How to restore your files from the Recycle Bin or Trash

When you open Recycle Bin and see that the searched file is there, than you can be sure that this is a great convenience.

To restore the deleted file you can choose from the following options:

•    Select file->right click-> select Restore option
•    Select file -> right click->select Cut option-> Paste the file on a specific location.
•    Drag and Drop the file in the folder you want, or on the Desktop.

Limitation on recovering files from Recycle Bin:

When you delete files from a removable media like floppy disks, zip drives or any files from a compressed folder, the recovery of data might be a problem or difficult to achieve. Physically the file is not deleted. It remains in the same place, only the entry directory it’s moved in a hidden folder. All the information is kept in a hidden index file called INFO2 in the Recycled folder. That’s why when you try to recover a file using Recycle Bin and you find this as being empty, it’s because the INFO file is corrupted, so that you can’t find the original path to the file. The only thing you can do is to search it with the Windows search option. If all these fails, then try to delete the INFO file from DOS prompt. This will force Windows to create another Info file, and will find the deleted files which will be stored in the Recycle Bin.

Download shareware or freeware software developed for this specific issue. It will help you easily recover your files. If the files are password protected there are also specialized company which provides you support.