How to Get Back Lost Files on Windows 8?

Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as a part of Windows NT family of operating system. Windows 8 is a latest version of Window operating systems that comes with more advanced features and security integration. Windows 8 introduced major changes to the operating system platform and user interface to improve its user experience. The new feature and functionality includes a touch screen, faster boot-up, new lock screen with notifications and it also adds native support for USB 3.0 devices.

Consider a situation where you have lost your important files from your Windows 8 computer due to unpredictable reasons. What can you do to rescue all those lost files? How to retrieve them back when you don’t have backup? Well, don’t get panic. You can retrieve those lost files on Windows 8 computer using efficient Windows file recovery software. But, before you are going to know about recovery application, let us see some of the causes for loss of files on Windows 8 system:

• Formatting the hard drive partitions present on Windows 8 leads to file loss
• Malware or virus attack which deletes the directory structure may also be a result of data inaccessibility
• Sometimes files present on Windows 8 might get lost when you restore Windows 8 to its previous restore point
• Files might get lost due to transfer errors while moving them to other storage device

If you can’t find a file on your Windows 8 computer or you accidentally deleted or modified a file, you can restore it using Windows backup or you can try to restore your lost files using File History.

How to restore your files or folders using File History:

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Search and enter restore your files in the search box and then tap or click on Restore your files with File History
• Enter the name of the file you are looking for in the search box or use the left and right arrow to browse through different versions of your folders and files
• Select which files you want to restore to its original location and then tap or click the Restore button
• If you want to restore your files to a different location, then press and hold or right-click the Restore button; click on Restore To and choose a new location

If you are not able to recover your lost files using File History on Windows 8, then the only way to recover lost files is using third party recovery tool. Yodot File Recovery is one of the best third party software that helps you to find and retrieve lost files on Windows 8 and all other versions of Windows operating systems.

Salient features of Yodot File Recovery tool:

Deleted files recovery is well-known recovery software, which helps you to retrieve lost files from Windows 8 computer. This recovery program can even recover erased media files and other documents on Windows 8 system. This tool will help you retrieve files deleted by pressing “Shift + Delete” keys or emptied from Recycle Bin on Windows 8. You can even use this recovery software for retrieving files from portable devices such as external hard drive, memory card, music player, pen drive, USB drive, etc. This file recovery program efficiently works with all versions of Windows operating system.

Procedure for recovering lost files on Windows 8:

• Download and install Yodot File Recovery software to your Window 8 computer
• Run the software to begin the recovery process and follow the instructions present onscreen
• The software displays two options in main screen. i.e., ”Delete File Recovery” and “Lost File Recovery”



• Select “Lost File Recovery” option from the main screen and proceed to next step
• Software will scan the hard drive and shows all the partitions present in Windows 8 computer
• Select the logical drive from where lost files are to be retrieved



• The software scans the selected logical drive and display all the lost files in “Data View” and “File Type View”



• Data View provides the hierarchical view of files and folders similar to windows explorer and File Type View helps to view lost files on basis of file extension
• You can preview the recovered files prior to file restoration



• At last save the retrieved files to your desired destination location