File recovery utility Several ways to recover permanently deleted files in Windows

Many people tend to use Shift+del combination key to delete the files they do not need. But this command will permanently delete the files from your system. Differ from delete by right-click menu, it will not enter into recycle bin, so you have no way to restore them in the recycle bin. But do not be frustrated, you still have several way to recover the permanently deleted files. In this article, I’ll provide you four ways to recover the permanently deleted files.

Recover permanently deleted files in Windows

1. Recover from the backup

Backup is the most simple and effective way to recover lost files. Suppose you have other copies available on other storage devices or have online backup. It only takes you several minutes to restore the files back.

2. Cancel the operation immediately

When you delete, move, or rename a file by mistake, you can right-click and choose the option of Undo Delete/Move/Rename from the contact menu. If you have no other operations after the first operation, you can cancel the mistake by Undo it. Then your file back to its own place.

3. Recover with Windows previous versions

If the file are lost, you can restore from its previous version. If you have enabled this feature, you can follow this way to restore your file. Create a new file and rename it as the same name of your lost file. Right-click this file and click the Previous Versions bar. In the File versions part, you can see one or several restore points. You can configure according to the time and day. Click the version you need to restore and click Restore button to recover this permanently deleted files.

4. Recover with Hdata recovery software

If all of the above methods are not available for you, you still can use file recovery software. It is also an easy and quick way to recover lost data. The advantage of data recovery software is it can be used in various data loss situations and can recover different file types. No matter you lost data for accident deletion, formatting, or computer crash, partition lost, or virus attack, you can easily recover your data within several clicks.

Steps to recover the permanently deleted files with data recovery software

If you permanently deleted files from the hard drive, you can use the recovery mode of Deleted files Accidentally or Universal Recovery to recover these files.

Then you need to choose the location where you lost files to scan. The software allow you to scan a single partition rather than to scan the entire hard drive. It greatly save your time in scanning and recovery. So you can choose to scan one of the drive to retrieve the lost data.

Scan your chosen partition. It will start to scan the drive automatically. You’d better not to interrupt it until the scanning ends.

You are allowed to preview the results scanned by software.Click to preview and check the files you need to restore.

Then you are required to choose a recovery path to finish the recovery. You can save on any location except for where had data lost.

Check the recovered files in the recovery path, you have successfully retrieve your data.

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