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“Yesterday, I found that there was only 5GB free space on my C drive and the drive became red. So, I downloaded a partition tool to resize the C drive. After resizing the C drive, the system asked me to restart my computer. I restarted my computer – but when I restarted it, all my files on the desktop were lost – not in recycle bin. Is there any way to recover my lost files?” – Micheal

recover lost data after resizing C drive

“Hi, I used a disk tool to repartition my hard drive to resize the C drive – the system crashed after repartition the C drive. So, I have to reinstall the system. Is it possible to recover my data from the C drive after reinstalling the system?” – Lily

How to recover lost data after resizing or repartitioning C drive? Don’t worry, data recovery software can help you recover lost data after resizing or repartitioning C drive whether the system has been crashed or not. First of all, let’s introduce powerful data recovery software for recovering los data from resized C drive.

Data Recovery Software for C drive data recovery

Do Your Data Recovery is the recommended software in this article to help users to recover lost data after resizing or repartitioning C hard drive. This powerful data recovery software not only can help you recover lost data from resized c drive on PC, but it also can help you recover lost data from resized system hard drive on Mac.

  • Recover lost data after resizing C drive.
  • Recover lost data after repartitioning C drive.
  • Recover deleted or lost hard drive partition.
  • Recover lost data from crashed C drive.
  • Recover lost data after reinstalling system on C drive.

This C drive data recovery software is pretty simple to use. So, even the most inexperienced users can use it to recover lost data after resizing C drive. It is 100% safe, will never cause any damage to your data or system.

Easy steps to recover lost data after resizing C drive

Step 1: Download and install C drive data recovery software.

First of all, download and install Do Your Data Recovery on your PC or Mac. Then run it on your computer.

Step 2: Select the C hard drive to scan.

After running Do Your Data Recovery on your computer, it will show you all hard drives and deleted partitions on your computer. Just select the C drive to start data recovery.

recover lost data after resizing C drive

Step 3: Select the file types you want to recover.

Select the file types you want to recover, choose advanced recovery mode. Then click on “Scan” button to scan the C drive to find your lost data.

recover lost data after resizing C drive

Step 4: Preview and recover lost data.

When the scan is completed, just preview and recover the lost data.

recover lost data after resizing C drive

The advanced recovery mode will deeply scan the C drive and find every recoverable file on the C drive. The recoverable files will be listed in three styles: Path, File Type, Time. So, you can easily locate the files you want to recover.

The steps above can help you easily and completely recover lost files after resizing C drive. Just free download Do Your Data Recovery to scan the C drive. It also can help you export data from deleted/lost hard drive partition.

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Written & Updated by Justin Kenny

Justin Kenny is a writer & editor of DoYourData. He joined DoYourData in 2016 and focuses on writing articles about Windows data recovery, Mac data recovery, external device data recovery, hard drive clone, data erasure, Mac cleanup, computer issue fixes, etc. He is a super fan of Apple devices and is big on testing new digital device and system utility software.

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