If you accidentally erased the file you need, and you need to look at it, get ready to spend time recovering it. Fortunately, in most cases this is possible. There are special programs for such manipulations.
Necessary
You will need a file recovery software
Instructions
Step 1
Programs of this "recovery" direction include Restoration, Roadkil's Undelete, SoftPerfect File Recovery, PC Inspector File Recovery, DataRecovery, NTFS Undelete and others. These are free utilities that help to recover deleted information of any kind - texts, images, videos. You can test all of them and choose a utility that is more convenient for you. And you can start with one of the easiest to use - the free utility Recuva.
Step 2
Download the Recuva software from the network to your PC. Open it. A new window will open on the monitor in front of you - this is the installation wizard. You can safely refuse his help - you can easily install it yourself.
Step 3
Select the language in which the program will run. This can be done by alternately clicking on the Options - Language - Russian commands.
Step 4
After that, go to the disk where the erased files you need were previously located and click the "Analysis" button.
Step 5
The program will quickly analyze the disk and the deleted files will appear in front of you. Recuva will not only provide you with a list of the erased data, but will mark each file with an icon indicating whether it can be recovered or not.
Files that can be recovered will have a green circle next to them. There is a yellow circle next to those that can only be partially restored, and a red circle with those that cannot be restored.
Step 6
Study this list-report and mark the checkboxes for the files you want to recover. Click on the "Restore" button. In just a few minutes, the lost data will be restored to the place where it was before it was deleted, and you can view it.
