Have you deleted any important office files from your Windows computer? If yes then there is no need to worry regarding recovery of office files because recovery of deleted files is possible using good third party recovery program. When you delete any folder containing MS office files, audio files or video files from the computer then actual content of the folder will not get deleted. The pointer to the file and file index will get deleted from the computer. Therefore, when any files are deleted then you cannot access deleted files. However, if you want to recover accidentally deleted files then using third party recovery tool you can recover deleted files.
When any MS office files or any other documents are deleted from Windows computer then such deleted files will move to Recycle Bin. If you have not emptied Recycle Bin then deleted files can be restored into the original location without using any third party tool. Once you empty the Recycle Bin then you must use recovery program to restore deleted files. After deletion of files, Operating System will mark the space from which files are deleted as space available to use. If any other content is written onto the deleted space then deleted file recovery is not possible. There are many reasons due to which you may lose important MS office files. To recover deleted MS office files you must use recovery program before overwriting any other content.
Some of the scenarios due to which you may lose MS office files from your system are listed here:
- Accidental deletion of files- While deleting any unwanted files from your computer if you delete any useful information accidentally, by pressing Shift + delete keys combination or by using Windows command prompt then you may lose such files from your computer.
- Files lost due to emptying Recycle Bin- After accidental deletion of any files, if you empty the Recycle Bin then you will lose such files from your Windows system.
- Files lost due to virus attack- Some files may get infected by viruses and those virus infected files may become inaccessible. Due to virus attack, you may lose some of the files from your computer.
- Files lost due to improper system shutdown- If you shut down your system improperly then some of the files may get corrupted from your system and corruption of the files will lead to data loss cases.
- Files lost due to power failure- You may lose MS office files or any other files from your system due to power fluctuations.
If you have deleted or lost any files from your system, then you can make use of Remo Recover (Windows) – Basic Edition software to recover lost files. Trial version of the software is freely available which you can download and install in your system to evaluate chances of recovery. The software has the capacity to recover deleted files from memory card, internal hard drive, external hard drive, memory stick, flash drive, and USB drive. The software can support Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows server 2003, and Windows server 2008.