GET THOSE FILES BACK!
We have all done it and it is a horrible feeling. You mistakenly delete a file, not realizing what it is and then when you go back to get it, your computer tells you that it does not exist anymore. You get that sick feeling and then the panic attack starts. Before you pass out, you have a couple of options, but before you do anything, DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR MACHINE UNTIL YOU GET THOSE FILES BACK!
Sorry, I didn't meat to scream but it was an important point. The first thing you are going to do is look in your recycle bin, if you haven't cleared it yet, the file will still be that little trash can. All you have to do is right click on the file, hit restore and you are good to go, no harm no foul.
That would be great you say, but you just cleared the trash can. Well I can still help you, go back into the recycle bin and hit your ctrl button and the z button. It will undo your last action and if they were the last files that you deleted, they will be back before your eyes in a second. Restore them as above and you are good to go again.
If you have done everything above and still no luck, we are running out of options, but we are not done fighting. If it was a program file, you can go into applications and do a system restore to a point that was earlier than when you made the delete. You will have all of your files back completely in tact.
Now if it gets to a point that you do that and still don't have the files, you need to get some software. This is where people run into trouble. You cannot download or you run the risk of writing over the files so you will need to download the software on another computer and then put it on a disk. Then you can run it and you may get lucky and the software will be on there. If that doesn't work, unfortunately, you are pretty much out of luck.
Sorry, I didn't meat to scream but it was an important point. The first thing you are going to do is look in your recycle bin, if you haven't cleared it yet, the file will still be that little trash can. All you have to do is right click on the file, hit restore and you are good to go, no harm no foul.
That would be great you say, but you just cleared the trash can. Well I can still help you, go back into the recycle bin and hit your ctrl button and the z button. It will undo your last action and if they were the last files that you deleted, they will be back before your eyes in a second. Restore them as above and you are good to go again.
If you have done everything above and still no luck, we are running out of options, but we are not done fighting. If it was a program file, you can go into applications and do a system restore to a point that was earlier than when you made the delete. You will have all of your files back completely in tact.
Now if it gets to a point that you do that and still don't have the files, you need to get some software. This is where people run into trouble. You cannot download or you run the risk of writing over the files so you will need to download the software on another computer and then put it on a disk. Then you can run it and you may get lucky and the software will be on there. If that doesn't work, unfortunately, you are pretty much out of luck.
