# Windows File Recovery

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{{Short description|Software utility from Microsoft to recover deleted files}}
{{Distinguish|Windows 7 File Recovery}}
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| name                   = Windows File Recovery
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| other_names            = winfr
| developer              = [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft)
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| operating system       = [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)
| genre                  = [Command](/source/Command_(computing))
| license                = [Proprietary](/source/Proprietary_software) [commercial software](/source/commercial_software)
| website                = {{Official website|https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-file-recovery/9n26s50ln705}}
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'''Windows File Recovery''' is a [command-line](/source/command-line_interface) software utility from [Microsoft](/source/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=Windows File Recovery tool lets you recover deleted, lost files on Windows 10|url=https://tech.hindustantimes.com/laptops-pc/news/windows-file-recovery-tool-lets-you-recover-delete-lost-files-on-windows-10-71593406128749.html|website=Hindustan Times Tech|date=29 June 2020}}</ref> It is freely available for [Windows 10](/source/Windows_10) version 2004 (May 2020 Update) and later from the [Microsoft Store](/source/Microsoft_Store_(digital)).<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)](/source/Independent_Online_(South_Africa))}}</ref>

Windows File Recovery can recover files from a local [hard disk drive](/source/hard_disk_drive) (HDD), [USB flash drive](/source/USB_flash_drive), or [memory card](/source/memory_card) such as an [SD card](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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 [FAT](/source/File_Allocation_Table) and [exFAT](/source/exFAT) (predominantly found on external devices) and [ReFS](/source/ReFS) file systems.<ref name="theverge"/><ref name="techxplore"/>

==See also==
*[Data remanence](/source/Data_remanence)
*[Data recovery](/source/Data_recovery)
*[List of data recovery software](/source/List_of_data_recovery_software)
*[File History](/source/Features_new_to_Windows_8)
*[Trash (computing)](/source/Trash_(computing))
*[Undeletion](/source/Undeletion)

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

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Category:Microsoft software
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Category:Windows-only freeware

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