving around.

These files are essential files related to the operating system that helps running Windows applications. Both Windows and macOS computers have hidden files.

If you are unable to view the Show hidden files option in Windows, that’s probably because some of your Windows system files are corrupted or damaged and need an immediate fix.

How to View Hidden Files/Folders on Windows?

There are times when you may need to show these hidden files and folders. You can follow the below mentioned steps to see hidden files and folders on different Windows Versions.

Note: If you have accidentally deleted or formatted the hidden files and folders and trying to view the files won’t be useful. Therefore, initially recover the hidden files and folders and try opening it.

For Windows 11/10 users

Right-click on the Windows icon, select Search and type folder.
Select Show hidden files and folders from the search results.
In the Advanced settings column, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, then click Apply.

For Windows 8.1 users

Go to Search, type Folder. Click on Show Hidden Files and Folders
Select the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, then click Apply

For Windows 7 users

Click the Start button, then select Control Panel
Click on Appearance and Personalization.
Select Folder Options, and then select the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, then click Apply.

If the above mentioned option is not available or not working as it’s supposed to, we recommend that you follow next shown methods.

How to Fix Show Hidden Files and Folders Not Working

Method 1: Use CMD to fix Windows hidden files not showing problem

Step 1: Click Start → Enter cmd.

Step 2: Right-click Command Prompt → Run as administrator.

Step 3: In Command Prompt, enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:*.*

Note: Replace G with the drive letter of the partition that contains the hidden files

Method 2: Run System File Checker (SFC) Tool

IF you cannot fix the problem Hidden files and folders not working using CMD, there might be chances of Windows files being corrupt. Therefore, in such a situation running SFC to check for errors would be helpful.

SFC tool is a built-in Windows tool that helps in repairing and fixing corrupted system files including the problem Show hidden files and folders not working.

Step 1: Right Click on Windows icon, select Command Prompt as Administrator

Step 2: Enter the following command lines in order.

The DISM command is used to make a Windows image to protect your data.

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

sfc /scannow

Now, restart the computer and verify whether the problem still exists.

Method 3: Adjusting the Registry keys

Registry is a hierarchical database that stores the significant data needed by Windows to operate the applications and services that run on Windows.

Hence, when you perform any actions on registry keys you need to be more careful as improper commands can lead to severe system file errors.

Step 1: Press Windows + R keys and enter Regedit. In the prompt, click OK.

Step 2: Give the Path as shown below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Step: Double-click CheckedValue and set the Value data as 1

Now, Reboot your computer and verify if the problem show hidden files not working still be present

If you have tried all the above methods to fix the problem, show hidden files and folders not working and still unable to open the files, all that you have to do is recover data from the hidden folders.

SFWare Data Recovery Software is the best choice to recover hidden files and folders from the computer. The tool supports recovery of more than 300 plus file types from the all Windows version including Windows 10.

How to Recover Hidden Files and Folder in Windows PC?

To recover hidden files and folders, download SFWare Data Recovery software on your Windows computer. Launch the application on your PC and follow the steps.

Step 1: Select Recover Files from the main screen and Deleted File Recovery or Lost File Recovery from the next screen based on your data lost scenarios.
Recover hidden files and folders from drive

Step 2: Choose the drive/partition to start the process. Now the tool runs the advanced scanning algorithm to find the hidden files and folders.

Select the drive to recover hidden files

Step 3: Once the scan completes, you can view recoverable files in Data View or File Type View.
Select the file types to recover files from drive

Select the files you want to recover from the list of files located and click on Next. After the completion of recovery process, save the recovered files on any location on your computer.

How to Enable & Disable TRIM on SSD?

Summary:

Based on data storage necessity you will have to enable or disable TRIM command on SSD. To make a complete use of TRIM you need to know whether the command is enabled or disabled. This article helps you to know about TRIM and how it is useful on SSDs.

SSD has gained a wide popularity over hard disk drives due to its exceptional features. SSD’s work faster, lighter, use less energy and are more durable compared to HDDs. With TRIM on SSD, improves the performance of writing data to SSDs and contributes to longer SSD life.

Quick Navigation

1 What is TRIM on SSD?

2 Why is TRIM Important?

3 How TRIM Works?

4 How to Enable or Disable TRIM on an SSD in Windows?

5 How to enable SSD TRIM in command prompt?

What is TRIM on SSD?

TRIM is an advanced technology command (ATA) that enables the computer’s operating system to erase the data blocks when they are no longer used. The TRIM command allows SSD’s to manage the available storage space and improves the performance of SSD’s and speeds up the writing process on SSD.

Why is TRIM Important?

TRIM is a process by which the operating system sends a flag down to the SSD providing address of an invalid (deleted data) data that is to be cleared or erased permanently. Enabling TRIM is important because invalid data on drives might cause performance issues such as system slow down over time as the drive begins to accumulate more and more invalid data.

What if your SSD shows read only mode? You will be unable to write any data on SSD if the SSD shows read only mode. You will have to fix the problem and try working on SSD.

How TRIM Works?

TRIM is a built-in feature that is driven by the operating system. SSD uses a unique method called Garbage Collection to handle invalid data.
Garbage Collection manages and maintains the available storage space. Garbage Collection handles the disparity between the erase block and the read/write block.
When a previously written block is targeted for garbage collection, the valid data pages are moved to another block on the SSD so that the block containing the old, invalid data pages can be erased.
SSD TRIM is complementary to garbage collection. TRIM eliminates any unnecessary copying of invalid data pages during the garbage collection process to save time and improve SSD performance.

