Tag: recovering deleted files
How to Recover Deleted Files
by mritunjay on Dec.26, 2009, under Computer & Laptop
How many of you have gone through the problems of deleted files from your computer system? Well, I suppose, many of you. This is a common problem faced by many of us on a regular basis. Sometimes, external situations cause these issues and some other times, our own mistakes or carelessness makes us delete a file by accident. External situations could be hard disk crash or some internal failure or even a virus. Reason could be any but the fact of matter is you have lost your valuable data. So, what’s the choice left to you? Can the data be retrieved? Well, the answer is yes, you can retrieve the data. It is not entirely impossible to get back your precious data.
The basic step will take you to recycle bin. When you delete a file by simply pressing delete, it first goes to recycle bin where you need to go and click restore on the file. File will get automatically stored back to its original place. However, while deleting, if you pressed Shift plus del then it would be slightly more problematic.
One more basic tip is to never store all your important files at one place. In case, virus attacked your HDD then usually you will have to format everything and that means letting go of all your important documents. Therefore, it is advisable to go for backup copies of all your important documents on external HDD or even on CDs or DVDs. You can also store on online storage websites.
Finally, one can get hold of number of File-Recovery software program available in market. Agreed, it will cost your pocket a bit but then that’s definitely better than losing your important documents.