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I deleted datas from my laptop last week can I recover it any terms i tried recuva i recovered filed but the files were corrupted. Is there any way to recover those files . Files contains drawings,excle sheets , word documents and pdf's.

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gikkel

Do not use the drive until you recover the data, it will continue to write data over your old files, making them corrupted and unusable. I'll assume your drive is SATA (if not let us know). Remove the drive from the laptop and install in a pc. You can use lazyjadmin's recommendation and buy a usb adapter, or you can install the drive directly in a pc (you'll need to enter the bios to make sure it doesn't select the laptop drive as the boot drive).

Once the drive is installed and accessible, download data recovery software of choice (there are many). You can use several different programs at the same time. I prefer getdataback from runtime.org. Do not restore the files to the original drive, as you should limit write activity on the original drive.

samithsukumar

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No the user is using the HDD now .

samithsukumar

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So you are telling that there is no other way if the user has already use that HDD after Deletion.????!!!

gikkel

Not necessarily. Usage should be stopped...remember when you delete a file from the hard drive and empty the recycle bin, the file is only removed from the file system. The actual data is still there written on the drive...but it is now available to be written over. So if you continue to use the drive, your chances of recovery become less and less.

gikkel

Also, I see your original attempt yielded corrupted files...you need to go back to the source and try again. Use several different recovery programs at the same time. Try getdataback from runtime.org.