When you delete files from your computer, they go to the Trash. However, there are times when a document got into the trash can by mistake. This problem can be easily dealt with.
If the file ends up in the trash
If, while tidying up your computer and cleaning folders with documents, you accidentally deleted the file you need, do not panic right away. You can recover a lost document without any problems. In particular, if you just sent it to the trash (it is into it by default that all unnecessary files are dumped), in order to return the loss, you need to open the computer trash. To do this, you must first double-click on the shortcut on the desktop, and find the required document.
For a more convenient search, you can customize the view that is most preferable for you. To do this, hover the mouse cursor over an empty field in the basket, right-click and in the "View" section, select one of the options: huge icons, large icons, regular icons, list, table, tile, content. Find the lost document and hover over it. Select the file and right-click on it, then select the "Restore" option in the drop-down window.
Before that, to make it easier to find the document, select it and press the right button, then in the drop-down window select the "Properties" section and go to it. The window that opens will provide the necessary information about this file: type, size, source, time of creation and deletion. You need to carefully study the item "Source". The file will be sent to this folder after recovery. For the convenience of finding it later, you can use the file and folder search function, which is launched using the "Start" button on the desktop.
Recuva will help out
The above method helps to recover files stored in the recycle bin. However, what if you have already cleaned it up? In this case, the problem can also be solved, but for this you need to install a special program on the computer. For example, the small (about 4 MB) but very powerful program Recuva copes with the task of detecting deleted and formatted files very well. Install it on your computer and it will help you out in difficult times.
Run the program, click Next. Then, in the window that opens, select the type of file (all, video, pictures, documents, compressed, e-mail) that you want to recover, click "Next" and specify the location of the file. In this case, you need to check the item "Basket".
Then select "Next" again and in the new window click the "Start" button. In the same window, check the box "Enable advanced analysis" for better file search. Wait until the end of the process, then in the list of recovered files (it will open in a new window), mark one or more files and click the “Recover” button, remembering to specify the destination folder for the files found by the program. It is desirable. So that it is located on the D drive or any other, but not on where the "Trash" is located.
You can also use other applications to recover deleted files, among them Undelete PLUS, Easy Recovery and others have proven themselves well.
