Accidently delete a file? Has a file gone MIA? You might be able to retrieve it, but do not use your computer for any other purpose until you have either successfully recovered the files or given up. Every time you write to your hard drive, you lessen the chances of successful recovery.
Accidently delete a file? Has a file gone MIA? You might be able to retrieve it, but do not use your computer for any other purpose until you have either successfully recovered the files or given up. Every time you write to your hard drive, you lessen the chances of successful recovery.
From Windows to wireless, PC World Contributing Editor Lincoln Spector finds solutions to his readers' most vexing PC problems.
In his Recover Missing Files blog, Spector lists several recovery options in order of ease and expense. He says, "Try the first one. If that doesn't work, go to the second, and so on."