How to recover your deleted Files and Folders in Windows using Recuva

Worried about data recovery of permanently deleted files and folders, from your Windows PC. There is no need to worry about if the file location is not overwritten or shredded with permanent file deleting application or software, then there is almost 100% chance to recover your deleted files.

Many a time, it is a common mistake of the users that unknowingly, you may have permanently deleted any file, or sometimes a hard drive is not responding properly and the data on the drive is not workable, or maybe you may have formatted any drive by mistake, data stored in that drive is not recoverable by normal means. Then you need the help of data recovery software. Recuva is one such data recovery software. However, there are other data recovery software present in the market. In this article, we will discuss about Recuva, how it works, and other information related to the recovery of data.

How recovery software like Recuva works to recover deleted data?

1. At first, you need to download Recuva from Ccleaner website or there are other software sharing websites, from which you may download this application.
2. After the download is over, install it in your system.
3. Then launch the application and you will be asked about the type of file, it will search for. If you are not sure about the file type, then choose the “all files” option and click the next button.
4. Then you will be asked for the file location. If you are sure about the file(s) or folder(s), you are looking for is located in which location, then select the specific location and mention the location accordingly. If you are not sure about the specific file location then select the “I’m not sure” option and click on the next button. Specifying a particular file location will let the application search only that file location for any previously deleted files or folders data that can be recovered. Otherwise, if you opt for the “I’m not sure” option, will search for the full hard drive location, which may take a longer time to search for and generate the result page.
5. If such a situation occurs, where you are not able to get the desired file name, in the recovery list, then run the application once again and check on the “enable deep scan” option and click on the start button. However, keep in mind, that in a normal scenario, if you enable the deep scan option, then it may take a much longer time to fetch the result of the deleted file list. So, if you find your result without enabling the deep scan option, then no need to waste your precious time.

6. When you find the file name on the result page, just tick on the required file name and click on the “Recover…” button, to recover the deleted file.

The files showing with green symbols have 100% recovery chance or probability or excellent chance, and the files with orange means acceptable chance and the files with red symbol mean unlikely chance of recovery. The chance of recovery reduces only when the file location is overwritten with some other files. So if you want to recover any file with has been deleted recently and no other file is written on that location.

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Conclusion

Thus, it can be said that Recuva is a simple and professional approach in its task. Many recovery software are present in the market, which are costly and much more complex. In contrast, Recuva is much simple and free for personal use, but it’s chargeable for professional use. However, the free version only supports the advanced file recovery option and the pro version supports advanced file recovery, virtual hard drive support, automatic updates, and premium support. It also comes with CCleaner Professional Bundle up to 3 PCs, please refer to its official site for more information and offers, which may change with time. It even works on removable pen drives and iPods, to recover its deleted files or mp3 files. It has some advanced features too, which you may activate from the options button, as per your requirement. Also, you may use it to recover data from your damaged and formatted drives. So getting such premium services at just no cost is appreciable. Hope, this article will help you, to recover your lost data and files. If you have any further questions or issues regarding this, please feel free to ask your question in the comment section, we will get back to you soon with the best possible feedback.