Genarally, it's very easy for computer users to undo an operation to back to the previous status, or to restore the Recycle Bin or Trash files, folders. However, when it comes to the files deleted permanently or formatted, you can't see them again on the computer and there is no shortcut key for you to undelete or unformat. Then what should you do? Only a sign left? Of course not, actually there is such a chance for you to undelete file or folder on your computer to get them back.
Is it really possible to undelete files and folders?
Definitely! When you delete files or folder from your computer or other devices, the deleted files or folders are still somewhere on the disk in fact. Only you can't see them and they are inaccessible, but they indeed exist. The space occupied by the deleted files or folders are just marked as reusable for new data. They are not really gone untill the new files come in to overwrite them. If you don't save new files to the disk where you lost your files or folders, there is 100% success of undeleting the files or folders.
So this is very IMPORTANT: Stop putting any data to your drive containing your lost data to keep it original, which can make you a higher rate of success to undelete data, file or folder.
What files or data you can undelete?
Using a file undeleting tool, you can recover your important documents or files lost for your accidental deletion, such as:
>> Undelete files or folders lost by emptying the Recycle Bin or Trash
>> Undelete folders or files deleted by "Shift + Delete"
>> Undelete data deleted using the command prompt
>> Undelete files lost due to other reasons as virus infection, disk corrupted or inaccessible, power failure, and more
>> Undelete data including photos, videos, audio files, and other documents
>> Undelete data lost from computer, external hard disk, USB drive, iPod, mobile phone, camera, camcorder, and more
Undelete file software you need
Wondershare Data Recovery, or Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac if you are using Mac OS X. Both of them can do all mentioned above for you, and 100% guaranteed safe. You can try the free trial version below to scan your lost files before you pay for it.
How to undelete files/folders in steps?
Choose the right version, download and install it on your computer. Then launch it. Next, let's try the undelete files on Windows together.
Step1. Choose a recovery mode
When launch the program, there are two recovery modes for your choice, the Wizard and the Standard Mode.
The Wizard: This recovery mode is quite friendly to beginners, for there is only two simple questions for users to check the answers. Then the program will do all the left.
The Standard Mode: It's good for experienced computer users. It provides different recovery options for users to choose from.
Step2. Select the location for scan
Actually, the Standard Mode is also very simple to operate. Here let's move forward wtih it and choose the "Lost File Recovery".
Select a location where you lost your files to scan. It can be a partition, a folder or the whole computer, and you are suggested to check the "Enable Deep Scan", which can increase the recovery success.
Step3. Preview and recover
The deep scan will take you a bit more time. When it competes, all the recoverable files are classified into different typs, you can preview them one by one to find your desired files. If there are too many files, you can directly search the filename through the "Filter" for quick look. Or you can check it by the file path by switch the "File Type" to the "Path". Then check the file and click to "Recover".
Note: Don't save the recovered data on the orginal place again. Find another partition or other external disk for it, for safety consideration.
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