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{{Short description|Software utility from Microsoft to recover deleted files}}

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'''Windows File Recovery''' is a [[command-line interface|command-line]] software utility from [[Microsoft]] to recover deleted files.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft Releases Windows File Recovery Tool|url=https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/237109/microsoft-releases-windows-file-recovery-tool|date=27 June 2020|website=[[Paul Thurrott]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft brings major changes in Windows 10: These are the top features|url=https://tech.hindustantimes.com/laptops-pc/news/microsoft-windows-10-to-get-new-start-menu-notification-upgrades-personalised-taskbar-and-more-71593659916823.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> It is freely available for [[Windows 10]] version 2004 (May 2020 Update) and later from the [[Microsoft Store (digital)|Microsoft Store]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft releases its own Windows File Recovery tool|url=https://www.iol.co.za/technology/software-and-internet/microsoft-releases-its-own-windows-file-recovery-tool-50216675|website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)]]}}</ref>

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'''Windows File Recovery''' is a [[command-line interface|command-line]] software utility from [[Microsoft]] to recover deleted files.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft Releases Windows File Recovery Tool|url=https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/237109/microsoft-releases-windows-file-recovery-tool|date=27 June 2020|website=[[Paul Thurrott]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=MicrosoftWindows bringsFile majorRecovery changestool inlets Windowsyou 10:recover Thesedeleted, arelost thefiles topon featuresWindows 10|url=https://tech.hindustantimes.com/laptops-pc/news/microsoft-windows-10file-torecovery-gettool-newlets-startyou-menurecover-notificationdelete-upgradeslost-personalisedfiles-taskbaron-andwindows-more10-7159365991682371593406128749.html|website=Hindustan Times Tech|date=29 June 2020}}</ref> It is freely available for [[Windows 10]] version 2004 (May 2020 Update) and later from the [[Microsoft Store (digital)|Microsoft Store]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft releases its own Windows File Recovery tool|url=https://www.iol.co.za/technology/software-and-internet/microsoft-releases-its-own-windows-file-recovery-tool-50216675|website=[[Independent Online (South Africa)]]}}</ref>

Windows File Recovery can recover files from a local [[hard disk drive]] (HDD), [[solid-state drive]] (SSD), [[USB flash drive]], or [[memory card]] such as an [[SD card]].<ref name="bs">{{cite news|first1=BS Web|last1=Team|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=How to recover deleted files using Microsoft's Windows File Recovery tool|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/how-to-recover-deleted-files-using-microsoft-s-windows-file-recovery-tool-120070200262_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=2 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="theverge">{{cite web|first1=Tom|last1=Warren|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft’sMicrosoft's new Windows File Recovery tool lets you retrieve deleted documents|url=https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features|date=29 June 2020|website=The Verge}}</ref> It can work to some extent with [[solid-state drive]]s (SSD).<ref name="techxplore">{{cite web|accessdate=2020-07-02|title=Microsoft offers its own File Recovery Tool for Windows 10|url=https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-microsoft-recovery-tool-windows.html|website=techxplore.com}}</ref>

The program is run using the <code>winfr</code> command.<ref name="bs"/> It has a default mode designed primarily for [[NTFS]] file systems, that will attempt recovery of files from a disk that is corrupted or has been formatted.<ref A secondname="theverge"/> signatureAnother mode will attempt recovery of specific file types from [[File Allocation Table|FAT]], and [[exFAT]] (predominantly found on external devices) and [[ReFS]] file systems.<ref name="theverge"/><ref name="techxplore"/>

==See also==

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*[[List of data recovery software]]

*[[Features new to Windows 8#File History|File History]]

*[[Trash (computing)]]

*[[Undeletion]]

==References==

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*{{Official website|https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-file-recovery/9n26s50ln705}}

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