FREE File Recovery From MICROSOFT Windows File Recovery
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
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FREE File Recovery From MICROSOFT Windows File Recovery Tool!
Don't pay silly amounts of money to recover files from HDD, SSD USB sticks, Memory cards etc. You can do it for NOTHING! And you don't have to worry about the program being from some sketchy company that will harvest your data or create a back door and run up a credit card bill.
The Microsoft Windows File Recovery is COMPLETELEY FREE and can do pretty much everything the paid for programs can do, but without the nice fancy user interface so be prepared to see the command line! And don't worry it is pretty simple although still pretty much a work in progress all the features are there.
This small program found over 40,000 files on my USB flash drive that only really had a BIOS ROM on it!
There were video files that played as they should and PDF's that had long be deleted! This is one of the few times i have tried a file recovery program and the items found would actually open and were in the same format etc!
Obviously your mileage may vary, but here is a challenge for you. Get and old memory stick and see what you can find!
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You're so welcome!
I don't know why would anyone dislike this. I pressed undo and my files disappeared, but this method brought them back to life! Thank you
You are welcome :-)
Wow, Mike... talk about finding a hidden gem! That is AWESOME! Reminds me of my MS-DOS days back in the 80's. I am surprised to see how well it works. I am a bit disappointed that Microsoft could not at least put a simple GUI on it - it may be intimidating for some people. But, as you stated, it is free, so not much to complain about. Just a caution to people out there - if your media is damaged, your mileage will vary but it is worth the try!
Thanks sky yes was nice to have a command line rather than a gui those then to me more confusing at times. At least with the command line you are telling it exactly what to do
Another great video to refer back to if you have problems with your PC and the media drives. Just love this UA-cam channel.
Much appreciated! you keep watching and i'll keep making them
for your information, you saved my life for free lol, i shift deleted all media files by mistake with 0 backup! Thanks mate! still scanning, I hope it will work for me as well
Incredible. Awesome job, sharing this priceless tutorial. I am so thankful you've shared this video. This helped me recover some vey important files, without researching for an affordable, reliable, trustworthy and easy to use recovery program. Cheers!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for this man. It helped a lot!
Glad it helped!
I've figured why the recovery folder doesn't show up on the File Explorer. Apparently, that folder is treated as a 'protected operating system' file and those are by default hidden in the File Explorer as it is recommened. To view the folder, simply go to File Explorer, click on the 'File' button in the upper left corner, select 'Change folder and search options' or sometimes simply 'Options', go to 'View' tab, scroll down in the 'Advanced settings' block and uncheck the 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)'. Click 'Apply' and 'OK', refresh the page if needed and now you'll probably be able to see it. I had to do it two times in some cases, as the first time didn't apply the setting for me, but it did the second time. Hope it helps!
thanks for the info
Good straight forward help. Manged to recover an 8000 word doc thanks to the app and your help.
Glad to hear it helped :-)
Thanks to *MOBTAGG* on instagram who help me recover my data files
Try follow him up on IG.
Recovery folder needs to exist in the destination drive for WinFR to start the recovery process.
Very helpful. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I dont comment often but you safed my life. I corrupted my girlfriends usb by accident with 3k+ pictures of her childhood. Everything worked like a charm and i can confess to her now. Thank you very much man
Glad it helped - and thanks for taking the time to comment :-)
It's free??
@@NilasDreamworld yeah.
Thankyou!!
A non-techie, continuing subscriber. Another great view. I have 2 HDDs in an external dock that have suddenly changed to RAW format. I've been researching on how I might recover and reformat. The concensus seems to be a program like this one...recovery, then reformat, then reload files back to the problem disk. Do you think this program would be a good attempt by an unskilled user? I've also seen programs from EaseUSA, MiniTool, Aomei, 4DDiG, and Disc Drill mentioned What is your advice?
you might be able to repair the master boot record and file structure table before that, i'll try and find a link to the info, but if you want to have a look just google "drive set to raw repair
@@mikesunboxing Thanks Mike, but I'm not techie enough to understand master boot record...I did the Google search but the results showed only ads for recovery programs I had already listed with the addition of iBoysoft. I did read a comment cautioning using chkdsk X: /f which I read that I should do (!). So, now what is your best guess for me? If a 3rd party program, which one?
Excellent video... Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for this video!
You are so welcome!
