Note : The time displayed on the image below does not represent the real-time of a data recovery, as this program has been used in a virtual machine.

Wait for data recovery until this message is displayed. IMPORTANT : Never recover data on the same partition as the data that was deleted, otherwise the operating system might overwrite the data on where deleted files were stored. We check the box at the top of the list to select them all, and click 'Recover'.Ĭreate a folder on another partition and select it here. ' folder with our image files that were there. In our case, we selected the partition E (données).Īfter several minutes or several hours of waiting (depending on the performance of your computer and the size of the partition to be analyzed), Recuva will display the list of files found in the specified location.Īs you can see, Recuva has detected our '100 Windows Se7en. Select the location where were these files before they are deleted.

Note : In this case, we could select 'Pictures'. Note: To use the advanced interface of Recuva, click 'Cancel'. To recover data, run Recuva and click 'Next'. These files are 'permanently' deleted and will not be sent to the recycle bin. Then, we deleted this folder 'permanently' using the keyboard shortcut 'SHIFT + DEL'.

Recover data on a partition that was formattedīefore beginning, we copied a folder containing 100 wallpapers on the E partition named 'données'.

Note : if you want to recover data with File Scavenger, please see our tutorial : Data recovery with File Scavenger To do this, simply use recovery software like Recuva (which is free and that we will use in this tutorial) and File Scavenger (which is paying, but much more efficient than Recuva). It is therefore possible to recover deleted files, and files that were on a partition that was formatted. When you format a USB key or a partition of your hard drive, the operating system only clears the files list on the concerned partition. In fact, the operating system does not erase the contents of files you delete, he just removes them from the files list on the concerned partition. When you delete a file from your hard drive to the basket or when you format your USB drive or a partition, files are never really deleted.

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