Therefore, if you have deleted or formatted the SSD drives when TRIM is enabled, it is clearly not possible to recover data from the SSD. However, you can verify and check whether TRIM is enabled before the recovery process.

How to Enable or Disable TRIM on an SSD in Windows?

Before enabling or disabling the TRIM on SSDs, you need to check the status of the TRIM.

Check if TRIM command is enabled or disabled

Most of the SSDs come with the TRIM function enabled by default. However, there’s no loss in verifying if TRIM is enabled on your SSD

Step 1: Right-click on the start button, select Command → Run as Administrator

Step 2: Type the displayed command: fsutil behavior query disabledeleteNotify and hit enter

Verify SSD TRIM

Step 3: if the command displays DisableDeleteNotify=0, TRIM is enabled on the computer.

If the value is DisableDeleteNotify=1, TRIM is disabled.

How to enable SSD TRIM in command prompt?

Step 1: Right-click on the start button, select Command Prompt → Run as Administrator

Step2: Type the command: fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify=0 and press enter

Step3: When TRIM gets enabled DisableDeleteNotify=0 is displayed.

Enable the SSD TRIM

How to disable TRIM on SSD?

Step 1: Right-click on the start button, select Command Prompt → Run as Administrator

Step2: Type the command: fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify=1 and press enter
Disable the SSD TRIM

With TRIM disabled on your computer, you can recover data from deleted or formatted SSD drives.

Bottom Line:

Enabling or Disabling TRIM has its own advantages and disadvantages. Although Enabling TRIM ensures the excellent performance of SSDs, if the data is lost from the SSD when TRIM enabled you will lose data from the drive forever.

However, disabling TRIM might hinder your SSD performance but the chance of recovering deleted or lost data from the SSD is made possible. Therefore, depending upon your priority you can make your choice with the TRIM command on the SSD.

How to Recover Data from Mac HFS, HFS+ Partitions?

Summary:

Both Windows and Mac work on different file systems. While the Windows computers have the NTFS file system, Mac is known for its hierarchical file system. This article guides you on how to recover deleted, lost or formatted data from Mac’s HFS partition without any hassle.

HFS /HFS+ Partition

Even though apple updated their file system to APFS, still a major segment of users prefers HFS. since its introduction in 1985 later upgrading to HFS+ in 1997, HFS built to support all the latest Mac OS X versions.

Not only that, HFS is also compatible with both old IBM chipsets and latest Intel based processors. All these versatile features made user to continue using HFS format even after introduction of APFS which is better and advanced in various perspectives.

When partition is lost or becomes unreadable, the data saved on the drive becomes inaccessible. Although HFS partition /volume are less susceptible to virus intrusion, there are other factors which cause data loss from HFS.

Although HFS partition /volume are less susceptible to virus intrusion, there are other factors which cause data loss from HFS.

Reasons for HFS/HFS+ Partition Loss

Various reasons that results in HFS partition loss are analyzed as below:

HFS file system damage
Accidentally deleted HFS partition or deleted Macintosh HD in disk utility
Improper System handling
Drives got formatted intentionally or unintentionally.
Virus intrusion and other logical errors on the drive can damage the partition and leads to data loss. In such situations, it is important to fix corrupt HFS partitions.

Irrespective of the causes, it is easy to recover data from Mac partitions with the Mac’s recovery mode option. Yes, you can consider recovering your precious data from the partition but only if the Recovery Mode is accessible.

Recover HFS/HFS+ Data from Mac Recovery Mode

Recovery Mode in macOS is a feature that provides easy access to useful recovery tools such as Time Machine, Apple’s backup software application. Make sure that you had enabled Time Machine prior to losing your data. if your time machine backup was not enabled before data loss, this method will not be helpful. You can use it to go back in time and recover files that are no longer present on your MacBook computer.

1. Reboot into Recovery by restarting your MacBook and holding down the Command + R until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe.

2. Select the Restore From Time Machine Backup option and click Continue.

3. Select the disk that contains your Time Machine backup and click Continue.

4. Select the Time Machine backup you want to restore and click Continue to begin the restore.

Note: Depending on the size of your hard drive, it may take some time for the recovery process to finish. By interrupting the recovery process, you might lose important data.

What if your Mac Recovery Mode is not working? How would you be able to recover data from the HFS partition?

With the help of the advanced and robust Partition recovery tool you can restore HFS data on your computer. SFWare Partition Recovery for Mac is all that you needed to perform HFS partition recovery. With its astounding search algorithm the software tracks each sector for the missing data and locate them without any hassle.

Key points to remember before initiating the recovery process:

Stop using the drive immediately when you encounter data is missing from the partition. Overwriting on the drive will cause the permanent loss of existing data on drive.
Do not Format the drive to other file system; this might cause interruption during recovery process and chances of data loss increase.

Steps to Recover Data From HFS/HFS+ Partitions

Download the SFWare Mac Partition recovery software on your computer and launch the application

Select Recover Drives from the main screen. Next, recover Drive/ Partition Recovery option or Formatted Recovery option depending on the data loss crisis
Next, the all the available drives are displayed on the screen. Select the HFS drive and click on Next option
The software scans and shows recovered files either in Data View or File Type View

You can check each file by previewing them before saving. Later, select and save required files on your computer.

