Q: I have a habit of clearing up useless files on hard disk periodically. This is beneficial to disk space use ratio, but it also causes some troubles. For example, last time I emptied Recycle Bin, there were important files deleted by accident. Then what should I do now?

A: Please don't worry. Although the operating system can not show the deleted files, it doesn't mean that those files are lost forever. And we can undelete files on Windows.

Why can we recover deleted files?
Take a simple example. Files are stored like a chain on hard disk. Gauge outfit is the starting point of a file and a file may be not consecutive but linked by nodes. We can access a file by finding its gauge outfit. Deleting a file only deletes its gauge outfit, but the real data following is not deleted. Only if we write new data to occupy the nodes can corresponding data be overwritten, so users should immediately stop writing new data to data loss area. After files are deleted, the operating system can not find them, but we can undelete files.

How to undelete files on Windows?
File recovery software is able to undelete files on Windows.

After launching the free file recovery software, users will see its main interface, as follows.



Five data recovery modules are provided, including "Undelete Recovery", "Damaged Partition Recovery", "Lost Partition Recovery", "Digital Media Recovery" and "CD/DVD Recovery". And "Undelete Recovery" module is able to recover deleted files. Click it and the following interface will be shown.



Take recovering deleted data from Partition G: for example (users having no data recovery experience can follow software prompts which are marked with reed box). Select Partition G; and click "Recover". The following interface will be shown.



Those files marked with red crosses are deleted files. Check the ones to be recovered and click "Save Files" to store them to a safe location. (Note: please don't save the recovered data to the original location; otherwise data will be overwritten and become unrecoverable.)

You have known the way to recover deleted files on Windows. If you want more details or information about other modules, please visit http://www.file-recovery-software.biz/.