How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files???

Updated on February 6, 2020

It's happened to most of us. We delete an important file accidentally, while deleting the unwanted stuffs from our computer, SD card, external hard drive, and other USB storage drives. And then we realize that we need that file back. This guide is for such users who deleted their important files accidentally, and searching for a solution to recover them back.

Actually, when files are deleted from computer, external hard drive, SD card, or other USB devices, they are not gone forever. When the files are deleted, just the memory space occupied them are freed up for storing new files. Untill the deleted files memory space is overwritten with new files, those files are recoverable. Once the memory space occupied by the deleted file is overwritten with new file, then you are gone, as you can't recover the deleted file, once you overwrite on the deleted file.

NOTE: If you want your deleted files back, then immediately stop using the storage drive to avoid overwriting of the files. before it's too late, recover them back with trusted data recovery tool mentioned over in this article.

Before going on how to recover files after accidental deletion, let's have a glance at the scenarios in which we delete our files and folders from our storage devices either accidentally or intentionally. So that we can be more cautious on these factos, and be careful in future to avoid these data loss scenarios.

Many times you might have accidentally erased a wrong file which is important to you. Let’s see, which are these instancesL

• Used "Select All" to erase a bunch of files and that included an important one also
• Used "Ctrl" key for selecting multiple files for deletion and unknowingly selected an important file along with it
• While doing Cut-Copy-Paste
• Used "Shift + Delete" keys for deletion, as this action does not directs the file to recycle bin
• Accidentally deleted files from an external media (when connected to the computer), as this action also doesn’t directs the file to a recycle bin
• Unknowingly erased a large sized file, which failed to get stored in the Recycle Bin

When such accidental file deletion situations occur, a user who is not much tech-savvy presumes that the deleted file is gone forever and is unable to be recover. But this is not true; instead it is still possible to retrieve files that are accidentally deleted, although not by the user, rather by utilizing a suitable data recovery tool.

Yodot File Recovery - Tool to Recover Files after Accidental Deletion..!

Actually for a storage drive delete does not mean delete. Because when you delete a file and not sent to the recycle bin, then only the file name is deleted and all its entries from the file directory of the file system are removed. But the file still remains in the drive until it is overwritten by a new data. (Do not use the drive after data loss).

Utilize the eminent features of Yodot File Recovery software, which is the one-stop way to get back your deleted files either from your hard drive, memory card, USB drive, FireWire or any other storage media. The software ensures complete recovery of files and also facilitates 30 dynamic features which make your recovery experience easy and fast. It recovers documents, music, pictures, videos, graphic images, etc.

Steps to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files

• Download, and install the free edition of Yodot File Recovery software on your computer/laptop
• In case you need to recover deleted files from an external USB drive or memory card then connect it to your computer, by using USB cable or card reader respectively
• Now, launch the software and start the recovery process
• Select "Deleted File Recovery" option from the two options that are displayed on the main screen
• Each and every available drive will be exhibited on the screen. Select the one from which recovery is to be done
• The software scans the selected drive and shows all the files present in it. Files and folders with "Red Cross" indicate that they are the deleted ones
• The screen also displays other details like size, health, file count, modification date and create date. It also provides two view types "Data Type" & "File Type" and also the preview option. All these details and options helps in the easy selection of the deleted files
• Save the recovered files to a separate partition / drive, you may also compress them to save storage space. Since both these options are disabled in the trial version, so use "Save Recovery session" option. This will be helpful in saving time after software purchase

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