Originally Posted by
sideways14a
You could try one of the many file/partition recovery options, just google it for millions of applications and try it.
As for a NAS this is the way to go for people wanting to store loads.
Set up a NAS on your network which all your devices can see and have access to its share and it will be better.
The best setups are the new boxes which can do unattended continues backups to cloud services like google drive ect.. This way you always have multiple backups, especially if you use raid ect.