Windows recover deleted files from automatic upgrade

Occasionally, there is a message pop up to ask you to upgrade to Windows upgrade. It is automatic or even forced to upgrade. Most of the time, we cannot realize what happened until we found some of files have lost. Now you have know that upgrade Windows will delete some of your files. So you should keep in mind to back up your data before you are planning to upgrade windows. AS the C drive is the system drive, if you upgrade the windows system, or will reposition the drive C. 

Therefore, the files on drive C will be deleted. The correct way is to back up the entire drive C before upgrade Windows. Many people will place all their edit files such as work files, thesis on the desktop and do not copy it to other drives, while the desktop files are all kept in the C drive. If you upgrade the windows, all the files on desktop will also be missing. But the question is: Can we still recover deleted files from upgrade?

First, you can try to find the lost files in your computer. Check if your files are in the following paths :

C:\Windows\Users\Documents; C:\Windows\Users\Desktop. If you cannot find your lost files, you have to use the data recovery software. Yes, the data recovery software can restore your lost files for windows upgrade.

How to recover deleted files from Windows upgrade?

Once you found data loss due to conscious or unconscious upgrade, you should try the recovery method as soon as possible. After the data loss, you’d better stop using your computer. Do not write new data to the C drive or run other programs or browse the Internet. That will help you to avoid possible data loss.

Run Hdata recovery software on your computer. Click the button of Deleted your files accidentally. Click Next.

Choose partition C from all the listed drives, click Next to scan the drive C automatically. It will shoe the completed percentage.The scanning process should not be interrupted if you want to recover your files successfully.

After the scanning, you can see the results. It lists all the files and file folders scanned. Preview the files and then check the files you lost to recover. Click Next.

Then you are required to choose a recovery path. It gives you message that your chose partition should not contains some files that have not been recovered. So you should not choose the partition C as you have to recover lost files on partition C. It displays the file numbers and the total size of your files that need to be recovered.

After you have successfully recover your files, find them in the recovery path you choose, now you can restore them to the partition C.

As all of you have known that ungrade Windows will deleted your files, you have to back up your files regularly in case there is an accidental upgrade. And don’t forget to back up your files on your desktop.