Nice tutorial.... Very helpful
Thanks a lot
bro appreciate your efforts i was going nuts for the prices of the recovery data apps , thank you so much
Happy to help
awesome to see you are monitering this video as of today. I have a problem where I deleted A bunch of work but I dont have a flash drive or second hard drive in my home. am i screwed? Like from what I can read you need to find the files in one drive and copy them into a second. but I only have the one c drive on my harddrive and thats it.
it might be best to bite the bullet and buy a USB drive if you can, otherwise if you have enough space free on the main drive you could create a new partition and maybe recover to there?
Also you could try recuva that is a slightly easier app to use
I wanted to ask this but thanks for asking nd for answering
I still have a copy of Tiramisu that I got while attending IT school. I was told by my instructor that it's one of the programs the FBI used to recover data off a drive. It can recover a good bit of data off of hard drives, even if they've been formatted.
I think I remember hearing about that back in the day. Must investigate
I had to google this Tiramisu jazz, and it's for Windows 95/98 lol
Hi Oletta, I noticed you said you went to IT school. I just started 2 days ago on Thursday the 18th. I just wanted to ask how was it, and was the test very difficult , and how long did you go to school? Our course is usually done in 6 months, but we're having to do it in 3, which means twice the studying lol. Also if possible, can you please add me...I'd like to reach out from time to time for assistance, if you don't mind.
@@hollywoodmints For me, it was expensive and not worth the money I paid. If I could do it over, I would have just bought the school's books, and studied at home. Then when I was ready, I would pay the $200 or so for taking each of the CompTIA and MCP certification tests. That would have been much less costly, and I would have gotten citified faster. I never actually used the associate degree I got from the 2 year IT course. So that was a waste of money. Hopefully the school you're attending is much better and the experience will be better for you.
@@OlettaLiano I can understand how you feel, here on you tube, you can find so many free informative videos on IT. Did you pass your certification test, if so...was it very difficult? Also, thanks for your response, I'm truly grateful
Is it possible in this application that the program, when recovering and moving files, can place files as they were in the source device? The point is that as there are e.g. 3 folders with games. Each folder has its own subfolders, e.g. ambient, txt. The point is that files from 3 different folders will not end up in 1 shared folder, otherwise it will end up mixing files and possibly overwriting them.
it might be possible but as this is a work in progress it might be best to ask the software devs for specifics
A very handy guide.
Thanks for watching :-)
How long does this process usually take. I'm not sure if this works on internal SSD's anyway, but it seems to be stuck on 19% on a 1TB ssd. Is this just a result of the huge scan size, or is there something wrong with the program?
could take hours or days but usually for a 1tb ssd i would say a couple of hours unless the drive has problems
Thank you. It helped me a lot to recover deleted files.
Glad it helped
Was it completely free?
Hello, I need your personal advice on this. So a lot of DLL's and services got deleted for some reason off my computer, and I can't find any way to recover them, and I can't use the normal windows store anymore, I can't update my PC, and so much other stuff, how would I fix this?
try this ua-cam.com/video/RpLox4z5Qkk/v-deo.html
I try and put my command in the prompt and it buffers for a few seconds then just retypes all the information about syntax, and doesn't give me the y/n option.
that is strange not sure what is happening there
same with me
Hey Mike! Any idea how to recover files off an mp3 player that doesn't show a drive letter?
Not sure sorry. But interesting problem
Why do I keep getting "Failed to create destination folder"...I created a folder in c: ???? could you help please ?
try and set the location somewhere else it could be a protected area
Please help i get this error:
'winfr' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
maybe try using Recuva that is a little easier to use
It worked! cheers!
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does it take alot of time for the progresws to go up if you have alot of folders?
Please answer:)
cus its stuck on 00% for almost an hour
Do i need to format it? and will formatting loose all the data in the drive?
yes this can take a very long time, even days
did it work for you in the end?
ok so in theory i really like this method but im struggling so i get as far as "continue (y/n)" hit "Y" pass 1: scanning and processing disk, and then i get a windows error box "winFR.exe has stopped working" "a problem has caused this program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."
So i have tried unistalling the app and re-installing it but i get the same issue. I am wondering if its because the drive in question (Western digital 3tb 3.5" drive out of a Western Digital my book live) is so far gone that the drive wont even let me scan it this way.
