I was busy with my office work when suddenly I Deleted my important Window file permanently by using the Shift + Delete option. And I was suddenly filled with panic when I thought these files cannot be recovered completely and all my important work is lost forever. Fortunately, one of my colleagues helped me out and told me about the Easy and Quick ways to retrieve lost Window files in Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista or any other version.

There are chances that you might have accidentally deleted your images, audio, video and other types of Window Office files.

If you are caught in a similar dilemma as me, please read ahead to know more.

Causes of Window files getting permanently deleted

Malware Intrusion

Emptying the Recycle Bin

File deletion using Command Prompt

File Erasure from External Storage Drive

Deleting Large Files that bypass Recycle Bin

User Account Erasure from Drive that results in all related files removal

File Erasure from Recycle Bin when “Don’t move deleted files to the Recycle Bin…..” is enabled

How to know if the files are actually deleted

Sometimes if you are not sure if your files are Permanently Deleted or not, you can perform a file search in File Explorer. If you have misplaced the file, you can find it here.

Manual methods to retrieve lost Window Files in Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista

Step 1: Restore files or folders from Recycle Bin

This is the easiest method and works only when you have not permanently deleted the files by pressing Shift + Delete. If these files are lying in the recycle bin, they can be easily restored.

Step 2: By restoring the files from older version

You can follow the following steps:

Open the folder with deleted files

Go to History

Go to Previous

Select Files to be recovered

Restore

Step 3:By restoring the files from latest version.

You can follow the given steps:

Select Folder

Right click

Restore the previous version

Previous Versions Permanently Deleted Files Or Folders with Time and date will be shown

Select the latest version files

Restore

Step 4: Restoring deleted Window files from File History

This will only work if you have previously turned on the File History feature. if you have turned on this feature then follow the given steps

Search for Restore your files with file history.

Find the files you want to recover.

Click Restore.

Step 5: Retrieve files using Windows backup and Restore option

This option will also work only for users who have kept Windows Backups on a regular basis can restore all the Windows data without taking much time.

Open Control Panel

System and Maintenance

Backup and Restore.

Select Restore my files.

Step 6: If you want to repair files in the case of minor corruption, you can connect the storage media device to the computer and run the following commands:

Click Win button on the desktop

Type cmd on the search box

Right click on the cmd.exe

Select run as administrator

Type SFC/scan now on command prompt

Press Enter

Getting back permanently deleted Window files by Windows recovery Software:

With the help of Sysinfotools Windows Recovery Software tool

You just need to download the software and follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Download and launch the Windows Data recovery software on your PC. Select the volume and drive you want to recover.

Step 2: In this step you can select the recovery mode: Standard, Advanced or Deep. Then Click on “Next”

Step 3: It will take few seconds to complete the scanning process.

Step 4: Expand the Root folders to check your files and their properties and save them.

Step 5: Select a location to save the retrieved data at the selected location.

Step 6: When the saving process is complete, click OK

Pros of using Windows Data Recovery Software:

Saves a lot of time

Easy to install and use

Completely recovery of lost files

FAT and NTFS data recovery

Compatible with all Windows operating Systems

Data integrity

Recover data from formatted hard disc

Cons of using Windows data Recovery Software:

In the free version Raw data recovery is not enabled

In free version customize free version is not present

In free version saving file option is not present

To Sum up:

Getting your important Ms office files lost or deleted permanently can cause you major dismay. There are few manual methods to recover permanently deleted files from your PC, but the sucess rate is not 100%. So, after losing my very important work files to corruption, i have come to the conclusion that using a Window Recovery Software tool is the best option if you want complete recovery. This method is time saving and can be easily performed by even a technical novice person as me.So I have discussed easy and quick ways to retrieve lost Window Files in Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista in this article. Hope this helps!!

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