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 Have you ever deleted a file or a folder, then realized three weeks later that you really needed that file? And you went to the Recycle Bin but it had already been emptied? And you started kicking yourself for being so stupid as to delete such an important file or a folder? It happens to the best of us, but fortunately there are ways to get these lost files back.
Usually when we talk about file or data recovery, we're talking about trying to restore data from a hard drive that's crashed or just flat out isn't working. That's the big time. But just because you aren't trying to recover your entire hard drive doesn't mean you don't have options open to you.
It's Almost Impossible to Remove a File From Your Computer Accidentally.
When it comes to data on your computer, it is almost impossible to accidentally remove it beyond recoverability. Even if you are intentionally trying to completely wipe a file from your hard drive it is exceedingly difficult. In fact, there is an entire market of software products out there designed to help you securely remove data from your system because of the difficulty in doing so.
When you delete a file from your computer, you aren't actually doing anything to the file itself. It stays on the hard drive right where you left it. What you're doing is changing the way the operating system looks at the file. You're telling the computer "This file isn't here anymore." Even though the file is still there, as far as the operating system is concerned it isn't. This means that you can't see it or open it when you are using your computer, because as far as the computer is concerned the file is gone forever.
There is one concern here. The file is still occupying space on your hard drive, but the computer isn't viewing the file as being there. The space that file is occupying is then being viewed as free space. That means that it's possible the computer will write new data over this old data, because it doesn't see the file as being there. If this happens, it can make it more difficult to retrieve your data, but usually it takes even more than this for your file to be completely removed.
Undelete & File Recovery Steps:
Undelete does exactly what it sounds like. It restores deleted files, essentially "undeleting" them. The Recycle Bin mentioned above is a basic form of undelete software. When files are deleted, the Recycle Bin holds the information of the file. While the file is still deleted as far as the computer is concerned, the Recycle Bin allows easy access for you to open it and find the file you want to restore. All of the information is right there in the Recycle Bin, so there is no long search for the data in order to restore the file.
1. Double-click on the Recycle Bin in Windows or the Trash on a Mac to see if the file is still there.
2. If you find the file, drag it to the desktop. To return the file to its original location in Windows, click on the file and select Restore from the drop-down menu.
3. If the file is no longer in the Recycle Bin or the Trash, look for a backup. If your PC is on a network that has regular backups, check with the system administrator to see if it's possible to retrieve a saved copy of the file.
4. Try using a commercial file-recovery utility that scans the disk for recognizable data, such as Data Recovery Wizard . When you delete a file or folder, the operating system probably won't erase the actual bits from the disk until it needs them for something else; therefore, you may be able to recover some or all data.
5. If you decide to use a file-recovery utility, don't install it on the same disk that you're hoping to retrieve the file from, or you might overwrite the data you're trying to recover. Launch the software from a CD-ROM, a floppy disk or another good hard drive. And if you download it directly from the Internet, don't download it onto the disk from which you deleted the files or folders.
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