Windows File Recovery: Difference between revisions

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Windows File Recovery can recover files from a local [[hard disk drive]] (HDD), [[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’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 mode designed for [[NTFS]] file systems, that will attempt recovery of files from a disk that is corrupted or has been formatted.<ref name="theverge"/> Another mode will attempt recovery of specific file types from [[File Allocation Table|FAT]], [[exFAT]] and [[ReFSexFAT]] file systems (predominantly found on external devices) and [[ReFS]] file systems.<ref name="theverge"/><ref name="techxplore"/>

The program is run using the <code>winfr</code> command.<ref name="bs"/>

==See also==

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

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