Analyse and Recover deleted files
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Accidentally Deleted Files - Is it possible to recover?
It is unfortunate to lose your important data, but for a computer user, there are chances that you might have accidentally deleted one or more of your important files from your computer. For some people it can become a minor inconvenience, for others it can be a major disaster. In the midst of such a disaster, you always think, is it possible to recover?
Let us analyze the complete lifecycle of recovering deleted files, where we will try to look at the events that are responsible for data loss and the remedies, precautions that one should consider. I hope this lens must be able to help and by educating readers to rescue their data, in case they have deleted some files.
Let us analyze the complete lifecycle of recovering deleted files, where we will try to look at the events that are responsible for data loss and the remedies, precautions that one should consider. I hope this lens must be able to help and by educating readers to rescue their data, in case they have deleted some files.
Most Common Causes of file deletion
Some common situations where people describe the cause for deleted data.
- Some one in our firm used Shift+Del to delete some important files, files are lost now. How do I recover those deleted files?
- Using camera accidentally deleted the folder having photos
- I lost a file by emptying the recycle bin
- Accidental deletion of files after taking backup, where user assumes all files were saved
- Deleting a folder considering it as junk or of no use, but the folder had important files
- A disgruntled worker deleting important project files before leaving the company
- Virus, malware or Trojan deleting important files
- By accident hitting delete button to delete a large file, which goes around the recycle bin
Behind the scenes when a file is deleted
All storage devices like Hard Drive, External USB drive, FireWire Drive, Flash Memory Cards, iPods etc. have an internal mechanism to manage data, which is called File System. File deleted over Windows, Mac or any other system has similar effect to the actual data stored in the storage device.When a file is deleted only the pointer, which refers to its actual store location, is removed and the parts or the whole data remains stored in the disk. To actually delete a file, the locations where it is stored must be removed or scrambled in such a fashion that it is unreadable. However, over a period after deletion of a file, chances remain that space occupied by deleted data can be reused the operating system to store new files. This process is generally referred to as "Overwriting"
Precautions
Therefore, if after deleting a file you must do these things to avoid overwriting by the operating system.
- Avoid saving new files on the partition / volume from where file has been deleted
- If it is an active / booting partition, you must immediately switch off the PC. The active partition is continuously used by the operating system to store log files, work on several files and several other system files are in use.
Recovering Deleted Files
Now, with any third party application you should try to scan the partition to see if it can find files for you. Finally, losing a file is not the end of the road, you can try various options to restore deleted file.Recovering Deleted files on Windows
You can use application like Remo Recover Windows, to recover deleted files on Windows. The software provides a simple screen to select the option you want to perform. To recover deleted files
- Select the option "Recover Deleted Files"
- Select the partition from where the files were deleted
- Software will scan the complete drive and will present the list the files that can be recovered
- You can preview files before recovery to ensure files have been recovered properly
- Select the files and save them to another destination location
NOTE: Avoid saving data to the same partition to avoid overwriting of data. You can rerun the scan if recovery results are not satisfactory
Recovering deleted files on Mac
Remo Recover Mac is available and is the other version provided by Remo Software, which supports recovery of deleted files on Mac
Recover deleted photos, video and music files
Recovering photos, video and music files is extremely simple with the software.
- Select the drive from where data needs to be recovered
- Select the file types that you need to recover
- Once scanning is over, you will see a list of files that can be recovered. Select the files and preview them to ensure recovery is good
- Select the files individually or select the root folder to select all files and restore then to another location
Remo Recover - Media Edition, provides recovery of
- Camera Cards, standard photos
- Flash Cards
- Professional Digital RAW photos
- iPod and other MP3 players
- Camcorders supporting flash memory cards
- Other multimedia devices like mobiles etc.
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