Windows 10 undelete files

[sinan]

Hi.

In earlier windows versions, If I remember correct, I could restore deleted files easy, In recent editions I could not find it anymore, I have bought recuva, It works just fine but it took hours to scan, most time I need to recover single file only and do not need to wait hour(s) to get result even if I narrow search for single folder.

Please let me know if recover (restore) deleted files is still working in win 10.

Thanks and regards.

 

[Neemobeer]

You can setup File History, but that requires another drive or network share to backup files to. I wouldn't have purchased recuva as there are better freely available tools such as testdisk and GetDataBack to name a few. Also yes it takes a long time to locate the files because when you delete a file you are simply deleting the MFT entry that points to the data so it has to scan the entire disk because there is no longer a reference to the file. It's scanning for file meta data which can be anywhere on the disk partition.

 

[sinan]

Thank you very much for detailed helping information.

You can setup File History, but that requires another drive or network share to backup files to. I wouldn't have purchased recuva as there are better freely available tools such as testdisk and GetDataBack to name a few. Also yes it takes a long time to locate the files because when you delete a file you are simply deleting the MFT entry that points to the data so it has to scan the entire disk because there is no longer a reference to the file. It's scanning for file meta data which can be anywhere on the disk partition.

 

[Neemobeer]

I prefer testdisk. It's 100% free and works on Windows, Linux and Mac

 

[sinan]

I prefer testdisk. It's 100% free and works on Windows, Linux and Mac

I will give a try, Thanks.

 

[blackmagicislam]

PhotoRec is also best tool as compared to others