How to recover deleted file when it is deleted from recycle bin

Question

I had deleted many files from recycle bin I want to know if I could recover them .can you tell me the procedure.

Answer 1

There is no single procedure - it depends on the type of files and type of hard drive. In the simplistic case - ie something which might allow partial recovery - something like Recuva as mentioned, or Photorec can scan through the disk and look for file signatures - this has limitations in that it looses filenames, will probably come up with multiple revisions of files and does not work well on large files on fragmented drives.

If it is a FAT based filesystem you may be able to use undelete, and if it is an NTFS based filesystem you may be able to use ntfsundelete - these are the best options if they work.

Note: before attempting recovery it is best to do a bit copy of the drive, so that if something goes wrong, you are not in a worse position then when you started.

Answer 2

Short answer: if the files are important, you recover them from a backup copy, which is a must have for important files.

Long answer: if the files are important, but you don't have a backup copy, you need to use a file recovery program. Since you said recycle bin, I assume you use Windows. Explicitly stating your OS in the question would've been a good idea, since answers to your question are OS specific. You can try recuva for example. But if the deleted files are really important, don't do it yourself. Since you've resorted to ask this question, most likely you lack knowledge to do it right yourself. Shut down your computer to minimize the risk of disk sectors that contain the deleted files to be overwritten and pay a data recovery professional to do the job. Warning: it's not cheap.