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Monday, 15 August 2016

Recover lost or deleted files

You can restore deleted files and folders or restore a file or folder to a previous state.

To restore a deleted file or folder

  1. Open Computer by clicking the Start button 
    The Start button
    , and then clicking Computer.
  2. Navigate to the folder that used to contain the file or folder, right-click it, and then click Restore previous versions. If the folder was at the top level of a drive, for example C:\, right-click the drive, and then click Restore previous versions.

    You'll see a list of available previous versions of the file or folder. The list will include files saved on a backup (if you are using Windows Backup to back up your files) as well as restore points, if both types are available.

Picture of the Previous Versions tab
 

Some previous versions of files

  1. Double-click a previous version of the folder that contains the file or folder you want to restore. (For example, if a file was deleted today, choose a version of the folder from yesterday, which should contain the file.)
  2. Drag the file or folder that you want to restore to another location, such as your desktop or another folder.

    The version of the file or folder is saved to the location that you selected.

To restore a file or folder to a previous state

  1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Restore previous versions.
    You'll see a list of available previous versions of the file or folder. The list will include files saved on a backup (if you're using Windows Backup to back up your files) as well as restore points, if both types are available. 

    Picture of the Previous Versions tab
     

The Previous Versions tab, showing some previous versions of files

  1. Before restoring a previous version of a file or folder, select the previous version, and then clickOpen to view it to make sure it's the version you want.


  2. To restore a previous version, select the previous version, and then click Restore.

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