Features of SFWare Partition Recovery Tool for Mac

Helps in restoring data from lost HFS volume in many instances including when Disk Utility fails to repair the disk, volume header corruption, catalog file corruption, operating system crash, virus attacks, sudden power failure, etc. on Mac computers
Restore files from SATA, SCSI, IDE, etc.
Easily recovers data when unreadable, inaccessible HFS partition and also from RAW partitions.
You can also make use of this software when you do not recognize the external hard drive on Mac.
Supports recovery from all the version of Mac OS including the new macOS Catalina, Mojave and others
Ensures safe recovery from all the Mac file systems like APFS, Mac Extended, FAT or exFAT.

5 Easy Ways to Repair Corrupt PowerPoint File

Summary:

Microsoft PowerPoint is the most commonly used application to create and deliver presentations in schools, offices and wide variety of places across the globe. However, PPT and PPTX files created using PowerPoint is not free from corruption. If your PowerPoint file is damaged or corrupt, this article guides you on how to repair corrupt PPT file in all the versions including latest 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 and older.

Repair Corrupt PowerPoint File

MS PowerPoint is the most useful application used in every field of work. There are various reasons that contribute towards making these PowerPoint files corrupt. Leaving you with no choice than seeking help online.

What Causes PowerPoint File to Corrupt?

PowerPoint File Corruption can be caused due to sudden system termination when PowerPoint is still in use. Viruses like Trojan, adware’s, malware can cause damage to your PPT /PPTX files. And corruption due to presence of bad sectors on the drive where PowerPoint (PPT or PPTX) files are saved and unsupported file types included in the PPT and add-ons makes your file unreadable.

Indications of PPT file corruption

You may experience one of the following symptoms when your PPT file is corrupted.

This is not a PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by <file_name>.ppt
Part of the file is missing.
The PowerPoint found a problem with the content

You would notice corruption in 2 ways. One of the PowerPoint corruptions allows you to open the presentation file but you will not be able to access the file. The other form of corruption doesn’t allows you to open the presentation file. Let us see different ways to fix corrupted PowerPoint file.

If you are able to open the Presentation File

If the PPT presentation cannot be opened

Part 1: Methods to repair a corrupt PowerPoint file if you are able to open the PPT file

If your PPT/PPTX files are opening but unable to access the contents of the file, you can follow below mentioned methods.

Reuse the slides from the corrupted file

In this method, you can repair the PowerPoint file by extracting the slides present in the corrupted file.

Open PowerPoint and create a blank PPT
Go to the Home tab -> click on Reuse Slides
A dialogue box would now appear. Click on Browse and select the corrupted PPT file you want to restore. Now click on Insert All
All your corrupted slides in exception to slide master would appear in your new presentation. You can save (Ctrl + S)the file.

Apply the corrupt presentation file as a template

Open a new blank Presentation and save the file
Type in a new name -> press enter
Now go to the Design tab -> click on More in the Theme group.
Click on Browse for themes.
Now, look for the corrupted PPT file and select Apply
This method should work to open your corrupted presentation. You can save (Ctrl + S) the files.

If you come across any unexpected behavior of the file such as abrupt closing of slides or file not responding, the template may have damaged the presentation. In such situations you can make use of SFWare PowerPoint File repair tool to fix the corruption in your PPT files.

Part 2: Methods to fix the corruption if presentation can’t be opened

If you are unable to even open up the presentation, here are the few methods that helps you fix the corruption and allows you to open the PPT file.

Insert the slides into Blank PPT

Open PowerPoint and create a new blank presentation (Ctrl + N)
Next, go to the Home tab -> click on New Slides ->Reuse Slides.
Select the corrupted file and click on Insert All ->Save (Ctrl + S) the presentation.
Now go to the Design tab -> click on More and select Browse for themes
Select the corrupted PPT file -> Apply ->Save the presentation

Try opening the presentations temporary file version

PowerPoint has a built in feature to create temporary files when files are being edited. This temporary file is named PPT ####.tmp (Where #### refers to random four-digit number). With the help of these temporary files you can try fixing the corruption in PowerPoint files.

Select the temp file corresponded to your corrupt file -> Rename
Change the old file-name extension from .tmp to .pptx so that the file name resembles the following file name: PPT ####.pptx
Now, Start PowerPoint. On the File menu -> select Open.
Browse to the folder that contains the renamed file.
Try to open the file in PowerPoint.

Note: You may find more than one file that corresponds to the needed temporary file. In this case, you may have to open each file to see whether which one is the temporary copy of the presentation file.

It is quite a challenging task to search the temp files to fix the corrupt PowerPoint file. This is because if you have many versions of the PPT files, you will find the many temp files. 

It is an irritating task to individually open every file and find the required file. To avoid all such chaos, you have a option of making using a completely automated tool that can do the job of repairing corrupt PPT file in few clicks.

With SFWare, you can easily repair the PPT files that refuse to open and recover your PowerPoint files. The efficient algorithm of the software makes it easy to fix the error and extracts the all the content from the corrupted PPT, PPTX and PPS files. Also, retrieves individual slides with their header and footers without any hassle. Download the software now to experience the effortless way to fix the corruption.

The software works on all versions of PowerPoint including the latest 2019, 2016, 2010, 2013 etc. on all Windows platforms.

How to Repair corrupt PowerPoint files using SFWare PowerPoint Repair Tool?

To repair the corrupt PPT /PPTX files without any hassle, download and install SFWare PowerPoint File Repair software. Launch the software.

Step 1: Select the corrupt PPT/PPTX/PPS file to repair by browsing in your computer.
Repair corrupt PowerPoint file

Step 2: Now, click on the Repair button to start the scan process

Repairs corrupt PPT file

Step 3: As the repair process ends, a window will prompt showing that repair was successful.

Save the repaired corrupt PPT file

Now, select the destination location or drive to store the repaired PPT file.

