What is computer software? The software is the information required by the computer for the execution of any program or application. The software includes accessing, processing, running, executing and opening of different applications. Software programs and applications include Word processor, Spreadsheet, Operating systems, internet browser, emails etc. Any document you create on your computer is known as software. The software is stored in the form of files on hard disk, memory card, CD ROM or any other storage devices.
What is file?
File stores all the information and data to execute programs and applications on the computer. It includes many features like you can create, rename, share, edit, drag drop and delete the file. After creating a new file you can also print the file by using the print command and quit or exit the application after saving the file. The computer saves this information on the hard drive.
How files gets deleted?
Microsoft developed recycle bin in Windows 95 operating system. If you delete any files or folders from your computer and later you realize you actually want to undelete files from recycle bin, you can easily get your files back by double clicking the recycle bin icon and selecting the “Restore Option”. Sometimes, due to accidently clicking shift + delete key data deleted from recycle bin also. People think it gets deleted permanently. Actually, the file is not erased from the hard drive only the bit, which points the location of the files is erased. Hence, the files become invisible to you by erasing the pointer. Sometimes, there are many other reasons why files get deleted. It may be due to abruptly shutting down your computer, formatted or corrupted hard drive, power outage, and virus attacks also. So, by downloading a good recovery software you can recover your lost, undelete deleted files, corrupted, deleted, data and documents. You can easily install any good file recovery software available in the market.
Steps to download and install the file recovery software
Step 1: Download the free trial version of file recovery software, install it and create a shortcut icon on the desktop.
Step 2: Launch the software by double clicking the icon on the desktop and select the appropriate partition/drive or storage devices from where you want to recover data and click “Next”.
Step 3: Select the appropriate scanning option. The software will start scanning the files and folders which you want to recover then click “Next”.
Step 4: You can preview the recovered files and folders and save the file in any desired location.
Step 5: You can sort the recovered files on the basis of name, date, file type and size.