We’ve all done it before — moved a file into the Recycle Bin, and then pressed the Empty Trash button. Later, we found out that that was an important file that you needed to keep, but now it’s gone ...

If you’ve ever deleted files and folders from a network drive in Windows 11/10, you may be wondering if it is possible to recover these files before they disappear forever. You see, there are several ...

Just because you delete a file on your computer doesn’t mean it’s gone, and that’s true for both older mechanical hard drives as well as solid-state drives and flash drives. Yet on the flip side, just ...

Julia is a writer in New York and started covering tech and business during the pandemic. She also covers books and the publishing industry. Cassie is a former deputy editor who collaborated with ...

Data recovery is a complex process, often fraught with challenges. Once data is accidentally deleted or a hard drive fails, it can feel like there's no return. Unfortunately, there's no absolute ...

Megan Aitken’s partner lost “a load of photos.” Here’s my advice for recovering them. Lost files can usually be recovered—if you discover the loss soon enough. But every time you write to the hard ...