The Bottom line:

All the methods explained in this article to fix corruption in the PowerPoint file will certainly help you fix any issues with your PPT file.

If you feel the manual methods are time consuming and complex, you have another option to fix the corrupt PPT or PPTX files, using he most recommended and trusted tool is SFWare PowerPoint file repair tool.

If you were successful or had any questions in fixing the corrupt or damaged PPT files with the help of the methods described in the article, drop your comments in the below space.

How to Fix RAW SD Card & Recover Data?

Summary:

Did you just encounter that your SD card drive is displaying RAW instead of NTFS or FAT file systems? It means, your SD card has turned RAW and you will not be able to access any data stored on the drive. The free methods described in the article will not only help you fix the RAW file system problem but also helps you recover data from RAW SD card drive without letting you lose any data from the SD card.

Quick Navigation:

What is the RAW File System?
What makes an SD card turn RAW?
Recover data from RAW SD card
3 methods to fix the RAW file system in SD card
Frequently Asked Question

Why SD Card Turned RAW?

SD card displays RAW when the OS is unable to recognize the file system on the SD card of your camera or any device.

RAW drive indicates that the file system is unreadable by the OS. For the OS to recognize the File system, SD card has to be formatted to any other format such as NTFS or FAT.

Signs of RAW SD Card:

Few RAW file system errors that you might have encountered when your SD card turns RAW

The disk in drive is not formatted; do you want to format it now?
Drive cannot be recognized or detected
Drive is inaccessible.
The drive shows 0 byte.
Drive is not initialized or cannot be used.
You need to format the disk in drive before using it
Invalid media type reading drive. Abort, Retry, Fail? And other error messages

Reasons Why SD Card showing RAW File System

As explained above, the RAW file system appears when the OS doesn’t recognize the file system of the SD card. OS fails to recognize the drive when it cannot reach out to the Partition table or Master boot sector to get information about the drive.

Therefore any damage caused to the partition table or boot sectors could lead to a RAW file system.
Another major cause could be Virus or malware that are aimed to damage the boot sector and MBR.
Improper partitioning of the drives i also one of the notorious causes leading to RAW drive

However, there are few circumstances where your partition table, boot sector will be undamaged and yet your Windows displays an RAW file system error the disk in drive is not formatted. If you go by the error and if you choose to format the RAW drive, your data will be at stake.

RAW SD Card Recovery

RAW SD card recovery is recommended before fixing RAW SD card because fixing the RAW file system on camera or phones involves Formatting.

Formatting the drive will completely erase the data from the SD card. Therefore, it is recommended to recover data from the SD card drive before formatting and later perform repairs on the drive.

Designed with the most streamlined recovery algorithm the SFWare SD card recovery tool ensures recovery of files from RAW drive quick and easy. The tool easily reaches each sector of the drive to find the lost or missing files from the drive. Try recovering your files by downloading the software now and experience the hassle-free recovery of RAW drive.

How to Recover Data from RAW SD Card?

To recover data from RAW SD card, download and install the SFWare SD Data Recovery Software on your system. Launch the application. You need to connect the RAW SD card drive to the computer using any card reader in which software has been installed. After connecting the SD card, follow the below given steps:

Step 1: From the main screen, select Recover Drive/Partition option then, select Drive/Partition Recovery

recover data from SD card turned RAw

Step 2: In the next screen, you will be able to see all the available drives including SD card drive. Choose the drive that represents your SD card and click on Next option.

Select the card drive

Step 3: The scanning process initiates and after scanning completes, you will be able to see the recoverable files in Data View or File Type View.

View recoverable files from drive in Data View or File Type View

After completion of recovery process, preview recovered files and Save them in any location of your choice.

Once data has been recovered from the RAW file system, go ahead with the methods to fix SD card’s raw drive.

How to Fix Raw File System on SD Card?

With the help of below mentioned 3 methods you can easily fix the RAW file system on SD card

You can fix the RAW file system problem using any one of the approaches given below. To perform any of the methods, you need to connect your Camera or phone SD card to your computer.

Format the RAW SD Card using Diskpart command

Diskpart is a command interpreter that helps you manage your computer drives such as disks, partitions and volumes.

1. Right-click on Start and select Command Prompt (Administrator).
2. Now you need to enter diskpart and press Enter again.
3. Type list disk and hit Enter again. Select your RAW SD card and type:
4. Type Disk * format fs=FAT32. (Replace * with the drive letter of your RAW SD card. Instead of FAT32, you can use exFAT, FAT or NTFS or recommended file system)

Once the process completes. Unplug the SD card reader and install in again.

Use File Explorer to Fix RAW SD Card

1. Right-click on Start and select File Explorer.
2. Right-click on RAW SD card
3. Select Format option from the list and set NTFS or FAT32 File System. Click ok.

Once you format the file system of the SD card, remove the SD card safely and verify again.

Format the RAW SD Card drive with Disk Management

Disk management is a system utility that helps you perform all the advanced storage tasks such as setting up a new drive, initializing a new drive, extending the partition etc. to format the RAW SD card following the below steps.

1. On the desktop, right-click on This PC -> My Computer.
2. Next, click Manage -> Disk Management.
3. Choose the RAW SD card among the available volumes and right-click on it.
4. Select the format and file system (FAT, exFAT, FAT32, NTFS). Click OK.

After the completion of the process, verify the file system on the SD card.

By the end, you will be able to fix the corrupt, damaged, or RAW SD card. If you have successfully formatted your drive using any of the above mentioned methods, drop your reviews in the comment section below.

