Anyone who has ever emptied the Windows recycle bin before giving a quick once over check for important needed files or who has accidentally deleted wanted items while doing a fast computer house cleaning, has asked themselves the question, how do I recover deleted files? This same question arises when one inadvertently reformats a flash drive or even when one reloads Windows without first copying stored hard drive information. In all of these circumstances the problem is essentially the same. The difficulty we are facing is that we have presumably erased information from our digital storage. What most people do not realize is that deleting a file, even by emptying the Windows recycle bin, does not remove from your computer’s hard drive or any digital storage media connected to your computer the actual information contained in that folder. Deleting a file simply relabels the space allocated to that data as being available for new information. When a new information is placed in the segment of your computer’s digital storage that held the old information, then and only then is your original file erased.
So, to the question how do I recover deleted files, we do this by using a program specifically designed for the purpose of recognizing extensions and type structures. This program is designed to quickly search through any type of digital storage such as computer hard drives and camera memory cards. As the program searches, it counts as a file any digital information stored on the computer hard drive. All of the original information is presented in this form with the original file names in place.
