With that $30 price tag in my mind’s eye, I went into my https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,78994-order,3/description.html (limited free demo) hands-on ...

Xolelwa Mzili’s PC no longer sees her external hard drive. Can she recover the files? Because they’re used heavily for backup and sneakernet, we tend to assume that every file on an external hard ...

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 ...

You need a document, photo or other file that you're sure was deleted. You've searched your hard drive. You've scoured the Recycle Bin. No sign of it? Don't panic. As long as you act quickly, you can ...

If you are a heavy PC user, you might use RAR or archive files to store or keep your files organized. However, many of us often delete random RAR files that might contain important data. If you did ...

There's one immutable law of PCs: sh*t happens. And when it does, there's usually a way to fix things, if you had the foresight to create one essential recovery tool first. Booting from a USB recovery ...

Missing folders? Unreadable files? Corrupted hard drive? Sooner or later, most PC users lose data of some kind. Here’s a series of steps you can take in Windows 11 (or 10) to bring things back. Sadly, ...

Bare-metal recovery is also one of the biggest features missing from Windows itself. There's no native way to make a system-wide backup and then restore it in one step if things go wrong. Granted, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This post has been updated. It was originally published on 1/16/2020 ...

If some files are lost during cut and paste, you can follow this article to get them back. Here is how you can recover files lost during a cut and paste operation in Windows 11 and Windows 10.