Frequently Asked Question

What does it mean if my SD card is RAW?

RAW is a file format that is obtained by SD card when the file system is corrupt or damaged. When SD card turns RAW, the drive becomes unreadable by the operating system and hence, data becomes inaccessible. To fix the RAW file format in SD card must be formatted to either NTFS or FAT32 file systems.

How can I recover my SD card from RAW without formatting?

When SD card display RAW file format, the best way to recover data without formatting is to use the professional SD card recovery tool. SFWare is the most recommended tool that comes in handy to recover data when SD card drive turns RAW. With its best search algorithm, the software can recover RAW files from the

How to fix & recover data from SD card without formatting?

- To fix RAW SD card without formatting, try using another device such as USB Port, Card Reader, or PC and verify if the problem exists.
- You can Assign a New Drive Letter, Reinstall SD Card drivers and check if the SD card still shows Raw.
- You can make use of command prompt, Diskpart Command to fix the RAW SD card.

How do I convert RAW files to normal file system?

To convert RAW file format to normal (NTFS or FAT32) file system, go to This PC or Disk Management, right-click on the RAW SD card, select Format. Select the file system from the drop down and set Volume Label, File System (NTFS), and Allocation unit size. …

Once you complete the reformatting process, you can access SD card drive as normal.

How to Fix a Damaged Partition and Restore Data?

Summary:

Physical hard drive can be divided into several partitions to manage your storage space. What if one of your partitions that hold your important data is damaged or corrupted? How would you repair the damaged partition and recover data from it? This free guide will let you know the simple methods to repair the damaged partition and recover data from the same.

What is a Damaged Partition?

A Partition is said to be damaged or corrupted when the data present on the partitions becomes inaccessible. Also, you will be unable to access the complete drive or partition that has your important data.

There are chances if the partition that holds the program files gets damaged, you will not be able to access your computer and encounter an error Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing

If your computer is functioning well, the good news is that your main partition that holds the operating system might not be the one damaged. Now, let us see what makes the partition inaccessible.

What Can Damage a Partition?

Below listed are the few of the common reasons that are responsible for partition damage.

Corrupt Partition Table: Partition table holds all the information related to the partition such as location, size, type etc. and is associated with MBR. MBR stores information of the logical partitions and file system organized on the drives.

If MBR or the partition table gets damaged or corrupted, that could lead to the accessibility of the partition.

Improper Partition Handling: Human errors are always one of the reasons for partition damage. Interrupting the transfer process on your hard drive or improper repartitioning of your hard drive could lead to partition damage and lead to the error partition is missing.

Virus Infection: Using an virus infected USB or downloading content from a non trusted site might bring down the virus to your computer. Many viruses can directly damage the boot sectors and partition table that interns make partition to disappear.

Irrespective of the causes, you can still fix the bad partition and restore your important data from the damaged partition.

How To Repair Damaged Partitions?

A partition is said to be damaged or corrupted when the Operating system fails to recognize partition. However, repairing a damaged partition is a simple process. Follow the below mentioned steps using command prompt to manually fix damaged partition:

Method 1: Fix Damaged Partition using CHKDSK

Right Click on the Start Button (Windows 8) → Click on Command Prompt (Run as administrator)
Type chkdsk F: /f /r /x [Where F refers to the drive that you want repair]

Once the process gets completed, verify whether files present in the partition are in the healthy condition and can be accessed.

If you still unable to access data on the drive, you can try formatting the drive. If there any damage in the file system, formatting the drive could fix the problem.

Important note: It is important to know that the the next method- Formatting the drive, involves erasing of data from the drive. Therefore, it is suggested to recover data from the drive and then try formatting the drive.

Method 2: Format the drive to fix Corruption

Once a partition is severely damaged and it can’t be fixed using CHKDSK, the best way to repair it is to format it back to its original state. Formatting is the process of erasing anything on that partition. As a result, you’re left with a clean slate to start again from.

Right-click on the Start button and select Disk Management.
Right-click on the partition you want to repair and select Format.
Add a name for the new partition and make sure Perform a quick format is ticked. Press OK.

A final confirmation message will remind you to back up, recover any data that you need before formatting. Press OK.

Once the partition has been formatted, you can move your files back across and access the data.

If you are unable to access the data from the repaired partition, here is the most recommended tool to restore data from the damaged partition. SFWare Partition Recovery Tool is designed with an advanced algorithm that can reach out to all the inaccessible sectors on the hard drive to recover your lost data.

Be it NTFS, FAT or exFAT, SFWare identifies most of the file system and helps you recover every format of data that you have lost. To recover data from the damaged partition, click on the download button and try it for free now.

How to Recover Data from a Damaged Partition?

With just 4 simple steps you can recover data from the corrupt or damaged partition without any hassle. Download and install the SFWare Partition Recovery Tool. Launch the application on your computer.

Recover Damaged Partition Data

Select the Drive/Partition Recovery from the main screen. Select the damaged volume and click on the next button to start the scanning process. After the completion of the scanning process, the recovered files will be displayed in both Data View and File Type View.

View Recovered Corrupted Partition data

The tool will facilitate a preview of recovered data from the damaged partition. At last, if you are satisfied with the recovered data go ahead and save them on to desired location.

Tips to Avoid Partition Damage

You can avoid damage or corruption on the partition by following simple techniques-

Make use of trusted anti virus tool to keep your computer drives free from virus and malwares
Run CHKDSK regularly to fix the bad sectors on the partition
To avoid file system damage or corruption ensure consistent power supply when partitioning the hard disk

How to Recover Data From Formatted SSD?

