Sometime while cleaning your computer and removing unwanted files, you accidentally delete some important files. The problem becomes serious when you empty your recycle bin too. By the time you realize what you have done, it becomes too late and you lose all hope of recovering your important information. If something like this has happened to you too then stay calm. There is no need to panic! It is still possible for you to recover your recover your recycle bin!
Actually when you delete a file from a drive or a folder, the file is not physically deleted.. The OS moves the directory entry of the file from its original location to Recycle Bin. It also stores the original path of the file in a hidden index file called INFO2 (INFO if you are using Windows 95). As soon as you restore a file from recycle bin, the operating system reads the original path of the file from INFO and restores it.
When you empty the recycle bin then again the file is actually not permanently deleted. Rather, the space occupied by the file is marked by the OS as available to store any other data. Before the contents of the file are actually overwritten, the file can be recovered.
How To Recover Recycle Bin?
Once the file is deleted from the recycle bin, it can only be recovered using a third party data recovery tools. This is because they have numerous abilities to recover lost data that an OS does not have.
However, you must take an immediate action to restore file. The longer you wait, the greater the chance that you lose your files forever. Please refrain from downloading or installing additional software. The only software you should download is data recovery software. Otherwise you may inadvertently overwrite the files you are attempting to recover.
The data recovery tools first locate the files deleted from the recycle bin. They guide you through the steps of finding files, previewing files, and recovering them. They even help in recovering files that have been lost by formatting the hard disk. You can scan your computer for free to see what it comes up with.
