Recover permanently deleted files and folders with Windows File Recovery WINFR

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If you delete a file or a folder in Windows without putting it in the Recycle Bin, you can still recover it with a free Microsoft tool called Winfr
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00:00 Intro & video topics
00:38 Installing Windows File Recovery
01:05 Starting Windows File Recovery
01:33 2 important command line options
02:15 Demo setup
02:42 2 important rules
03:18 Recovering a deleted file
06:02 Recovering a deleted folder
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[TheBeastlyFollower]

I've watched several tutorials of this before I found your great video. The others were hard to follow or didn't explain the steps well enough, you made it crystal clear. I appreciate that you showed the steps for recovering a file folder specifically, as many other tutorials didn't even mention it. Thanks for helping out us tech-illiterate folks!

[mpchi]

Can't thank you enough for this video. My wife lost a folder with years of collected photos, due to some weird computer glitch. Your method is the only way to retrieve them back. While not perfect (with about 20% of the files either corrupted or missing), at least we can get the majority of them back. Thank you sincerely!

[hoodooguru]

Helpful hint: If you have a space in the Folder name like - [My Folder] - you have to put the name of the folder in quotation marks like "My Folder" or else you will get a "There was an error parsing your command."

[kumquaaat_]

Straight to the point guide, showcased a useful tool, helped me recover a SD card.
10/10 would watch again, you"re amazing!

[blackandwhitebharathistory]

I tried it but 99% recovered files are corrupted. That's the reason why it has low rating.

[demifane]

i don't typically leave comments, but i felt this was a special case. when trying to free up space on my ssd, i moved 203gb of footage to my hdd, and then deleted what was on the ssd. unfortunately, this deleted everything. tried a couple of different options to no avail, and was having difficulties with wfr until i found this video. your breakdown of specific commands greatly simplified my experience, and, after some trial and error (involving the recovery of nearly 7000 useless files), i finally ran an extensive scan (which took >6 hours), and i ultimately was able to recover all of my footage. thank you for this video, i greatly appreciate it!

[keiminSK]

many many thanks ! you saved me. I accidentally deleted folder with 130GB of very important data. followed your instructions, scanning of the disk was stuck at 99% for about 2 hours, but I checked task manager and Winfr application was alive eating 15% of the processor power so I didn`t cancel anything and just waited . and now it started recovering the data . I`m so happy, THANK YOU !!! Subscribed

[MelodyWasTaken]

I can tell this video worked for a lot of people, and it did for me as well. Sadly, my important folder I deleted was on an SSD which...I had to unfortunately learn overwrites and corrupts deleted files pretty much instantly... so I lost everything.
Massive L for me, but your video still worked absolutely well for recovering the files, and I don't want to make people think my loss means that this strategy doesn't work or anything.

[zielyDarko]

I accidentally deleted my personal folders permanently along with others which I wanted to delete, started panicking 😢😮 and shocked, searched on YouTube for recovery of my personal folders ! Found this amazing, wise old man with white beard saying don't panic in the caption and to successfully recover them! And also for free, it's not a software purchase bait too !!!


What should I call you!! Are you an Angel sent from God now !!!


By the way my personal folders are mostly about Godly understanding types of stuff !!!

[sinanarts]

I did exactly to restore a deleted or lost folder from my but it keeps stuck at 99 percent while searching... what am I doing wrong..

[EnochLight]

Really appreciate you doing the walkthrough with the proper commands - especially for recovering an entire folder. Cheers mate!

[nittnoic]

Thank you so much!- You save me, and my data! I thought years of work was lost. That pitting feeling in the stomach, when you think all is lost! Your directions are clear and concise, - everything retrieved ;-)

[kantoskan]

If anyone wonders whether there exists a perfect technical instruction video, look no further than this one. Bravo...perfectly explained and helpful.

I had accidentally deleted over 12, 000 files in one of those moments where I knew I goofed the instant I hit 'Enter'. Astrophotography is my hobby...these are essential (338gb) image processing artifacts. Once I found the winfr tool I looked and found a few how-to videos, and yours helped me get it right immediately.

Many thanks, sir!

[GiuseppeJanJaguar]

Thanks for the instructions on how I can use it

I am a graphic designer and I had to recover a 17 GB project folder that goes beyond 2018


Only problem is I rely on date modifications and date creations for files and subfolders.. Unfortunately all of them are now dated today March 20th 2023.. Now I don't know the old and new files lol.. But at least I have my deleted files back and working too

[GeGeLimited]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! IT WORKED FINALLY!! I panicked so much when I deleted a game file with all my data

[beeswarm]

I need a super smart IT programmer who can Recover deleted or formatted or hidden or lost files in my External Hard Drive, because someone used my External Hard Drive to Transfer Data from Windows computer to Apple MacBook via my 4 TB External Hard Drive, and accidentally deleted or formatted all my files. Now my External Hard Drive shows only 32 GB space (+ some transferring folders). I can’t see any of my files

[paolinazzo]

Thanks man! This was incredibly useful and straight to the point. I owe you one!

[GeGeLimited]

I tried recovering a folder but it didn't work. I really hoped that this would work.

[senbonzakurakgysh]

Hello sir, I've accidentally permanently deleted all the files from C:\Users\Username\Desktop and I'm trying to recover them because I have many important presentation and articles. Can you please help me? When I apply your instructions, I get this error "The system cannot find the specified drive"

[pierpa_pierpaolo]

But does "Winfr" really work ?
I need to recover a 128gb SD !!!
How quickly does it perform the recovery ?

Thank you very much.