Summary:

Formatting the drive is not that uncommon nowadays as every computer user formats the drive to increase the drive performance and keep it free from errors. If you are trying to find solutions to recover your important data from the formatted SSD, this article speaks about unformatting the solid state drive to recover data from the same.

Most of the users go for SSD due to its inspiring performance over HDD such as reliability, speed, durability, and cost-effectiveness. Regardless of being so popular and efficient, SSD drives are still vulnerable to errors and corruption unlike other storage drives that certainly leads to formatting the drive.

Why Do We End up Formatting the SSD?

There may be various reasons that might lead you to format the SSD. Few of the most common scenarios for formatting the solid state drive:

Accidental Formatting: You may have accidentally formatted SSD while trying to format some other drive.
When SSD turns RAW: When drive turns RAW or the File system becomes unrecognizable by the OS of your PC, it’s certain to opt for formatting the drive.
Virus or Malware: You might attempt to format the SSD drive when it gets severely affected by virus or malware.
Corruption in the SSD: Due to a corrupt file system, SSD drive gets inaccessible and you may have to reformat the drive to get rid of file system related errors, which leads to data loss.
While re-partitioning the SSD: When you try to shrink or extend the SSD partition that leads to formatting the drive.

Is It Possible to Recover Formatted SSD?

The answer would be absolutely yes. When you format the SSD, the data stored on the SSD, any photos, videos or files are marked as deleted and becomes invisible on SSD to the user. Meanwhile, you would be risking your data when you try overwriting new data on the same drive.

Therefore, it is strictly recommended not to use the SSD until you perform a data recovery from the drive.

How to Unformat a SSD?

Be it any SSD, with the help of the trusted SSD recovery software, you can easily recover formatted SSD data. SFWare SSD recovery software is the most recommended software designed efficiently to unformat the solid-state drives.

With the help of the advanced scanning algorithms the tool reaches each sector on the drive to unformat the SSD. Further, it has user-friendly interface that make the recovery process effortless and trouble-free. You can try unformatting the drive for free by downloading it now…

How to Recover Data from Formatted SSD?

Connect the SSD drive to a healthy Windows or Mac computer and allow it to get detected by your computer. Download and install SFWare SSD Recovery Software in your PC and launch the application.

Note: If you have enabled TRIM on your SSD, it’s close to impossible to recover data from the SSD. At first verify whether your SSD status with TRIM command and follow the procedure.

Form the main screen select Recover Drive/Partitions and next, the option Formatted Recovery
Next, choose the SSD from which you want to recover the formatted data
Scanning process initiates. Once scanning completes, you will be able to see the recovered data in Data View or File Type View.
At last, save the recovered data to your desired location on the system or any other storage device

About SFWare:

The software not only helps to recover data from the formatted drive, but also useful in recovering data from the corrupted drives and dead drives.

With the help of the SFWare SSD recovery software, you can easily recover data from SATA, SCSI, IDE hard drives, flash memory cards, external hard drives, iPods, etc.

The tool Supports all popular brands of SSD drives like Samsung, Transcend, OCZ, SanDisk, Seagate, and many others on all Windows and Mac platforms including new Windows 10 and macOS Catalina, Mojave and others.

How to Fix PowerPoint Found a Problem With Content?

Summary:

No meetings go without the PPT presentation. PowerPoint Presentation is the main element of any discussion or a conference. What if your important PPT presentation is wedged due to “PowerPoint found a problem with the content” error? If you are looking out for a method to fix the error and go on with the PPT, here are the most proficient ways to fix the error.

The error “PowerPoint found a problem with content” in presentation could be seen in both .ppt and .pptx files but most commonly observed in .pptx files. The issue often appears on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 computers. Let us see what causes the error PPT found a problem with content in your presentation.

What causes the “PowerPoint found a problem with content” issue?

There are multiple reasons that cause the error in your presentation. Few of the major trouble causing reasons are listed below.

Your PPT file is blocked:

If you are downloading a file from any website, the chances of your operating system blocking it being modified. is high as they might contain viruses in them. Virus could affect the performance of your device and cause corruption on the drive.

File Located in Synchronizing folder:

If your file is present in the synchronizing folder such as Dropbox or OneDrive, the PPT file displays the error PowerPoint found a problem with content. This is because; a synchronizing folder disables the .ppt/.pptx file to work accurately.

The File is not located in the Trust list:

The folder that is hosting the .ppt / .pptx files should be added in the trust list of the PowerPoint. Inappropriate placement of your PPT files can lead to the errors with content in a Presentation.

Protected view is enabled:

If you have enabled the Protected Views, there are chances of encountering the error the PowerPoint found a problem with content. Because the enabled protected view option refuses to open the file downloaded from any direct URL or any Outlook attachments.

PowerPoint File Corruption

Last but not the least, corruption in the PPT / PPTX file or drive where your files are placed can play an important role in not opening your .ppt file.

Therefore, after discussing the reasons, now you all might have an idea that why is your file causing problems with the content in the PPT file. Let’s see various methods to fix the error that makes your PPT file work accurately.

Note: If you are aware of the cause of the error, you can click here to directly dive into the associated solution listed at the end of the article.

User case 1:

PowerPoint found Problem with content

Hi, I tried fixing the issue by clicking on the repair option displayed along with the error but I am still unable to open my file and received another pop up message stating PowerPoint cannot read my file. This presentation is extremely important for tomorrow’s discussion. Please help me fix the issue and open the file.

