It would happen to anyone who work with a computer. With merely a simple sequence of fairly harmless actions we are able to delete our important files in the computer. So what basic steps can I choose to use to recover my file ? If you follow these simple steps it is possible to increase your chances of having the capacity to recover deleted files. Please read on to learn the ways I used to recover my file in 3 simple steps.
Step one is to ensure that you do not save any other files on the same drive as the missing file (where you thought it had been).. You need to do this because the data will most likely still be on your disk. Files are stored in varying sized chunks at different locations on your disk. When a file is ‘deleted’ the chunks of data are still on the disk but no longer protected from being overwritten.So the more files you save after you lose your file, the greater the chances of some of that data being overwritten. You will however, need to avoid leaving currently open files unsaved so create a temporary folder on a memory stick or drive and then save any open work to it.
Finish this step promptly, correctly and completely. This is critical. If it isn’t done correctly, for whatever cause, then you might end up losing even more data files!
The second step is to verify that you actually have deleted the file. Sounds daft but quite often we end up saving the document somewhere else by mistake or possibly under a different name. The best way to do this is to fire up the application you were using and check the recent files in the main menu (this is normally situated under ‘file’ in the top menu. If the particular file is there you can usually see the filepath by hovering over the relevant filename. It is really worth trying to open the file at this point just to verify whether the file still exists at that location. If it does then your issue is solved.
The last step is to try to recover deleted files. This requires some special software which can locate the chunks of data on the disk and string them back together again. The software package I selected is quick to download and install and moderately easy to use. You can also download it for free and use it to locate the deleted file before you pay anything. You then have to pay a license fee (one time) to recover the deleted files. This is very important since you do not have to pay anything if the file can not be recovered for any kind of reason. What is important to avoid is waiting for too long before you try to recover your file.
Just keep to the steps as specified and you should not have any problems copying how I managed to recover my file easily and rapidly as well. Just keep to the stages in order, for the reasons as explained, while carefully avoiding the traps, problems and potential mistakes mentioned. Then you will be able to trace the steps I used to recover my file and get your precious data back.
