How to Recover Deleted Files Using Recuva
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.
Note: According to Recuva developers, it can recover data from a formatted drive too. It can also recover deleted mail from your mail client. It supports Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Windows Live Mail. We haven’t tested these features though.
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.
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.Select the file type you want to recover.
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 where you want to retrieve files which were accidently deleted and click Next to continue.
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. . It takes times depending upon the size of the selected disk. 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 where you want to save your files. After selecting the appropriate location, click OK button.
10.Check out your recovered files whether they are available or not,if not go for deep scan .This way you can use Recuva to recover deleted files. I found this tool useful because it is faster and more effective than other similar softwares.
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