Most if not all, have lost important data stored on system drives due to willful or accidental deletion, as a result of which, we tend to give in to panic when the very data you had deleted; become necessary for you. What we’re aiming at in this write-up is, to help you out in those situations in which you might have had lost your data due to the above reasons. We will first try to delve into the fact on why you might face these situations and then illustrate on methods to recover deleted data from Windows 10.
Certain reasons to why your Windows 10 data might have had been lost are elaborated here below:
- In case when you were changing the location, and you left the contents of C:\users\username\documents in the same location without having moved to D:\documents; you might encounter this issue.
- If you chose to redirect their folders to an alternative folder on OneDrive yet you desired not to shift the existent files to the new location. Since you did not move these files, the recent Update considered them to be duplicate folders. As a result, it deleted them.
- If you used known folder redirection in an earlier version of OneDrive having had turned on Autosave. In this case, The client did not move your old files to the new location. This would result in the updated version to remove them.
In these cases, what can you do and how do you solve this issue? Well, that is exactly what we’ll discuss in the next few passages. Having said that, there are both manual and mechanical or automated methods to recover deleted data from Windows 10.
Manual Methods
The first thing to do is to use back up which might restore deleted files in Windows10. Follow the simple procedures to steps to use back up:
- Go to Control Panel
- Open Backup and Restore. Click set up backup under Backup or restore your files.
- The process begins. Select the location to save your backup. Click Next
- Choose what you want to backup. The Window provides options such as Let Windows Choose (recommended) and Let me Choose(Please note that it is always safe to choose the first option since Windows itself chooses the right data. However, this is just an opinion and you might differ.)
- Click Next.
- Review the backup settings and click on Save settings and run backup. The Backup process begins. (Note: the process might take some time)
There is but another way to recover deleted data by restoring previous versions, which is done with the help of File History.
- Right-click on the folder which consisted of the permanently deleted file or files or folder/folders
- Select ‘Restore previous versions’.
- From the existing versions, select the one which has dates mentioned; of the files when they were there
- Now, press ‘Restore’ or drag & drop the version you desire at a location of your choice on the system.
Please keep in mind that you should use an external storage drive in order that you may prevent data overwriting in case you do not find the desired files in the restored version.
Both back up & restore processes, File History backup, and restore previous versions solutions can help get your lost data back but not the updated one and the highly corrupted or permanently deleted data well. Here shifting from manual ways to the automated solution to recover the Windows 10 data would be a rootable decision.
KDR Tools provides a tool named Windows Recovery which speaks for itself, both as a tool and as one of the most effective Methods to Recover Deleted Data from Windows 10. The passages that follow reveal how the tool helps and how it works.
Windows Recovery
The tool is ideal if you lost your data via deletion. Out of many ways that the tool helps, the following are a few:
- The Software permits you to fix the Windows drives that are corrupt and the errors resulting from the same (both, within physical as well as logical devices).
- The Software extracts all of those files even your highly-prized ones, without any alterations to them.
- Furthermore, it also recovers all data from permanently-deleted files and folders without any file restrictions.
- Three scanning modes to scan selected system drive and partitions for available data
- Quick preview of selected content after the data recovery and before export.
- Flexible data recovery to selected Windows system file folder
If you want to know how the tool works and you are not sure about directly buying it, you might want to download and install the free demo version. The tool can be used following these steps:
- Quick Scan
- Deep Scan
- File Trace
Quick Scan:
- Go to Start, then Select All Programs, then go to Windows Data Recovery. A window that provides you with an overview of the three different modes to use the Tool, pops up
- Click Quick Scan. ‘Select the Physical and Logical devices’ and Click Next
- Click Next
- Search for the data that is lost begins
- Search is complete, dialog box which displays pops up that prompts you to use “Deep Scan” mode (in case the desired result is not found).
- Click OK. Close dialog box. All files that can be recovered, are displayed in a tree-like structure which is present on the left-side panel of the software’s Window.
- Click Recover
- Select folder that is there on the left tree to confirm before saving. When you select the folder, its content is exhibited in the right. The preview is visible in the down side Panel.
- Click Recover. Browse for the Folder where you wish to save your recovered file/files and Click Ok.
- Saving Process begins.
- If the Files are saved efficaciously, you get following message:
- Click Ok
Note: A new window which states that if you do not find the files and/or folders you require, you need to go back again to the first step and then use Deep Scan.
Final Words……
To conclude, you and I have all faced this problem repeatedly. However, to look at facts, getting back lost files is so very easy. Follow the above steps or use a third-party tool to get back files that you might have accidentally or purposely deleted them. If you have any questions pertaining to the above-mentioned tool; do get in touch with the KDR Tools team. The Team will always try to provide the best Methods to Recover Deleted Data from Windows 10.