27/03/2017
HOW TO RECOVER PERMANENTLY DELETED FILES ON YOUR PC.
File recovery software is something that can be somewhat of a life saving tool. Either deleting something by mistake, or simply realising that you need that file back which you purposefully deleted from your PC a while back, is a common occurrence which can happen to us all. In This post, we will be sharing what happens after deleting something from your PC and how to recover permanently deleted files back to your PC.
So the first thing I want to note here is the two types of deleting that a PC can do. The first type is the most commom one where by you select a folder and hit the "delete" button on your keyboard or right click on your mouse and then select "delete" from the options. What this simply does is send the selected file to the "Recycle Bin" which is found on the desktop of the PC. Files in the recycle bin can be restored back to their location from which they had been deleted. The second type of deleting files is by permanently deleting them and you can do so by either going to the Recycle Bin and deleting them from there or just press the Shift key along with pressing the Delete button to bypass the Recycle Bin and permanently delete the file.
Our focus however, is on the second type of permanently deleting or rather recovering the permanently deleted files. This is possible because of a simple explanation. When a file is permanently deleted, the PC does not actually remove the file from your Hard drive (Which is the primary storage place for your files in the computer.) What happens is the computer simply tells the Hard drive to make the particular file invisible so that it can be overwritten. So when saving something on your computer because it has free space to do so, it doesn't mean there isn't anything on that space, it just means the file occupying the space was given a command not to be vissible anymore until it is over written.
Now, because the file is still in your hard drive, it is good to know that it can be recovered. Even after the hard drive has been formated, the files will still be on the hard drive. However, it is important to know that files are only removable if they haven't been already over written as this is the actual process that makes them disappear from your hard drive and it is next to impossible to recover files once they're overwritten so make sure that if you're trying to recover files from a drive that has been over written about 2 or more times, you're less likely to succeed.
Now that we've gotten the theory and explanations out of the way, let's get down to how we can actually recover the files. The range of the types of files than can be recoverd really consist of almost any type out there including your videos, mp3s, pictures, word documents, pdfs you name it. Now to be able to recover these files, you will need a "File Recovery Software" which you can use and one of the most popular and out there is one called Recuva by the UK software company Piriform. The great thing about Recuva is that it's a free software which you can download here https://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/standard. It's only about 5.3 MB big and if you like the sofware and want to support the developers by donating or buying the premium version of the software, you can do so on their website. After downloading the SetUp, you will have to install it on your PC. After the SetUp runs, it will install a shortcut of the program on your desktop and you can run the program. On the welcome window, click "next" and click the option box indicating the type of files you want to restore and click "next." Select the location from which the files were deleted, if you don't know or don't remember where it was then click the option labeled "I'm not sure" at the top. Recuva will bring up a window wich informs you that it is ready to start scaning your drive for the deleted files and on that window, click the "Enable Deep Scan" checkbox, which might take a little more time but makes the search more efficient, and click the button labled start. Recuva will then scan for the files and display what it found. It will display a list of files, the location they were in, the last time they were modified, their size and also their state(if they're recovable or not). If their state is labeled "exlellent" check the files which you want to recover and click the "Recover" button. Recuva will ask you where you want to put the recoverd files and you should select another storage device (which maybe a second harddrive in your PC or USB/ external Hard drive connected on your PC) as you can only save the recoverd files on a different drive from the one it was originally saved. Recover will save the files on your selected location on the second storage device and you will have your permanently deleted files back just like that.
The process is really simple and straight forward and if you at all find any difficulties in recovering your files using Recuva, then please dont hesitate to ask in the comments. Please like and share if you found this post helpful..
