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Losing important documents or presentations is no joke, and losing some photos of sentimental value is not fun at all. Thankfully, there is a solution that can undelete files even if they were already wiped from your Recycle Bin. We present the powerful Disk Drill undelete app! Disk Drill for Windows lets you restore 500 MB of data for free and can also help you undelete SD card files.
Download and install the software on your Windows machine. You will need to provide administrator-level credentials during installation. Accept the prompt requesting permission for the application to make changes to the system.
Start the software after connecting any external storage device that is required for the recovery. For instance, if you are attempting to undelete files from an SD card you should connect it before starting Disk Drill. Once the program starts, select the disk or partition that will be recovered from the list displayed by the app.
Click the Search for lost data button to start scanning the selected device for deleted files and folders. You can choose the type of scan that Disk Drill performs or let the app run all of its algorithms in the optimal order. Scans can be paused and restarted at any time for more convenient data recovery.
As the scan proceeds, Disk Drill creates a list of items that can be recovered. You can preview these files to ensure that you want to restore them. Select the items you want to recover and choose a safe storage location that is not on the original device where they can be saved.
Click the Recover button to restore your selections to the new storage location. You will soon be using your Outlook files or other data that had accidentally been deleted from your machine.
Disk Drill is designed to help users get back data from a wide variety of data loss scenarios quickly and easily. The tool includes many features that make it a great choice in Windows undelete software.
Free recovery of up to 500 MB of data
Intuitive and user-friendly interface
Simple and clickable recovery process suitable for all users
Free byte-level backup creation
Preview files before committing to a recovery
Disk Drill can undelete files from any kind of internal or external disk-based storage device. From your internal hard disk to SD cards and flash drives, if you can connect it to your Windows computer, you can use Disk Drill to scan it and undelete files. Here are some examples of devices that are supported for recovery.
Dell®, HP®, Acer®, Asus®, MacBook Pro®, MacBook Air®, Apple iMac® and more
HP®, Samsung®, Seagate®, Toshiba®, WD®, LaCie®, Intel®, Adata® and more
SanDisk®, Samsung®, Kingston®, Corsair®, Patriot®, PNY®, Verbatim®, Silicon Power® and more
SanDisk®, Transcend®, Toshiba®, Lexar®, Integral®, SP®, PNY®, Kingston® and more
Samsung®, HP®, Sony®, GoPro®, Canon®, Sigma®, Nikon®, Epson®, Panasonic® and more
Samsung Galaxy®, iPhone®, Lenovo®, Huawei®, OnePlus®, Google Pixel®, LG® and more
* If TRIM is disabled. Learn more >
** Note: Android/iPhone recovery is only supported in Disk Drill for Mac at the moment
Disk Drill supports over 400 different file types when its deep scanning capabilities are used. It can recover all popular music files, images, videos, archive, and history files with a few simple clicks. Here are some examples of the file types that can be restored by this versatile software tool.
PROTECT
The best method and the free method of undeleting files is protecting them in advance. Disk Drill's Recovery Vault is one of a kind protection and restoration algorithm that quietly works in the background tracking your file operations, targeting files deletion. As soon as some files go to Recycle Bin, Recovery Vault records their data and keeps it safe until there is a need to get those files back. Undeleting files takes only a few moments with this awesome method and is 100% guaranteed.
You can restore deleted files on your Windows machine because of the way the operating system handles data deletion. When a file is deleted by the Windows OS, the physical data is not immediately removed from the storage device. The logical link that allows the data to be accessed is deleted and the space occupied by the item is marked as available for use by the operating system. Files can be recovered until they are overwritten with new information by the OS.
Here are some methods for undeleting files on several different platforms.
Please note: Disk Drill for Windows is not yet capable of detecting Android devices, however Disk Drill for Mac provides full support for Android data recovery.
Restoring an iOS device from an iCloud backup requires you to erase all of its current content before proceeding. Use the following steps to recover from an iCloud backup.
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To undelete files in Windows 10 use this process:
Yes, you can. Disk Drill for Windows offers a free trial version of the software. After downloading the app you can use it to recover up to 500 MB of data before making any investment in the Pro version. It’s a great way to recover lost files for free while investigating the extra data protection features built into this recovery tool.
There are several methods of undeleting file on Windows without software.
Undelete software recovers deleted data by taking advantage of the way files are deleted by the operating system. When you undelete a file on Windows 7 or any other version of the OS, the logical links to the item are repaired, making it available to your applications. Also known as data recovery software, these applications can only restore data if it has not been overwritten by new information. You need to act quickly and use the software as soon as you realize that data loss has occurred.
You can undelete files in Windows 11 using the Previous Versions feature, which lets you easily retrieve files included in File History backups and system restore points:
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Windows 10-11 (64-bit)/11 (ARM), 51.1 MB
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