What is Windows File Recovery Tool? How to use?

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Windows file recovery tool to restore files that were encountered with Microsoft Windows 10 2004 version update and deleted; is an effective Windows 10 tool that allows us to get it from local disks, external disks (USB, Hard disk) from SD cards or even cameras. The main features of the Windows File Recovery Tool are as follows.

The extensions supported by the file recovery tool are as follows:

Extension GroupFile Types
ASFwma, wmv, asf
JPEGjpg, jpeg, jpe, jif, jfif, jfi
MP3mp3
MPEGmpeg, mp4, mpg, m4a, m4v, m4b, m4r, mov, 3gp, qt
PDFpdf
PNGpng
ZIPzip, docx, xlsx, pptx, odt, ods, odp, odg, odi, odf, odc, odm, ott, otg, otp, ots, otc, oti, otf, oth

File system types that we can do file recovery:

File SystemExamples
FAT and exFATSD cards, Flash or USB disks (<4GB)
ReFSWindows Pro for Windows Server and workstations
NTFSComputers (HDD, SSD), External Hard disks, Flash or USB disks (> 4GB)

Using the table below; In which cases we can decide which recovery modes to use:

File SystemStatusRecommended mode
NTFSRecently deletedDefault
Deleted some time agoFirst Segment then Signature
After the disc format process
Bad Disc
FAT, exFAT, ReFSDesired file extensionSignature

Coming to the file recovery process:

Required files:

Step-1:

  • The current version of Windows must be Windows 10, version 2004 (Build 19041). You can view the Windows version by running the winver command on Run.
Windows_Fille
Windows_File

Step-2:

Windows File Recovery tool must be installed on your computer. If not, we can easily download the tool from the Windows Store.

Windows_File_Recovery
Windows_File_Recovery

Step-3:

The drive on which the files are to be saved and the drive on which the recovered files will be stored (Source and Destination Drives) must be different. For example, if the files to be recovered are on the local disk C, we should designate the target drive as another local disk or external disk.

Recovery process:

  • After installing the Windows File Recovery tool, we can run the tool from the Start menu or start the file recovery process with the winfr command on a PowerShell started with administrator privileges.
  • As an example, the work I recovered some PDF and Image files from a Flash Disk that I formatted about four months ago is as follows:

I run the command “winfr E: C: / x / y: pdf” on PowerShell to recover all my PDF extension: I use the “winfr” command in Signature (/ x) mode because my target is to save the file

Windows_System
Windows_System

Step-4:

As a result of the process, four PDF files are saved and the (C :) drive I have specified is saved on the drive and a log file is created in the same folder, but the names of my PDF files are saved as 0,1,2 and 3.

Recovery
Recovery

Step-5:

I run the same command once for JPG and PNG file types: “winfr E: C: / x / y: JPEG, PNG” My groove I deleted months ago as a result of the operation, including all JPG and all PNG files that I deleted before formatting. successfully recovered.

 

Step-6:

“Winfr /!” To display advanced options we can run the command.

winfr
winfr

Here I tried to show you how to use the Windows File Recovery Tool that came with Windows 10 update (Windows 10, version 2004).

I hope it was a useful article.