Can anyone help?
thanks
chris
try using the Recuva software from the CCleaner people, it is much easier and a nice GUI
the signature \x thing isn’t an available option for me… Also, it says that “Source and destination cannot refer to the same partition”, what does this mean???
i would try revcuva instead it is much easier to use
It didn't work on my sd card. When I typed y for yes, it showed the percentage at 00% and nothing happened other than the folder being created and empty.
try recuva instead
Maaaaannn!!!
Thank you extremely much for showing us how to restore data.
I was able to recover some dear files due to you.
Thank you brother!
Glad to hear that :-)
Thank you for this video. I had tried following the microsoft info but wasn't getting it. I was only trying to recover a certain file type but it never was able to do that so I just used your commands and boom... It's scanning and recovering.
Glad I could help
Your drive is titled (E:), mij lost data is nog shown as any letter, how do you adres it. Any help is appreciated.
try recuva software it is much better and free
Hey mike
I want to recover files from formatted HDD can i use this app? And what extention i should use for hdd if the recovery is possible
try using recuva that is good software
@@mikesunboxing is that a free software?
I'm having an error though.its not calculating my sector count and cluster space despite providing all the info. as soon i click y for yes. it starts scanning but terminates at 0% only and give me prompt next line.
hmm not sure what is going on there sorry
@@mikesunboxing i restarted the system and it worked fine. thank u so much. i recovered almost 20gb worth data.
Good Information Well Useful is Liked
So nice of you
@@mikesunboxing Your contents are very good friend 👏 😎
Thank you so much. You saved my life I accidentally formatted a camera SD card with client's birthday photos!
Glad I could help!
i know it's been 2 years since the video was uploaded, but if by any chance you could help me or give me an answer it would be much appreciated. Anyhow, i recovered my deleted stuff and every picture (.jpg) came back with really low resolution, i'm talking about 120x250 whereas many of them were in fullHD and above. is there a way to get back the original rez. or is that out of the question? thanks!!
sounds like it might have just recovered the thumbnails. maybe do it again but put a limit on the filesizes
Mine keep showing 'Please specify drive letter in the correct format (eg. C:)', even thoght I have specifically specified the drive letter and folder in the said format.
try using recuva, it is a much easier interface and is pretty good
Thanks a lot for saving me and my data.
Happy to help
Thank you so much for this video. Accidently I cleaned and formatted my external hard disk by the commands prompt which contains about 300GB data. Can I retrieve my data which includes different formats like images and videos using this software?? does each time making the process of recovering using any software it will decrease the chances of getting the rest of data ?? kindly advise thank you.
it might do it, although i would also maybe take a look at the recuva software from the people that brought us ccleaner, i used it recently and quite impressed
What would be the command if I want to recover just 1 file type like MKV videos????
no sure sorry, but maybe look at Recuva software it is free and has a nice user interface to make file selection and file types easy
Too bad I started using Recuva first then this. I recovered deleted files but most of them are unreadable. Jpg and png files are destroyed. Learned my lesson to back-up files. Helpful video though!
The program has been running for almost the whole day now and it's still at 00%. It's scanning a portable SSD and I only have one folder on it so it should not take forever. Can I just stop it? Or do you know what I did wrong?
not sure why that is, but i would stop it and take a look at the command lines and see if there is any obvious problems
I can't seem to recover a large file that I deleted. It was the whole local version of OneDrive that was having a lot of Sync Errors. I should have just moved it. When I signed back into OneDrive a lot of files were missing. I'm assuming that everything I was saving was only being saved locally and not uploading to the server. The C:Drive recycle bin has over 7 gigs in it so I'm pretty sure my files are there but I can't recover them. This tool is being blocked by our Security Policies. Is there any other way to recover the file that I deleted?
try using recuva by the people that make ccleaner, that is pretty good
What do I do if it only recovered photos but not videos? I tried using disk drill before this video and it’s showing the videos but it’s making me upgrade which is $90. So I know they’re there but why wouldn’t the windows part bring the videos back?
not sure, these programs work in very mysterious ways
I have a Lenovo Idea pad wit windows 10 & this app says it won't work on my computer for some reason! Any suggestions or alternatives?
recuva is a good option
Thank You... 🙏
You're most welcome
My Winfr goes then it like enters a new promt win32 c or w.e I can't get it to even stay scanning can anyone help?
