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When you "delete" a file it isn't in fact removed from the drive but the clusters on the allocation table are set as "available" so the clusters can be used by a new file. In other words, the deleted file information remains on the clusters until it is used by another file.
To recover a file it is very important not write anything to the drive. The problem is that windows writes to the drive all the time, specially on shutdown.
If you don't have a program as Recuva and you install it on same drive after the delete, you may ruin the chances of recovering the file.
In other words, making a periodic data backup on a dedicate backup drive is the best way to recover your data after a disaster.
You can also do a disk image backup. I have a dedicated drive for backups with drive images that I update twice a year and data backups that update every week.
Last edited by Megahertz; 4 Weeks Ago at 08:23.