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You can recover deleted files in Windows PC, even after you have emptied Recycle Bin and deleted data permanently. Follow this guide to do file recovery on Windows 10/8/7.
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FonePaw Data Recovery How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files from PC People delete files on Windows computers all the time. Once you realize that you have accidentally deleted files that you actually need, you probably would first try to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin. However, if you have emptied Recycle Bin, how to recover files deleted from Recycle Bin? Or if you use Shift + Delete to permanently delete the files, how to recover the permanently deleted files from Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista? In fact, it is not impossible to recover permanently deleted files from Windows PC, Android phone, external hard drive, SD card, flash drive or some other storage devices. Follow easy steps in this post to undelete files on Windows PC. The steps can be applied to recover files on Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, Microsoft, Samsung, Toshiba, Google laptop or desktop computer. How to Recover Deleted Files/Folders on Windows 10/8/7 Without Software Many of you may not be very familiar with a feature called "Restore Previous Version" in Windows system, but this feature can be extremely helpful when it comes to recovering permanently deleted files on Windows without backup. The steps to restore a deleted file or folder from the previous version are very simple. STEP 1 Go to the folder that used to contain the deleted file or folder. Right-click the folder and choose Restore previous versions from the drop-down list. FonePaw Technology Limited 1
FonePaw Data Recovery Tip: If you cannot remember in which folder the deleted files are saved, you can choose the drive that used to contain the file or folder. For example, right-click C drive and click Restore previous versions. STEP 2 A list of the available previous version of the folder will appear. Double-click the one created before the file is deleted, which will open the folder. FonePaw Technology Limited 2
FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 3 Find the deleted file or folder you need and drag it to desktop or another folder. However, some of you may find that when clicking Restore previous version, the computer show: there are no previous versions available. That's because you never create a restore point before. To create a restore point on Windows, you have to enable System Protection on Control Panel > System > System Protection. FonePaw Technology Limited 3
FonePaw Data Recovery If you don't have an available previous version of a folder or file to restore, no worry, you can use a file recovery program for Windows to restore the deleted files. Recover Permanently Deleted Files & Folders with FonePaw Data Recovery Program When a file is permanently deleted from Windows PC, hard drive, memory card or other devices, the file actually is still on the memory except that the spot it occupies is marked as readable, which means new data can write in and use the space. That's why file recovery software can recover permanently deleted files, especially those are deleted recently. To maximize your chances of recovering deleted files, you should follow two rules: NO 1 Avoid using your computer after the files are deleted, especially not using the computer to download music, videos, which can generate a large amount of new data on the hard drive and may potentially overwrite the deleted files. NO 2 Download and install a data recovery program on the drive that didn't contain the deleted files. For example, if the files used to be on the C drive, download and install the program on D or E drive. FonePaw Technology Limited 4
FonePaw Data Recovery Bearing these two rules in mind, you should now download FonePaw Data Recovery on the drive that doesn't contain deleted files and use it to find your deleted files. There are many things to like about this easy-to-use DIY Windows data recovery program. It can recover deleted word, excel, ppt or other files, photos, videos, audio files, emails from Windows PC; Recover deleted files not only from desktop computer/laptop, but also from a hard drive, SD card, flash drive and others; Rescue files that are mistakenly deleted, lost after format, corrupted or inaccessible due to system errors; Support data recovery from Windows 10, 8, 7, XP, Vista; Provide Deep Scan and Quick Scan to tackle data recovery in different situations; Allow preview of deleted files before recovering. Steps to Recover Deleted Files with FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 1 Launch the program and select the type of files you want to recover. To recover deleted word/excel/ppt/pdf files, tick Documents; to recover deleted photos/videos, tick Photos or Videos. Then tick the drive that used to contain the deleted files. Click Scan. FonePaw Technology Limited 5
FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 2 The program will first quick scan the chosen drive for the deleted files. Once the quick scan stops, search for the deleted files in quick scan results. If the files have been deleted for some times, they usually cannot be found after a quick scan. FonePaw Technology Limited 6
FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 3 Click Deep Scan to scan the computer more thoroughly for the deleted files. This could take hours. So just keep the program running until the scan is finished. FonePaw Technology Limited 7
FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 4 Once you find the deleted files you need, click Recover to get them back to the location you choose. Moreover, if you need to recover deleted files from external drive, SD card, digital camera, plug the device into your computer and FonePaw Data Recovery will scan the deleted data from the connected devices. Need help to recover deleted files from Android? FonePaw Android Data Recovery can help you. And to restore deleted data from iPhone, there is FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery that you can use. FonePaw Technology Limited 8