Monday, October 24, 2011

How to Recover Deleted Files from Hard Drive?

Accidently delete files from hard drive? Mistakenly remove files using Shift+Delete key or obliterate files with DOS prompt command? If the files are important for you, how to recover deleted files will be the number one question in your head.

When you deleted a file, Windows do not delete it truly, it is only marked "deleted". However, it is not until a new file is saved to the same location on your hard drive that the previous file is truly deleted. Therefore, you still have choices to recover deleted files.

According to the different scenario you deleted your files, you can retrieve deleted files with different methods.

Case 1: Mistakenly delete files and the files are moved to recycle bin.
Solution: If the deleted files are still in the recycle bin, you are lucky. Just find the file and use "Restore" option to remove the file to its original location.