Computer Files Recovery Tools: Recover Lost Files With Ease

Scenario: Lose the important files on Windows PC

There seems to be many PC users seeking the ways of computer files recovery. As is everyone knew, the deleted files will be transferred to Recycle Bin and stay in it for 30 days. During this period, you can undo the files deleting task and return them to the previous storage path.

Unfortunately, some users used to deleting files by hitting “Shift+ Delete”, then they won’t see these files on their PC anymore, even in the Recycle Bin. The files totally disappeared from the PC! When the files are attacked by accidents like known disk errors, malware, viruses and PC crash, they also may be removed from your PC.

When you want to recover the lost files, you may have a doubt on how to make computer deleted files recovery. In the next section, you can know two top tools to retrieve the lost files.

Top PC files recovery tools compatible with Windows

In order to successfully perform data recovery on computer, you may need the help of approved data recovery utilities. Here, we will advise Windows Files Recovery and AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

★ Option 1. Try Windows File Recovery

Windows File Recovery is an official free tool produced by Microsoft, it allows Windows users to recover lost files from SD cards, USB, HDD, SSD, etc. Being similar to CMD, this tool requires you to enter commands to perform computer data recovery. Please refer to the steps to recover lost PC files with it.

Before you do:
➹ The command formula is “winfr source- drive:destination–drive: [/mode] [/switches]”.  
➹ You need to select one mode to scan the files: Default or Extensive.

➹ The Extensive mode includes Signature and Segment. The Signature mode supports you in recovering all lost files with the file headers. The Segment mode helps you to recover the lost files using file records in the NTFS file system.

Step 1. Download the Windows File Recovery on Microsoft Store, install and run it as administrator.

Step 2. Choose the default mode, and input winfr source-drive:destination-drive:[/mode][/switches] and then press “Enter”.

 ★ Option 2. Run AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional

It’s obvious that making computer files recovery with Windows File Recovery may cost much energy, because you need to know the usage notice and know how to use the command. If you cannot understand how to properly use the command on it, you can try another option- AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

It can help you recover all kinds of files (pictures, Word documents, Emails, texts, videos, etc.) in different storage media, including HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, and so on. It supports working on multiple file systems: NTFS, FAT32, exFAT and ReFS. No matter how the files lose, this wonderful tool can recover them.

Besides, you can manage the PC disk with other advanced functions, such as Allocate Free Space, App Mover, Clone disk, Convert to NTFS/FAT32, Gutmann Wipe Hard Drive, etc.

Let’s see the detailed operation of recovering files on PC.

Step 1. Download and install this data recovery tool, click “Recover” and “Recover Data”.

Step 2. Choose the target partition where the lost files stayed before, click “Start Scan”.

Step 3. All deleted files will be listed. Choose the files you want to recover and click “Recover”. 

Step 4. Choose a destination folder path and click “Select Folder”.

Step 5. When you see the following window, the lost files have been successfully recovered, click “OK”.

Final Word

How can you make computer files recovery when you lose important files? In this post, we have answered this question by recommending two useful data recovery tools. When you master the PC knowledge, Windows File Recovery can be a good option. When you realize that it’s so difficult for you to recover data with this official tool, please turn to AOMEI Partition Assistant.

By the way, once you lose files on a Windows Server PC, the Server Edition will help you to handle the problem.