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How to recover a file deleted by mistake?

Phil54v56 Posted messages 17 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello, after upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I wanted to delete several things that were installed like the widget, the card game, etc. Unfortunately, I deleted the Videos folder and cannot recover it. I was thinking of doing a system restore, but the last restore point is from October 7 and Windows 11 was installed on October 8, so I'm afraid of reverting back to Windows 10. I don't want to pay for an installation again (my PC wasn't compatible and I had to pay for a license). Do you have a solution to suggest? Thank you in advance.

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    Phil54v56 Posted messages 17 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     

    Thank you for your response, but it's not one or more files that I thought I had lost, but the "VIDEOS" folder in the file explorer.

    Automatically, I right-clicked on the file explorer icon and saw it appear at the bottom of the list. I resolved the issue by pinning it to the home, and my problem is solved, beginner's luck!!!

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  2. georges97 Posted messages 14604 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 932
     

    Hello,

    A restoration resets the system to the date when the backup was made. The data are not affected, except for a full backup of the volume or personal folders, or if they were installed on a separate disk.

    Therefore, reverting to Windows 10 would be pointless (the data having been wiped).

    Furthermore, if the "professional" carried out a disk formatting installation without offering you the option to perform it yourself beforehand, you will not be able to recover the data.

    If I understand correctly, this is a new video folder created under Windows 11, so you can use, with no guarantee of complete recovery, the free versions of these two software:

    Recuva

    https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/19127-recuva/

    easier, but relatively effective.

    Photorec, known to be (more) complicated

    https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/21721-testdisk-photorec/

    https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec_Etape_par_Etape

    In both cases, the files are not found in the original order, but if it is just a folder, it shouldn't be too problematic.

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  3. fabul Posted messages 42168 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 069
     

    Hello,

    If the data was previously on the C: drive:

    Download Shadow Explorer 0.9 Portable (Free) here:

    https://www.shadowexplorer.com/downloads.html

    Extract the entire folder somewhere, and run ShadowExplorerPortable.exe

    Select your C:\ drive if not already done.

    Choose a date when the files were present.

    Navigate to Users > Your name >

    Right-click on the folder or file and click on Export

    Choose a destination...

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