Useful tips that can help to effectively recover deleted files

When data loss happens, first please remember that you'd better stop using your computer or other external memory storage devices. It will protect the deleted files for data recovery. How does it work?

When you right-click a file and press Delete button, the system just hides the data by removing its file directory and mark the space as free for use. At this moment, you can easily get back the file back by rebuilding the file directory. But if you continue to use the device, it might write some new data and completely erased the contents of the old deleted files. In this case, the chance of a successful data recovery is decreased. The situation can become much more terrible when you have a hard drive, memory card or USB drive with a limited free space.

So use the device where you deleted your files as little as possible and start a data recovery process as soon as possible! Here are 3 possible ways you can choose to manage the job.

Three possible ways to recover deleted files 

To recover deleted files from Windows recycle bin

If you just deleted your files on the computer by moving them to the Recycle Bin and didn't press the Emptied Recycle Bin button, you can retrieve them back with ease. Just open the Recycle Bin, there locate and right-click the files you want and choose Restore. It will recover your deleted files to their original location.

To recover an older version of the deleted or lost file

If you have emptied the Recycle Bin, you can try to recover an older version of the deleted or lost file using Windows built-in free backup and restore feature. To do it:

In Windows 7:

Click the Start button --> Computer, navigate to the folder that used to contain the file or folder, right-click it, and then click Restore previous versions. Here, you'll see a list of available previous versions of the deleted files or folders with different times and dates. Choose the version you like and click Restore to recover deleted files back.

 

In windows 10/8.1/8:

Open the folder that used to contain the deleted file and click the History button. File History will display all the files contained in the most recent backup of that folder. Click the Previous button to locate and select the file you want to retrieve and then click the green Restore button to get it back. 

To recover deleted files with data recovery software

If you want to recover the exact copy of your deleted files, you may need to try a third-party data recovery software. Here, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional is a good and easy recovery tool is recommended. It is designed to deal with all complicated data loss situations like deleted recovery, format recovery, data recovery after virus attack, system crash, raw error and more and has helped numerous users recover deleted files from PC, external hard drive, memory card, USB drive.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard recovers deleted files and folders on your computer/laptop hard drive, externally connected USB flash drive or micro SD card by scanning all over its storage unit, and the overall process of searching for and finding the deleted items is done as follows.

Step 1. Specify a location: is it a local hard drive disk or a removable storage device from which the files were deleted? Choose the exact file location and then click the Scan button.

Step 2. Scan the entire storage device: it's a critical step for EaseUS file recovery software to search for lost data as much as possible. Soon you should see a quick scan result called "Deleted files" appears. That's where all deleted files and folders were kept.

Step 3. Preview files and recover: in the "Deleted files", find the wanted files by following its file paths. Or, you can use the "Filter" feature to locate the abandoned files quickly. Double-click the data allows you to preview its entirety. At last, choose all target files and click the Recover button.

Never forget to check all the scan results in each tab for deleted files. The "Extra Files" part is very hopeful for the recovery of files that have lost names and file paths after deletion.

Caution: Don't save the recovered files on the partition or drive where you lost your data before you fully get back your file