Get Back Moved Folders

You may rarely lose important info when folders are moved from one storage location to other. With the latest technology, you are provided with many shortcuts to easily transfer files and folders without causing any problem to original data contents

However, there are times in which one may lose folders after / while moving. Let's consider a scenario; your system used to restart frequently in midst of any data activity. So, you thought of backing up vital folders and transferred all required folders to a safer drive. Unfortunately, before taking complete back up the system restarted again during transfer process. Few folders went missing from both destination and source locations and you are unable to find those folders even after searching in different logical drives of your system. Apart from this, here are some more scenarios that leads to loss of folders while moving:

  • Sudden power fluctuation / abrupt removal of external storage media while transferring folders from external drive to computer or vice versa may cause loss of folders
  • It is better to use Copy Paste option instead of Cut and Paste options, because any interruption occurring before you paste the cut folders can result in missing of those folders
  • Sometimes utilization of incompatible third party tool may tend to loss of important folders from drive or partition
  • Instead of clicking for move option on selected folders from portable storage device, accidentally clicking on delete option will remove such folders without sending to Recycle Bin

Don't get worried!! In all of these conditions, folders will not be lost permanently; they still stay in same memory space. They get lost only when its space is overwritten with new file content. Hence, it is advised you to use prominent recovery tool immediately after facing loss of moved folders.

Software to recover moved folder:

Losing crucial folders saved on computer or any external storage device while moving can be very frustrating as you might have worked hard on it for very long time. Getting hassle is not the best thing; make use of proficient data recovery tool like Yodot File Recovery and easily extract lost moved folders on Windows system. With the help of simple graphical user interface of this tool, you can restore missed folders without any worries. This utility supports to extract DLL files, documents, PST file, generic media files (Pictures, audios and videos), DBX files and others from deleted, lost or hidden folders. It can bring back folders from various drives like flash drive, memory card, external hard drive, FireWire drive, SSD drives and so on. It does not alter the structure of original file during recovery process as it includes read-only algorithms. Folders from storage devices formatted with FAT16, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 and ReFS file system can be easily recovered using this application. This program supports Windows operating systems namely Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Procedure to retrieve moved folder:

  • Download Yodot File Recovery software on Windows desktop and install it
  • Then launch the tool and follow the given instructions
  • On main screen you will get two options like 'Deleted File Recovery' and 'Lost File Recovery'
  • In that select 'Lost File Recovery' option to restore lost folders and proceed next
  • Select the drive or partition from where moved folders are lost
  • Now select the file types or hit on 'Skip' option to select all file types by default; then initiate its scanning
  • After finishing of scanning process, this app will allow you to see all recovered folders in 'Data View' or 'File Type View'
  • Finally save those retrieved folders using 'Save' option in desired destination location

Points to Remember:

  • Stop using your system, when you get to know that some of your crucial files and folders are missing or erased
  • Back up important files and folders in separate external drives regularly
  • When system has any updates, close all running programs before restarting your desktop

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