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all right everyone Malcolm here we've
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all been there that sinking feeling in
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your stomach when you realize that
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important file you know the one is just
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gone vanished poof don't freak out
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before you go full- on meltdown mode in
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this video I'm going to walk you through
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13 things you can do to try and recover
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those Mia files we're talking everything
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from simple checks to more Advanced
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Techniques hopefully by the end of this
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you'll be back to your regularly
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scheduled programming no data recovery
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required first things first let's check
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the obvious yeah go ahead and open up
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your recycle bin it's amazing how often
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a file just takes a little detour there
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you never know you might get
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lucky no luck in the recycle bin no
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problem hit that Windows key plus s to
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bring up the search bar and type in the
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file okay now let's see if we can
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retrace your steps a bit open up your
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file explorer and go to the quick access
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section this is where Windows keeps
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track of you guessed it the folders
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you've accessed recently see if anything
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4 all right time to look to the cloud if
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you're using something like one drive
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Google drive or Dropbox there's a good
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chance your files might be safely
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ever wish you could just rewind time
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well in the digital world sometimes you
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can hit Control Plus Z or right click in
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the folder and select undo it might just
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day chapter six sometimes those pesky
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missing files are a sign of something
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bigger going on like a system error open
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up command prompt as an administrator
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type in sfc /can now hit enter and let
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thing chapter seven malware scan better
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safe than sorry okay time for a virus
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check run a full system scan with your
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antivirus you can even use Windows
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Defender or grab a third party tool if
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thorough chapter eight file recovery
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software the pros from DOA now we're
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getting serious file recovery software
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like ruver which is Free by the way EOS
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data recovery Wizard or disc drill are
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like the digital detectives of the data
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chapter 9 hard drive checkup still no
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luck it might be time to give your hard
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drive a checkup open up command prompt
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again type HKD ask perf hit enter and
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instructions time to call in the big
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guns backups open up your backup
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software whether it's Windows built-in
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system or something third party and
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start looking for those files
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chapter 11 hidden files sneaky little
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things all right time to play detective
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again open up file explorer go to the
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view Tab and make sure hidden items is
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checked sometimes files get a little shy
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know chapter 12 human error we've all
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been there okay this one Might Sting a
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little but sometimes the culprit is
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closer to home than we think if you're
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working with other people it's possible
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someone accidentally moved D or deleted
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files chapter 13 calling in the calvary
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data recovery services all right if
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you've tried everything and those files
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are absolutely Mission critical it might
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be time to call in the professionals
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services so there you have it 13 things
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you can do to try and recover those lost
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files hopefully one of these methods
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worked for you and you're back in
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business but seriously folks this is
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your friendly reminder to back up your
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files you can grab an external hard
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drive use cloud storage or even both
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trust me a little bit of prevention is
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worth a pound of cure especially when it
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comes to your precious data thanks for
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watching and don't forget to like And
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