How To Recover Deleted Files

One common thing that most of the people who work on computer want to know is how to recover the deleted files from the computer or from any other external drive like memory card or USB drive. With a view to free up the memory space most of the time we use to delete files or data that are no longer needed and simply occupying the storage. In this process we might end up deleting some important data unknowingly and later come to know about the missing files and find ways to recover those files. Like this many of us might lost important files, photos or some important documents and want to recover those files. Here we provide some of the methods that you can follow to get back those deleted files.

All these methods has to be followed one after the other. They are just like trial and error, you need to perform one method and if you can’t recover then proceed to the other one and so on till you succeed in recovering the deleted files.

Check the Recycle bin:

Before proceeding to the methods to recover the files, first let us check the recycle bin in the computer to find if the file that we want is by chance present there. In most of the cases we would have simply deleted the files and would not have emptied the recycle bin, so there is a chance that the file is present there. If the file is in the recycle bin then we can recover it just by right clicking it and select the restore option. The file will get back to the location from where it was deleted. But if you use to permanently delete the files using the shift delete option, then you won’t be able to find the files in the recycle bin.

Also if you have deleted the files from a memory card or any other external storage device, then the chances of the files in the recycle bin is very less. In most of the cases the files deleted from any external storage device will get deleted permanently and they won’t be available in the recycle bin. Again you are not going to lose anything by just checking the recycle bin, so just take a look at it before proceeding to recover the files.

Method 1: Restore the files from system backup:

You can recover the deleted files if you frequently take backup of your system. If the file is deleted after the backup, then you can easily recover it back. Once you perform the restore operation all the files that were deleted after the backup will be restored, now you can choose the one that is needed. For performing the restore, go to control panel and open system and maintenance, then select the backup and restore and then click the Restore my files option. Still if you are not able to recover the file, then proceed to the next method.

Method 2: Recover the files using recovery software

The last and the final chance to recover the deleted files is to use a recovery software that will try to restore the files that were deleted from your device in the recent past. There are many recovery file software available for free download which you can use. The one which I use and recommend is ‘Recover My files’ software which is available for free for a limited period and after that you need to buy it. You must also note that the software cannot recover those files that were deleted long back. So make sure to recover only those files that were deleted recently. Now I will explain how to recover the deleted files using the Recover My Files software.

#1) Download the Recover My Files software and install it on your computer.

#2) Connect the memory card or the USB drive from which you want to recover the deleted files.

#3) Now open the Recover My Files software. Then Choose Recover Files option on the left side of the screen and then click Next

#4) Now select the drive from the files are to be recovered and then click Next. In my case I want to recover it from the external memory card which is E drive.

#5) Now choose the ‘Search for Deleted files’ option and click Start. If you want to recover any lost files then choose the other option available.

#6) Now I am able to see all the deleted files, even those which I deleted very long back. Just click on the files and it will be displayed in the below panel.

#7) Now select the files or photos which you want to recover and click save present in the top left corner of the screen. Choose the location where you want to save the file.

Please feel free to leave back your comments if you know any other method for recovering the deleted files.