PPTX error

If you have tried fixing the error by clicking on Repair option provided along with the error and still unable to fix the error, this must be due to severe corruption in the file or the drive where it is located. In such a situation, all you need is an efficient PowerPoint file repair tool that helps you fix the error on the file and recovers your file without losing your important data.

SFWare PowerPoint File Repair tool not only fixes the corrupted PPT files, but also recovers the slides of all the files present on PPT with text, formatting, images, animations, sounds, tables, hyperlinks etc. Therefore, it extracts the complete objects of the corrupted file. The software works on all versions of PowerPoint including the latest 2019, 2016, 2010, 2013 etc. on all Windows platforms.

User case 2:

Hi, I tried repairing the file using the repair option. Later I didn’t receive any error message further as stated in the User case 1. But I am still unable to open the PowerPoint file due to the error PowerPoint found the problem with content. How to fix the error to open the file again?

How To Fix PowerPoint Found A Problem With Content?

Below mentioned are the methods to fix the issue PPT found problem with content in presentation.

Unblock the PowerPoint file

This method can help you fix the error if the problem in content is caused by the OS blocking the file.
Fix PPT has problem with content error

Verify where your PPT / PPTX file is located. Go to the file location and Select the file.
Right-click on the file → Click on Properties → Select the General tab
Click on the Unblock button to unlock this particular PowerPoint PPTX file. Click OK

Try opening the file now and verify whether the error still persists or not. If you successfully complete the procedure, there should not be any errors.

Move Your PowerPoint File from Synchronized Folder

Locate your synchronized directory where you have stored the file currently.
Right-click on the file and select Cut (Ctrl + X)
Go to a regular directory and paste the file (Ctrl + V)
Open the file with your PowerPoint application again and see if the issue has been resolved.

If you’re still encountering the “PowerPoint found a problem with content” error, move down to the next method below.

Add your File to the Trust List

If you are facing the issue due to a file not being added in the trust list, this method should work for you. Follow the steps to fix the error. PowerPoint found a problem with the content.
Fix PPT problem with content-Trust Center

Open up any other existing PowerPoint presentation file on your PC.
Click on File → Options → Trust Center → Trust Center Setting
Now, click on Trusted locations option and add new location
Click on browse and add the location of the file that is facing the issue.

Once you complete performing the steps, restart your PowerPoint application file without any error.

Disable the Protected Views

Follow the below given instruction to disable the protected views from the file.

Open any other PowerPoint file located in different folder
Click on the File menu and then click Options
On the left side of the screen, find the button that shows trust centers >>Press the Trust Center Settings → Protected views and un-check all the given options.
Click the button OK.

Open up your file and see if the issue is solved.

If the errors are not taken care of at the right time, this could even cause trouble to your PowerPoint application. If any time your Power Point application stops responding or hangs frequently, click on the link given and fix the issues related to the application

How to Recover Data from Laptop Hard Drive?

Summary:

Usage of laptop is increasing day by day. The application of computers in various fields has increased the demand for laptops as it is compact. Increasing popularity doesn’t mean that your laptop hard disk is free from data loss. You can probably predict if your laptop is going to die with the help of a few signs like degradation in performance but it can also happen abruptly. However, in the end your important files and data will be going for the toss. In this article, you will learn the easy ways to access and recover files from laptop hard drives.

Laptop Hard Drive Recovery

What is a Dead Laptop? Is it possible to recover data from a dead Laptop’s hard drive?

Physical damage or hardware failure can be the reason why your laptop is dead. This means no display, no sign of power supply and no access to your valuable data. But that doesn’t mean the hard drive that has data is also dead. Therefore, it is possible to recover data from dead laptop hard drives. All you have to do is, remove the HDD from the dead computer and connect it to a healthy computer.

What if your laptop is turning on and not booting into the operating System?

If you are wondering, is it possible to recover data from a hard disk that won’t boot? The answer is, yes you can recover data from the unbootable hard drive.

Laptop hard drive turns unresponsive or inaccessible because it is not booting into the operating system. You might think the data stored in laptop hard drive is completely lost. But in real-time, minor connectivity failures between a hard drive and motherboard or an operating system glitch can also cause the laptop to stop responding.

You can use various troubleshooting methods to fix the issue or recover data from the hard disk that won’t boot by clicking on the link provided.

How to Recover Data from Laptop Hard Drive without Software?

This is a simple procedure which does not require any technical assistance; all you need is the following essentials to recover data from a dead hard drive.

Healthy computer
Hard drive dock
Toolkit

Follow the steps cautiously because hard drive is made up of fragile materials, any mishap causes physical damages to drive:

1: Initially, switch off the laptop and remove the battery. Remove all the cables going out and coming into the laptop.

2: Turn the computer upside down, remove the casing, locate the hard drive. Then start unscrewing all the screws around the drive. Now gently detach the hard drive from the laptop.

3: Now switch on the healthy computer, connect the USB hard drive dock to the computer.

4: Connect the laptop hard drive to the external dock connected to the computer.

5: Once the computer recognizes the drive, access the hard drive data to copy and save it in the backup drive.

Once the hard drive is recognized in the new computer, it means there is no existing physical or hardware failure on the drive. Even after connecting the laptop hard drive to a healthy computer, you might fail to access the hard drive data. This can be due to corruption in the drive or if all your data is saved in the same logical partition as the Operating system.

However, Laptop hard drives might become inaccessible due to both hard drive failure and software failures. Most of the errors and accidental formatting or deleting a partition, abrupt system shutdown, force shutdown, and many more leads to data loss from laptop hard disk.

