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Files which accidentally deleted from USB drive recovery
Files saved on the USB drive may be deleted accidentally sometimes. It is terrible for us if those deleted contents are useful or vital. Is there any remedial measure? As a matter of fact, we can try to get the files or folders back after deleting them of the external hard drive by mistake or by intention. And the possible way is to use data recovery software, a tool to restore the lost information. What’s more, the way is easy and simple to perform for us.
Example of deleting data off USB drive by accident
I want to recover some Files which I accidentally deleted from my USB drive the other day. I did not know how the delete all button is clicked at that time and then all contents were disappeared off the external hard drive. Some files and folders are important and crucial for me in my life, so I need to get them back. But the truth is that I have no idea about deleted files recovery from USB drive, so I do not know what should be done. Can you kindly help me? -Susan from New York
How to retrieve deleted information from the USB drive with data recovery software
We do not need to worry so much after deleting files or folders off the USB drive by error or by intention, because we may be able to get them back later. There is a chance to recover deleted information we need from the external hard drive with data recovery software. Here are the steps of it in detail as follows:
Recover files from usb drive
Preparation: Download the data recovery software on computer and connect the usb drive to the computer. Install it properly and launch the software. Finally, you can select a recovery module.
Different ways that files are deleted off USB drive
We may have known how easy and simple to retrieve the deleted information from the USB drive under the help of data recovery tool according to steps above. Easy as it is, we should be careful when use the external hard drive in case of deleting data off it by accident. The ways to delete files off the USB drive are various. We may know some different ways that information erased off the portable hard drive. We can avoid the data deletion case after knowing what they are. Here are some common cases of them below:
1. The information is deleted off the USB drive directly. There would be delete or delete all option when we right click the USB drive icon on the computer, and we may press the delete or delete button accidentally or intentionally sometimes. All contents saved on the external hard drive at the previous time would be deleted if we click the delete all button. The chose data would be erased if we press the delete button. So we should be careful when do not tend to delete files off portable hard disk.
2. The files are deleted off external hard drive due to the format action. All files and folders would be deleted off the USB drive even though we do not click on the delete all button, because there is another option, which is format. We can delete information off the USB drive completely by formatting it. so it is one of the way to delete files off portable hard drive that format it.
3. The data is deleted off the portable hard drive because of virus infection. The USB drive may be infected by virus and worms sometimes. The results of virus attacks to external hard drive are various, and one of those consequence is the information is deleted off the USB drive. We can not see them on the portable hard drive after the virus infection in that case. Other results may be the USB drive turn to raw, and so on.
4. Other ways to delete files off the USB drive.
File types which have been deleted can be restored from the USB drive
We may think such question that which types of files can be retrieved from the USB drive after being deleted. There may be various types of contents stored on the external hard drive, such as video files, image files, audio files, word documents, and so forth. As a mater of fact, we can try to get all of them back with data recovery program after deleting them.
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