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Does The Destination Folder Know How Much Storage It Can Recovery Cuz. I'm Currently Recovering File From An Old Windows 7 Laptop Hard drive And The Destination Folder Is My F Drive Which Only Has 165GB On It
not sure but i would expect that there is some form of check that is does. but honestly not sure, it is still a beta product
HELP :(
1. I tried to transfer folders from sd card of my phone to laptop by "Cut" then "Paste". When i opened the folders, pictures are ok but video files are gone.
2. I tried to transfer the same folder back to the sd card, video files are still missing.
3. I watched and tried many file recovery videos and there was one video that suggests that you should try quick formatting on the sd card. Now, theyre all gone T.T
4. I tried again different file recovery videos , and windows file recovery. nothing worked :( . Can i still retrieve even just the video files?
try using Recuva, it has a nice interface and is free
I usually don't write but THANK YOU! You saved all my work with this free option, some files couldn't be recovered but 95% of them are perfect, thanks a lot. Easy and fast
Glad we could help!
Is there a limit to the size of files you can recover? Can I recover 12GB
Why I can't download the program but it says I own it. Download is stuck and not progressing
the program is very much a trial / beta so there are some "quirks" to it
thanks so much jit
Most welcome
What to type for the command to restore the lost word document? I went into their website but still not working
not sure sorry, i did see that somewhere recently , maybe at windows central
idk why. i install it open it then it says "winfr.exe isnt a internal or external code". so i cant use this program idk why
is the file unzipped? or running as administrator
I wanna ask what I can do in my case.
I successfully recovered those pdf files that I wanted to recoverd via this software. However, I tried different ways to open the pdf files and I still cannot open it(errors have occured). So, what can I do?
Thank you.
try the recuva software that might give better results
Thank you
You're welcome
What to do if the recovered photos doesn't open and show that "it looks like we don't support this file format"? Please help 😥
try renaming as jpg
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to Good stuff!
However, I need to recover a FOLDER. Specifically the frickin' onedrive folder. What syntax do I use to do that? Otherwise this tool works too well and is recovering files from years ago and renaming them in the process. Sorting them would take weeks. So I just need to undo onedrive, deleted tonight.
Thanks.
if you go online to the online app you will have a recycle bin that should have your folder in
@@mikesunboxing Hi, Please help me. I am using a borrowed college computer so I’m not sure how this computer is programmed. I lost my files by trying to install G-Drive tutorial. Instead I lost all my data. The computer said would you like to rename the g-drive and I did, to Drive A. I chose drive A to transfer any recovered files to the C Drive. I’m not sure if this was the right thing to do. I’m waiting to see what happens…
I wish the tool has an easier interface. It is better to save files by linking the bad hard drive externally or "slave mode".
However, files recovery software will damage the hard drive. Each drive has their individual problem. File recovery tools should be both hardware and software.
yeah i agree
trouble is you now have files on your c drive that you didn't want to save there in the 1st place...
that's why you bought a card or external source..
some people have sensitive data/files they don't want on their c drive..
it is a pain that the files can't be reviewed before recovering to another storage source..
yes the program is still very much in beta it seems
@@mikesunboxing..
it would be better if the microsoft recovery let you review before you recovered all the deleted files so you could go through and only recover what you wanted to save then format the card..
recoverit recovery free download lets you review files up to 30mb and recover them free , but any bigger you can't review to see if you want to recover which is no good if the files you are looking for is larger, so i presume you have to pay for that service..
i had a card that had files i had saved. it played fine then all of a sudden it came came up card needs formatting, so i run recover it the files was in raw which i had saved as jpg it was a back storage from my phone.. where i changed cards to it being small card storage..
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Thank you so much. I recovered my files. But there are so many files and they're not in their original locations. How do I make them appear in their original locations? Please help 🙏
not possible if the file directory structure is broken or missing
Whats the syntax to recover windows.old folder from C drive?
no idea sorry
Hello Mike! can I still use this to recover my files deleted nearly about a month ago? if its possible I would be glad I hope for a reply thank you!
Yes you can!
@@mikesunboxing thank you Mike for the fast reply with that I felt relief even though I'm not yet doing it anyways goodluck to me and thank you for your wonderful help!
Thank you for this guide. I am running into an error though I'm trying to recover everything on the drive but getting a There was an error parsing your command. Please check /? for more information and try again.