Laptop Hard Disk Recovery

Among many instances of data loss faced by Windows or Mac users, it is always recommended to make use of the most trusted hard drive recovery tool to recover files from laptop’s hard drive.

SFWare hard drive recovery tool is the most reliable and downloaded recovery software to address data loss due to logical failure issues. The tool is enabled with a highly efficient search algorithm. That makes the tool to perform quick data recovery from corrupt, formatted hard drives without affecting the integrity of the data.

SFWare laptop hard drive data recovery tool is built to provide one definite solution to recover data. Recovers data from most of the uncertain data loss scenarios faced by the user. This tool has easy user interface design that assists the user to perform the recovery steps within less time.

Quick Steps to Recover Files from Laptop Hard Drive

To start the laptop data recovery process using SFWare Hard Drive Recovery software, you are requested to download and install this tool on your Windows or Mac computer and launch the application.

Step 1: To recover files from laptop hard drive, select Drive/Formatted Recovery from main screen.

Laptop hard drive recovery

Step 2: Now from the list of drives, select the hard drive on which you want to perform hard drive recovery

Select Drive to reacover data from laptop hard drive

After few minutes of scanning process, software displays all recoverable files on the next screen

Step 3: Use Data View or File Type View to Preview the files before restoring it from drive.

recovered files from laptop hard drives

Step 4: Next select the files you want to recover from the hard drive. Select the destination drive to save the recovered data from the hard drive. preview files and save the hard drive files

How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files on Windows?

Summary:

There may be situations where you end up losing your important files permanently due to uncertain reasons. The following write-up guides you to recover permanently deleted files from any Windows computers.

We all know, once the file is deleted and moved to Recycle Bin. What if you have cleared the Recycle Bin? Or deleted the file using Shift + Delete keys? In such cases restoring permanently deleted files could be challenging.

Is it possible to recover permanently deleted files or files deleted from Recycle Bin? Well, stick to the article to know the most efficient ways to restore permanently deleted files from all Windows versions including 10/ 8 / XP/ Vista and other versions.

Can I recover permanently deleted files from my PC?

Yes, you can recover permanently deleted files from your computer. Be it Windows or Mac, when files are deleted from the drive, they are not permanently deleted from the drive. Instead the pointers holding the address of the files will be deleted. Therefore, you will be not able to find the file. However, with the help of some simple solutions provided here, you can easily get back these files.

Important Note: It is recommended to avoid using the system until you recover data from the drive. Using the system after a data loss will overwrite the existing files and make recovery difficult.

How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files?

Following are the 3 simple methods to recover permanently deleted files:

Recover Deleted Files using File History Feature
Recover Deleted files using System Restore
Recover permanently deleted files from Windows 11/10 and other versions

Note: There are certain limitations to restore files from the above-mentioned two methods.

In the first case, the File History option should be enabled even before files were deleted or lost from the drive.

In the second case, restore points should have been created before the files were permanently deleted from the system.

If both these criteria do not match then both the solutions mentioned above might not be of much use. You will need software to recover permanently deleted files.

You can directly move to recover the permanently deleted files or files deleted using Shift + Deleted keys quickly with a trusted recovery tool.

Recover Permanently Deleted Files using File History

The File History feature is an added benefit in Windows computers when it comes to backing up your personal files and folders.

To restore your files using File History:

Restore permanently deleted files using File History

Click on the Start menu and type Restore your files
From the search results, select Restore files using File History
Here, you can search for particular files giving specific file names or you can look for the files by scrolling left and right

Select the file you want to restore and click Restore to restore the permanently deleted file

Recover Permanently Deleted Files using System Restore

System Restore allows the state of the computer to revert back to that previous point in time that was created before deleting the files permanently.

This feature built-in Windows can be used to recover data lost or deleted when a system goes wrong or other problems such as errors or bad sectors on the hard drive.

To restore your system from an earlier point, follow the steps below

Create restore point to recover permanently deleted files

Click on the Start menu and type Restore
Click on Create a restore point from the search results
Click System Restore in the System Properties window that opens and Enter the Next button

System Restore to restore deleted files

Now, all the restore points available will be displayed. Choose the most recent restore point, so you don’t face a huge data loss.

Recover permanently deleted photos from Windows PC

Click Scan for affected programs to see all the programs and drivers that might get affected by performing this System Restore. And then choose the restore point.
Click on Finish to confirm the system restore and restore your system

Note: This method works only for storing System files and files saved on the desktop. You can only recover data that was saved before creating a System Restore Point. Changes done after the System Restore Point cannot be recovered.

As mentioned earlier the above-mentioned methods work only if you have created a restore point earlier. With the help of SFWare Deleted file recovery software, you can easily recover permanently deleted files.

Be it any file format such as Word files, Excel, PDFs, images, videos, audio files, etc. can be recovered by the tool. The SFWare Deleted File Recovery tool is designed with the expert scan algorithm that reaches each sector of the hard drive to get back files that you have lost.

Recover Permanently Deleted Files using SFWare

Download and run the SFWare Deleted File Recovery Software

Step 1: Select Recover Deleted Files option in the main screen
Recover permanently deleted files

Step 2: Next, select the drive from where you want to recover permanently deleted files. And click the Next button.
Select the drive to recover permanently deleted files

Step 3: Now, a list of recoverable files will be displayed on the screen in Data type View or File Type.
Preview recovered permanently deleted files

Step 4: Select the required files and save them in any preferred location.

Being a highly compatible tool, SFWare software supports file recovery not only retrieves data from your computers, but also from other storage devices like external hard drives, USB’s, SD cards, iPods, etc.