Find ANY file on you're computer, even if you've deleted it or upgraded windows.

This is a very simple guide. I thought about making it because i had to do a Windows Recovery of XP because it crashed on me, so it's as if just bought this computer.

Using the search on you're computer is helpful. When you delete something off you're computer into the recycling bin or anything else, it technically isn't deleted. Nothing is deleted off of you're hard drive unless you completely wipe it or incinerate files to a point where it can't be recovered.

Here's how you do it.

Step 1. Find Search.



Step 2. Search all files on you're hard drive.



Step 3. Type in the file name and search it.



It doesn't get more simple than this. I hope you liked my guide and i hope you've recovered stuff you've deleted or lost. ​

 

Didn't work for me =/


0/10

 

Wtf? I found my 6th grade Pluto project.
This is sick.

10/10

Helps if you can't find something important like tax records.

 

Doesnt work an never will. L2internet
Good attempt at a guide though 5\10
It does of course work if you havnt deleted the files or used a disk filler anytime recently.

 

Yes i said if you remove it then it will be gone... but if you just delete it in the trash or you had to reload windows it would work.

 

Are you sure it can find 'deleted' files? Because I just tried and no luck. Other than that, basic guide. 4/10.

 

Pretty basic but i'll give you a 5/10 for your effort...

 

I also tried, but had no luck. Maybe I did something wrong? I don't know. Well I give it 5/10 for effort, if it worked, then 7/10.

 

If you hold Shift and Delete I dont think you can ever get it back unless you buy a specific program for it.

 

That's interesting. I never heard that before.

 

Doesn't this just search the recycle bin?

 

LMFAO found some photo of me in the 4th grade TY dude 9/10

 

Actually, if you've actually deleted it(by emptying the recycling bin after sending the file to it), you can't recover it using this way.

Fail 0/10

 

If somebody hasn't learnt this, they need to go back and learn the basics of computing 649081264981236410923 more times...

 

0/10 i dont understand it at all. go in depth because idk how to get from the 2nd page to the 3rd. and ive deleted some stuff about 5 months ago, how do i get that stuff back? such as vid clips etc.

 

this is very simple every1 should know how to do it lol but nice of you to spend the time making the gide

 

didnt work for me. Here is the solution:

If you havent done partition to your harddrives then you will be able to see your previous information. The only way to completely move all your information on your harddisk is to partition on your hard disk which is dangerous.

Dont try this yourself, as i have lost a 80GB hard disk while doing this. It gets corrupted if u play with it yourself. Get a computer engineer and he will help u easly.

 

Wow! This is reaally useful. Thank you dude

 

Didn't work for me, nice WoW icon. lol

 

Obvious, but nice guide for n00bs.