It includes tips related to recovering deleted files.
Files that are deleted aren’t usually truly deleted until they are overwritten by something else.
Download a free file recovery programand use it to search for and recover your deleted files.
Extract the portable version of the file recovery tool you chose.
Portable programs usually come inZIP formatthat Windows natively supports.
If you downloaded it to a flash drive, extracting it right there onto the flash drive is ideal.
If you had no choice but to use your hard drive, extract it there.
A data recovery program can’t undelete everything ever deleted and sometimes may only recover part of a file.
You should now have access to your recoverable files.
More Help Recovering Deleted Files
These tips may also help recover deleted files.
The Recycle Bin should be the first place you look to recover deleted files.
See the Data Recovery FAQ, linked above, for some helpful tips.
It definitely helps to be prepared though.
While this is possible in most cases, follow ourtroubleshooting guide for a computer that won’t turn on.
Are you sure the file has actually been deleted?
Use afile search toollikeEverythingto comb through your whole computer for the file.
So, don’t do anything that might cause that to happen.
Most write-heavy tasks are things like installing software, downloading or streaming music or videos, etc.
Before you do anything else, attempt torestore the deleted files from the Recycle Bin.
You’ve probably already looked in the Recycle Bin, but if not, do so now.
The same goes, more obviously, for things like your smartphone.
Very large files from any source are also often deleted outright, skipping the Recycle Bin.
