How to recover Windows Vista files?
Microsoft is the leader in developing Graphical User Interface based operating system. Microsoft has developed many operating systems and one among them is Microsoft Windows Vista. Vista was developed to overcome the drawbacks of previous operating systems which were developed by Microsoft. It has a rich GUI, easy to use interface and other interesting features.
Vista uses NTFS (New Technology File System) to organize data on the hard drive. Though NTFS is a secure file system, the users may end up losing data from it. There is no need to panic when such a thing happens to you, as files which have been lost or deleted from the computer using Vista can be recovered unless and until it is overwritten. How to recover Windows Vista files would be the biggest question which comes to the user’s mind when files from the computer have been deleted or lost.
There are various reasons for files to get deleted or lost. Some of them are discussed below,
- Files deleted due to human errors:- This is the most common reason for files getting deleted from the computer. Files from Vista computer could get deleted by human errors when the user accidentally deletes files using Shift + Delete option. But, now with the help of Windows File Recovery tool, you can easily recover shift-deleted files from Windows 7 based laptops and desktops easily.
- Files lost due to accidental formatting:- Formatting is an act of wiping the files stored on the respective storage devices. The users may lose files from the computer when the hard drive is accidentally formatted.
- Partitioning Error:- Hard drive can be divided into many sections called partitions. Partitioning of the hard drive can be done by using third-party or disk management tool. The occurrence of an error while partitioning of the hard drive can lead to the loss of files from the computer.
- Improper shutdown of the computer:- Files stored on the computer may get deleted when the computer is shut down improperly. An improper shutdown could happen when the power supply is cut off during the partitioning process.
To avoid any loss of precious files from the computer it is advised that you keep a backup of important files on CD’s/DVD’s or external storage devices. In such cases, even though files are deleted from the computer, you may get them back from the backup files.
There is no need to panic even when you lose files without any backup as they can always be recovered by using an advanced third-party tool like good Windows File Recovery Software without any other difficulty. As the name specifies, this software is specially designed to recover files on Windows-based operating systems. It supports to recover Windows Vista files which can be deleted or lost on all other Microsoft Windows-based OS such as Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. It supports the recovery of files from both FAT and NTFS drives.
Follow the steps to recover files on Windows Vista,
Step 1: Open the application and choose Recover Files option. Now, you need to specify the drive from where the files are to be retrieved. Click on the Scan option.
Step 2: The program starts to quickly scan the drive for the files.
Step 3: The files recovered after the scan process are displayed in Data View and File Type View layouts.
Step 4: Right-click on the file item in the list to preview.
Step 5: Choose a destination folder to save the files recovered from the Windows Vista system.
