I Lost My Important Files, Can I Get It Back?

[lebronhuo]

Several days ago, i deleted some files in my computer and clean the recycle bin. But one of the files is really important to me. Can i get it back ?my computer is asus desktop.

any answers would be sincerely appreciated.

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe. If they have not already been overwritten.
There are recovery programmes out there that can search a drive. Just don't install them on the drive you wish to search. I'm not at my PC to check but I think I have one called recuva installed. Do a web search for one with a good rep.

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps try http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm ?

[Buenchico]

When you 'delete' a file in Windows, all that actually happens is that the space it occupies on your hard drive is marked up as 'free', so that other files can later over-write it. So, in the first instance at least, your file was still there after you deleted it and emptied the recycle bin.

However everything you've done on your computer since then has risked over-writing it. Even viewing this page risks doing so, because your computer has to write a temporary file to your hard drive to enable you to do it. Similarly, downloading and installing a new program risks permanently over-writing the file but that's what you'll now need to do. Here's the program which I'd use:
https://www.piriform.com/recuva

(It's possible to reduce the risk of that download over-writing the very which file you're seeking by downloading the file to a different computer and then using that second computer to search the hard drive of the first one. However that's really a task for a competent computer technician, rather than for yourself).

[Hymie]

Further to Buenchico’s advice, you could down load the piriform files to a USB memory stick plugged into the computer and run it from there, without the need to hook up another PC.

[lebronhuo]

Thank you for you guys. I've alreadly downloaded programs easeus data recovery wizard and recuva, according to your recommendations. both are free, but using recuva, I did not found the exct file, and found some other files. But it is really fast. Then easeus data recovery wizard helps me find my important file back, so great, it's back. Thank you guys, thank you easeus data recovery wizard.(although it takes more time to find my file.)

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your post, Lebronhuo.

There's actually a 'deep scan' option in Recuva though, which gets the program to delve as deeply as the Easeus software does.

[lslizzysmith]

Few day's back I had gone through the same situation. Accidently I deleted some of the files permanently from the desktop and get those files back I downloaded Windows data recovery software of stellar ( https://www.stellarinfo.com/windows-data-recovery.php ). This tool worked really well for me to recover all me permanent deleted files.