Below is the command that im entering. Modes on my end show either /regular or /extensive. Any advice?
winfr D: C:\File recovery /extensive /n *.*
honestly not sure there i am not very good with the commands and structure, that is why i tend to use recuva or similar that has a use interface
Good afternoon does this work for when you accidentally overwrote a file with a different file??
not sure sorry, worth a try
what i have installed a fresh copy of windows, can i recover my c drive txt files
possible but if the sectors have been written over it will make if more difficult
nice video
Thanks for the visit
I've tried, but there's always a message "This tool must be run as administrator", and I've tried right click -> run as administrator but still can't.
sorry not sure what is going on there? maybe give MS support a shout out
don't run it as admin from the context menu. just click it directly.
It fully scanned my drive and its at 713 files recovered, but it has just completely stopped is this normal or do you know a fix to this?
try using recuva it is a more friendly interface
does this one also recovers the cut and pasted files?
not sure sorry
restored my files with Extensive Mode but it seems corrupted any idea how to fix it ?
try recuva, it might just be the files are over written and can't be fully restored
TNQ SO MUCH BRO
You are so welcome :-)
It seems like I and other people are having difficulties even installing this. I downloaded from the store, but the install button is now greyed out and when I refresh the top left of the store says "You own this app." To the right of greyed out Install, are 3 dots which when clicked states "Install on my devices." Which opens a window "Where do you want to install? It looks like you don't have any applicable device(s) linked to your Microsoft account. To install, sign in on a device with your Microsoft account. I am logged into my Microsoft account and I've tried it on a desktop and laptop with the most up-to-date Windows 10. So frustrating. This is my last hope to recover a Word document that was corrupted when I pulled the USB out of a laptop a few seconds after saving it and Word closed but I didn't properly "eject" the USB first. I gave up hope 3 years ago when it happened, but thought this might help.
try using recuva that is supposed to be good for free also
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to Thanks for the suggestion, it recovered files from the USB drive but they were still corrupted.
Superb
Thanks 🤗
As I said, I get to the point I have to click on "GET" but nothing happens after that??
try using recuva, we did a video on it recently, much better interface and still free, the microsoft one is still a beta really
How long does the recovery process usually take? It is just stuck a 39%
depends on the amount of files and how bad they are
Works... OK. 👍
But I need a way to use it via WinPE or Win10XPE, as a portable. 😥
not sure if that is possible but maybe
Help please i have accidentally wiped my 1TB external hard drive and i would like to recover most of the files how can i go about recuperating those files knowing that i have an internal ssd of only 240 gigs ?
that is going to be a problem unless you restrict the file types. Otherwise you will need a larger drive to recover to
@@mikesunboxing Well thanks anyway, i decided to take it to a company that will have the means to recover all my documents. It will cost me 67 dolars LoL !
Ok this is all good and dandy but what if you truly accidentally deleted a file and you don't even know what you deleted and where. Is there a way to browse recently deleted files?
not that i am aware of, but that would be a good app, although i guess security concerns might be an issue
how to recover my photos that got accidentally lost in cut and paste? badly needed them back please :((((
try using a software called recuva, that is pretty good
I can't seem to open the app?? I click on "GET" but nothing happens. Any ideas?? Thanx
use the free recuva software, we did a video on it recently, much easier to use and navigate
I lost my data when i use my external hdd for installing windows, can you help me sir?
i can't but the software might, or recuva is another good option
how long does this take, using this on a 128gb sd card. i have been running for 20minutes but its still on 0%
difficult to tell but that sounds like it is doing nothing
I got this exact same issue. I solved this by using PhotoRec instead. Worked lik a charm!
thanks dear
Welcome 😊
Great video. I'm stumped though. After I press y to continue, it says
Pass 1: Scanning and processing disk
Scanning disk: 00%
C:\Windows\system32>
After that shows up it creates a folder in my selected destination, but the scan percent never goes above 00%
try using the recuva software from the people that made ccleaner that is pretty good
I have the same problem
Same problem here
Anyone fix this issue?
thank you so much, you saved me
Glad it helped!
What do I type to recover files deleted from ssd.
i would suggest using recuva instead, a much easier interface
Can the source disk and destination disk be the same
not really sorry
Do you know how long it is gonna take to scan 1.5 tb of data?
probably about 24 hours at a guess
Thank you
Sir please help I have swf,qxd,wad please help how I can recover it
try recuva from the people that made ccleaner
Bro, after formating all files in drive. Can we do this
you can get it a try
can i recover uninstalled programs like microsoft office?
the files can be recovered but not the installation, that would need registry entries etc
Didn't work for me. Microsoft store won't let me download the app.
hmm not sure why that would be