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Rescue deleted files from Windows 7 computer

Aug 20, 2014 6:09PM PDT

My roommate mistakenly deleted a folder that held many movies off from my Windows 7 partition. There was no another copy of all these connected movies and I also could not find them in Recycle Bin. Is there any way to restore them back? I have connected these movies for a really long time and don't want to spend more to find them back again. Thanks for any advice!

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First thing to do
Aug 20, 2014 10:59PM PDT

First thing to do is stop using the computer immediately. The more you use it, the better the chances of parts of the files being overwritten. Then from another computer try a program such as Recuva. If that doesn't do it, you'll have to decide if the files are worth a not insignificant amount of money for professional recovery services.

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Rescue deleted files
Aug 21, 2014 12:13PM PDT

In fact, as I know, whether you can restore your deleted movies often depends on whether you've written new stuffs on this partition. If you have not done that, you do have chances to get most or even all of your wanted partition videos back. What you need is only some partition recovery software.

But, if you do have save new stuffs there, I am sorry, you may not get everyone of them.
But, never give up. You still can try to find them back over the internet.

Just never try to save only one copy of your previous data on only one place in the future.

Here is an article that can teach you to rescue your deleted data back step by step:
blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/12/deleted-files-recovery.html

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Get GParted
Aug 21, 2014 6:27PM PDT

by downloading a recent linux distro like Ubuntu 14.04 or Mint 17.

boot to the LIVE DVD.

Open the GParted program, internally it contains Testdisk/Photorec

Hilite the partition that is problem.

In the header Menu area clk on "Device"

then clk on "Attempt Data Recovery"

It will instruct you from that point on.

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I don't think you need Linux with Gparted
Aug 21, 2014 9:16PM PDT

as you can just boot up using the Gparted DVD. At least the last time I used it it worked that way.

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the hope is
Aug 22, 2014 11:15AM PDT

he might play around in the linux and check it out the same time, maybe see something he likes. Also have on hand for quick LIVE DVD internet access next time his windows system is on the fritz.

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This may help you
Aug 24, 2014 11:50AM PDT

Yeah, firstly stop using this computer partition and then, try some possible ways to rescue your partition movies.
My boy friend has ever tried to rescue all his erased partition images with the help of a video tutorial:
youtube.com/watch?v=JIvF3y_rs1c
This video has offered really detailed steps of partition data recovery. If you really have no luck to get your stuffs back, I hope this one could give you some helps.

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deleted files
Aug 25, 2014 5:24PM PDT

Necessary to protect important folders from being deleted.

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Re:Rescue deleted files from Windows 7 computer
Aug 28, 2014 10:12PM PDT

Its advisable not to install or uninstall any other things in your system until you recover the files. There are plenty of software's like easeus, Recuva with which you can recover the files your have accidentally deleted.