Recover deleted files Windows XP
You are not alone. Most of us have come across a situation, where we have accidentally deleted a file which is of great importance to us. We usually panic, thinking that file has been deleted, and that all the data is lost forever.This, is a misconception.
When we delete a file, the file table entry of that particular file is deleted, making it inaccessible by the Operating system. Meanwhile, the data in the file, is still present on the hard drive, and is recoverable.Even if you empty the Recycle Bin, the data is not deleted. Instead, the operating system marks the disk space occupied by the file, as free space, hence, making that disk space available for further writing.
This means, that the data still exists, but, if the operating system needs space for a new file, the data might be overwritten.
REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition lets you recover deleted and lost files successfully, from all Windows file systems including the FAT and NTFS file systems. The application easily locates the deleted files and recovers them to the fullest. Try it Now!
The software scans the drive for lost/deleted data, and helps you restore it to a safe location, which can then be accessed as before.
Important: If you want to recover the deleted file, stop performing any subsequent disk activities such as creating, editing or copying files.
Follow the steps explained below, to recover deleted data, using REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition
Step 1: Launch REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition, either by selecting the icon from the Programs list in the Start Menu, or by double clicking the desktop shortcut. The Main window pops up, as shown in Figure a.
Figure a: Main window
Step 2: Click on the Recover Deleted Data option. A new window displays, all the logical drives connected to the system, as shown in Figure b..
Figure b: Select logical drive
Select the logical drive which contains the deleted data, and click the 
button.
Note: If the logical drive you are looking for, is not displayed in the list of logical drives, use the 
option, to find your lost partition (logical drive), and proceed with recovery process.
Step 3: As you click on the Next button, the application scans the selected drive for deleted data, and lists all the found files and folders in a tree format under the Root folder, as shown in Figure c.
Figure c: Found files and folders
Step 4: Once recovery is complete and tree structure is formed, the next and final step is to restore your found files and folders to a safe location.
Here you can use:
- The Find option, by clicking the
button, to locate the file, or types of files you wish to recover, by entering the filename or the file extension. For e.g. filename.* or *.txt .
- The Find Next option can be used after the Find option, by clicking the
button, to locate subsequent files with the same file extension, in the selected folders, that form a part of the tree structure. You can also use the Preview function to preview the file, before it is recovered.
Select the data you wish to recover, or click the Root folder to select all the found data and click the 
button.
Step 5: As you click the Save button, a window to select the destination drive to restore recovered data is displayed, as shown in Figure d.
Figure d: Select destination drive
Select the destination drive, and specify the file types you wish to ignore (file filter) while saving. If you want the data to be saved in a compressed format, then select the Compress Data option, and click the 
button.
As you click the OK button, the application starts saving the data to the selected destination drive. Once saving is complete, a message pops up intimating the same. All the data will be restored into a new folder by name “UndeleteX” in the selected destination drive. You can now access your recovered data as before.
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