“I have accidentally deleted an important Photoshop CS3 file from my Windows computer. After realizing about my mistake, I have visited Recycle Bin to restore that file and right clicked on it to hit on ‘Restore’ option; but instead of hitting on this option I have mistakenly chosen ‘Delete’ option. Now the Photoshop CS3 file is permanently gone from my computer. Can anyone tell me the appropriate way to get my Photoshop CS3 file?”
Photoshop application has been the leading photo editing software for photographers, artists as well as designers. However, Adobe Photoshop CS3 comes in a standard and extended version with specialized features useful in many fields such as medical, manufacturing, science, engineering and so on. It includes outstanding features such as user interface improvements, smart filters, Automatic layer alignment as well as blending, Quick selection tool and refine edge dialogue, camera RAW improvement, Black and white adjustment command, improved curves adjustment etc. that will help you to edit your photos smoothly without any hassle. However, situation never remain same and above instance might hit at any point and make you lose important Photoshop CS3 file.
Most Probable causes for Photoshop CS3 file loss are:
- You may mistakenly erase Photoshop CS3 files from your Windows computer using “Shift + Delete” keys or utilizing Command Prompt function
- Downloading Photoshop CS3 files from non-trustworthy site may make your computer to be a victim of virus attacks which may either corrupt PSD file or delete them without your knowledge
- In case transfer process of PSD CS3 files is halted due to abrupt removal of storage device or power failure, then Photoshop CS3 files from source location may go missing
- Right clicking on Recycle Bin folder and choosing “Empty Recycle Bin” option will remove entire content and if Photoshop CS3 file is stored in it, then they will be permanently erased
Photoshop CS3 files recovery application:
Apart from Recycle Bin and backup feature in Windows computer, there is no other option in it to regain deleted or lost Photoshop CS3 file. Therefore, usage of recovery software such as Yodot Photo Recovery is the optimal solution to get your Photoshop CS3 file back from Windows computer. As Photoshop CS3 file has .psd extension, this application has already listed it in file types list and you can only select .psd file to reduce the time that software takes to scan storage drive. In case you want to restore Photoshop CS3 files from computer containing bad sectors, then you can create image of it using this software and restore PSD file present after bad sectors. It will display type of hard drive, size, start sector as well as total sectors at the time of recovery. Along with Photoshop CS3, it supports to recover Photoshop files of the versions like Photoshop 7.0, Photoshop 6.0, Photoshop 5.5, Photoshop CS, Photoshop CS1, Photoshop CS2, Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS6 retaining its original quality.
Instructions to recover Photoshop CS3 files:
- Download Yodot Photo Recovery software and install it to your Windows computer
- As soon as you run the software, you will find two options namely “Deleted Photo Recovery” and “Lost Photo Recovery”
- Choose anyone according to the situation you have faced
- Now in next screen, all the drives present in your computer will be displayed
- Select the one from where you want to regain Photoshop CS3 file
- Mark on the checkbox beside PSD extension in order to recover only Photoshop file
- Wait till you get another screen and then make your selection using two view types which are “Data View” and “File Type View”
- Preview recovered PSD file and then save them on a desired location
Valuable Information:
- Avoid activities such as disabling Recycle Bin, using Command Prompt function to delete files, using Shift + Delete keys to delete files etc.
- Make sure that you run antivirus scanning on files which you have downloaded from internet
