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Possible to recover deleted files from external hard drive on Windows 11 PC?
I recently deleted a few important files from my external hard drive while connecting to my Windows 11 PC. These files are crucial for my work, and I need to recover them as soon as possible. I've he...
Once you've realized you've deleted important files, stop using the external hard drive right away. The more you use it, the higher the chance that the deleted files will get overwritten, and that's a nightmare.
Recovering deleted files from external hard drive can take some time, especially if you have a lot of data on the drive. Check out this post that helped me last week:
https://www.uuwinfox.com/retrieve-lost-files
Using the built-in command line to recover deleted files on Windows 11 is not the most user-friendly method. You've got to remember a bunch of commands, which can be daunting if you're not super tech-savvy. If you mess up a command, you might end up causing more issues than fixing anything.