How to undelete files
To free up disk space we have to periodically delete useless files from a hard drive or removable devices. Even if we try to be careful enough not to delete important files they sometimes disappear along with the useless ones. But don't panic. If you accidetially deleted files, there is a way to get them back. The first thing you should do is to check the Recycle bin. If your files were placed to the Recycle bin you can recover them with a few clicks. But what if you emptied the Recycle Bin or deleted files bypassing it? Even in this case deleted files are not gone forever and can be recovered with special undelete software. When you delete a file from your computer, even if you empty the Recycle bin or bypass it, such deletion just marks occupied space as free but the data is still on your hard drive for a while. If deleted files are not yet overwritten by other files, there's a good chance to recover them.
Undelete Deleted Files is easy-to-use yet powerful freeware that will easily and securely recover deleted files from a hard drive, flash drive, USB drive, sd card, memory stick and other storage devices. With Undelete Deleted Files you can recover files deleted from the Recycle Bin, or lost due to the accidental deleting
Important: To increase the chance of undeleting, you should immediately stop writing data to the drive with the lost data as new data could overwrite the files you need to undelete. Do not install the program on the drive holding lost data.
To undelete files on the system drive, please read the instructions below
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How to undelete deleted files
In case you need to undelete files from a flash drive, sd card, memory card, etc., connect or insert your device to your computer
1. Run the program
If you installed the program on your computer or removable drive, double-click the Undelete Delete Files desktop icon
If you use the version that does not require installation, run undelete.exe
2. Search for deleted files
Select the drive where the lost files are located, select file type and click 'Search for deleted files'.
The program will analyze the content of the drive that will take some time (depending on the size of your drive) and shows you the list of deleted files.
If lost files are not in the search results, most likely they had been overwritten.
You can preview jpg, jpeg, gif and bmp files.
3. Undelete files
Select the files you need to undelete and click 'Undeleted selected files'.
Click 'Browse' to select the location where to save recovered files. Do not save recovered files to the same drive as it could overwrite the files you need to undelete.
Undelete files on the system drive
Use another computer to download Undelete Deleted Files.
You can install the program on a removable drive or use the version that does not require installation.
To undelete files, plugin the removable drive with Undelete Deleted Files to the subject computer and run it.
Or, you can connect your system drive to another computer as a non-system drive. Note: make sure Windows or other programs on your second computer neither access your drive with the lost data nor write any information to it.
If you have Undelete Deleted Files already installed on the computer where you need to undeleted files, run the program and start file recovering.
To recover both the original file name and folder path, select the 'Undelete with original path' option.
To recover the original last modified date, select the 'Restore the original last modified date' option in the program Settings
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