Recover Deleted Files Easily :)

Recover Deleted Files Easily :)

Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important when your computer crashed? No problem! Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player.

We delete files by mistake, don’t we? And while deleting is easy, recovering them isn’t. Luckily there are free file recovery tools available. Recuva is one of them. It’s a pretty useful and feature-rich tool which can recover the files you deleted by mistake. It is free to download and easy to use.

Besides Windows computers, it also supports removable media like Smartmedia, Secure digital cards, Memory stick, digital cameras, Sony memory sticks, Compact flash cards and many more.

How to use Recuva to recover deleted files

1. Download, install and run the program on your computer. A welcome screen will appear. Click “Next” to proceed.  http://www.piriform.com/recuva

2. It will ask you which kind of files you are trying to retrieve? Check any one of the given options. If you want to retrieve two kinds of files, ex. pictures and music then you cannot select both the options simultaneously. There’s a trick though. You can make use of advance option .

3. Select the location where you want to retrieve the files from. Now the second option “On my media card or iPod” can come in handy if you want to retrieve deleted files from removable media such as phone’s memory card, iPod or digital cameras.

If you want to look into any specific location on your computer, then click on “Browse” button.

5. Browse for the folder. 

6. In the next screen, click “Start” button. Don’t select deep scan option until you fail on your first attempt to recover the  file. Note that “Deep scan” could take over an hour depending upon the size of your hard disk.

7. The process will start. I was amazed to see the speed of scan. It is really very fast. It scanned 38 GB of data within 5 seconds. Very effective. Now its time to see the result.

8. It will show all the deleted files . To retrieve the file, check the box next to file name and click on “Recover” button.

9. Select the folder where you want to recover your file. You should select a drive or a folder different from the scanned drive . After selecting the appropriate location, click OK button.

10. Now check the folder. You will get your file back. Now suppose you want to scan for deleted music. You don’t need to go back and start the process again. Just click on “Switch to advance mode” button in the opened Recuva Window.

In the advanced mode you can select any drive and media types from the drop down. There is “option” button available where you could select various options like language, view mode,  secure overwriting and other scan options.

This way you can use Recuva to recover deleted files. I found this tool useful because it is speedier and more effective than other similar utilities.