Recover deleted files from recycle bin How to fix a corrupted recycle bin?

There is a possible that sometimes your recycle bin will be corrupted. You may found that you cannot find the deleted files in recycle bin, you cannot delete files in recycle bin, or you even cannot empty the recycle bin. In that cases, you should fix the corrupted recycle bin. But how to reset it?

How to fix the corrupted recycle bin?

You may not know that there is a hidden and protected folder named $Recycle.bin in each partition. This folder stores all the files you deleted. As it is hidden, you cannot directly see it. Please check the Unhide option under the Folder Options to find it. Then you need to repair it.

Fix the recycle bin by using a cmd command

Notice that this method will delete all your files in the recycle bin.

Click the start button and input cmd in the search box.

Right-click the cmd.exe and choose the option to run as administrative.

Type “rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin” in the opened CMD window, and press Enter.

Type Exit to close the cmd window.

Reboot the computer, you will find that you can use the recycle bin.

This process only repair the folder for partition C, you may need to fix the folder for other partitions.

After you have fixed the recycle bin, you should go to the recycle bin to find your files, if there are no files you need, you need to use a data recovery software to recover your lost files.

How to recover deleted files from recycle bin?

If you cannot find your files in recycle bin after fixing the recycle bin, Hdata recovery software may help you retrieve them. But before that, you should not delete files to the recycle bin. The first things is to run a data recovery software to recover them.

Recover deleted files from recycle bin with Hdata recovery software

First, you need to download and run the Hdata recovery software

Second, select a mode on the software interface, you should click the button of Deleted files from recycle bin accidentally.

Third, wait for the end of scanning and then preview the scan results.

Fourth, choose a recovery path to store the recovered files.

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