Deleted Files Recovery
You thought you were done with a file, and then you realized that you need the file back. Or, maybe you accidentally deleted the wrong file.
Let me tell you, nothing is ever really permanently deleted. Sure, it can be a whole lot hellacious difficult to find these bits of information, but believe me, they’re still there, hiding out somewhere within your hard drive.
How the Deleted Files get recovered?
You might be willing to know how the deleted files are recoverable. Let me tell you, when you deleted a file, Windows just marks the file as deleted, and notifies the file system that the space that file formerly occupied is free and is re-usable. In most cases, Windows doesn’t wipe the entire data from the file. Because of this, deleted files recovery is still possible using an undelete software like Remo Undelete.
But remember that the disk space occupied by the deleted files is now marked as re-usable, so be sure to STOP writing new files to the same disk, or it may overwrite the deleted file’s content and make the deleted files unrecoverable.
Also, you should stop or reduce using other applications and software on your computer before recovering your deleted files, because some programs may write data to the drive which may overwrite the deleted files. Additionally, Windows writes temporary files, registry data to the system drive frequently, which may also overwrite the deleted files. So, try to use the undelete software as soon as possible. Meantime, Reboot is also not recommended.
How to Recover Deleted Files?
To recover the deleted files, you may use Remo Undelete, a powerful software that can quickly scan a computer or storage medium for deleted files and restore them immediately.
Remo Undelete is an effective undelete software that manages all your file retrieval tasks efficiently and quickly. The software is embedded with intuitive interface, which requires no special expertise to operate. You can save the recovered data to another partition, mapped network drive, USB, Zip drive and many other removable storage devices. You can even preview the found files.
Word of warning
Time is very precious, the sooner you stop writing data to the same drive and use the undelete software, there are more hopes for deleted files recovery, especially for the deleted files on C drive, which are more likely to be overwritten quickly.
So be sure not to download and save any software to the drive that contains the deleted files.
Steps to recover deleted files using Remo Undelete
Remo Undelete is used to recover deleted / lost files even if they are emptied from the Recycle Bin. The software uses advanced techniques to locate the deleted files and restore them back to a safe location.
Step 1: Launch Remo Undelete either from the program list in the Start Menu or by double clicking the desktop shortcut. The main window of the application pops up, as shown in figure a.
Figure a: Remo Undelete Main Window
Step 2: Select the drive which contains the deleted data and click the Next button. As you click 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 b.
Figure b: Found files and folders
Step 3: Once recovery is complete and the tree structure is formed, the next and final step is to save your found files and folders to a safe location. Select the data you wish to recover or click on the Root folder to select all the found data and click the Save button.
As you click the Save button, a window to select the destination drive to save the recovered data is displayed, as shown in Figure c.
Figure c: Select destination location
Select the destination drive and specify the file types you wish to ignore (file filter) while saving. Check if you want the data to be saved in compressed form and click the OK button.
As you click the OK button, the program starts saving the data to selected destination drive. Once saving is complete, a message pops up intimating the same. All the data will be saved in a new folder by name “UndeleteX” in the selected destination drive.
You can now access your recovered data as before.
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