Software to Recover Deleted Files

after shift delete“Recently I reorganized few of my files and folders on the Windows system. During this process, I deleted many unwanted files. Now, I released that I have deleted some important files along with the unwanted ones. Somehow, I need to restore those files; they are very important to me. So, how to undelete deleted files on Windows computer now?”

This is the typical situation every Windows user may come across one or the other day! And, when you accidentally deleted a file or you can't find a file on your Windows computer, you can restore the deleted file in 3 simple ways.

How to Recover Deleted Files on Windows?

Step 1: Double-click on the Recycle Bin icon present on the desktop. Find your deleted file and right click on it. Select Restore option.

The deleted file is moved to its original location.

Step 2: Connect the drive or storage device where your Windows backup is saved. Open Control Panel, click on System and Maintenance. Select Backup and Restore option. Click on the Restore my files button and choose Browse for files option. Search for your deleted file using its filename and restore it.

Step 3: Navigate to the folder from which you deleted files. Right click on the folder and select Restore previous versions. You will see a list of available previous versions of the folder (if you have created a backup using Windows backup option). Double click on each previous version and look for your deleted files. Finally, copy your deleted files and save them onto your desired location.

In certain conditions, you might have enabled the “Don’t move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted” option on Recycle Bin by mistake or intentionally. You might have used Command Prompt/Shift Delete key combination to delete files or emptied the Recycle Bin after the file deletion. In such cases, you cannot restore deleted files from Recycle Bin since these actions deletes files permanently form Recycle Bin.

Also, you cannot recover deleted files manually when the Previous versions are not available or you don’t have a backup created using Windows Backup and Restore. So, how to recover deleted files in such instances? Don’t worry, make use of a perfect deleted files recovery software like Deleted file recovery and restore deleted files in few simple steps.

Caution: Stop using the storage device (where you deleted files) for saving new files until you recover lost data from it.

Software to Recover Deleted Files:

Yodot File Recovery is one of the best software to recover deleted files on Windows system. It can bring back all types of text files (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF,etc.), image files (JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF etc.) as well as audio/video files (MP3, MOV, MP4, AVI, and so on.) successfully from your PC HDD. This free file recovery software can restore deleted files based on their file extension, name, file size, and date of creation. In addition to a hard disk drive, you can also undelete files from memory cards, SD cards, USD drives, flash drives, external drives, etc. Thus, the tool is useful in recovering lost or deleted files after formatting or accidentally deleting files from removable storage devices as well as HDD.

It supports the recovery of deleted or lost files and folders on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems formatted with FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ReFS etc. file systems. Moreover, it offers a free technical guidance and allows you to preview restored deleted files before you save them. Also, you can avail a free download of the Yodot File Recovery tool to get an idea about file recovery process and to check its file recovery outcomes.

If you are a Mac user, then try Mac edition of this files recovery tool- Yodot Mac File Recovery.

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How to Recover Deleted Files on Windows?

Step 1: Launch Yodot File Recovery software on Windows and click on the Deleted File Recovery Button.

Step 2: Select the storage device or drive from where you want to recover deleted files.

Step 3: If you wish you can specify files types to recover else Skip this step.

Step 4: After a deep scan, your recovered files are showed in two different views. Click on Show Deleted button to view only deleted files. Preview and Save your recovered data on a new location/ drive.

Note: Connect the SD card, external drive etc. using USB cable or a card reader to the working Windows computer and use this free data recovery software if you want to recover deleted files from any removable storage device.

Don't install the software on the partition where you deleted files if, you are recovering lost or deleted data from internal HDD. Also, don’t save the recovered data onto the same drive from where it is recovered.

Recommended:

  • Have a habit of taking backup of important files in some safe external storage devices
  • Cross check before deleting any file using “Shift-Delete” keys
  • Anti-virus scan may delete virus infected files on your system. So, backup important files before you run the virus scan

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