|Choose the account you want to sign in. Recover lost or deleted recovers Note: If you've recently updated Windows 10 and are having problems finding files, see Find lost files after the upgrade to Windows If you can't find a file on your file or you accidently modified or deleted a file, recover my files, you can file it from a file if you're using Windows backup or you can try to restore it from a previous version, recover my files.

Previous versions are copies of files and folders that Windows automatically saves as part of a restore point. Previous versions are sometimes referred to as shadow copies. Restoring files from a backup To restore a file from a backup, make sure the media or drive that your backup is saved on is available, recover my files, and then recover these steps: To recover files from a recover Open Backup and Restore by selecting the Start buttonselecting Control Panel, selecting System and Maintenance, and then selecting Backup and Restore.

Select Restore my files, recover my files, and then follow the steps in the wizard. Restoring files from previous versions Restore deleted files and recovers or restore a file or folder to a previous state, recover my files.

To restore a deleted file or folder Open Computer by selecting the Start buttonand then selecting Computer. Navigate to the folder that used to contain the file or folder, right-click it, and then recover Restore previous versions, recover my files. You'll see a list of available previous versions of the file or folder, recover my files. The list will include files saved on a backup if you are using Windows Backup to back up your files as well as restore points, if both types are available.

Note: To restore a previous version of a file or folder that's included in a library, recover my files, right-click the file or folder in the location where it's saved, rather than in the recover. For example, to restore a previous version of a picture that's included in the Pictures library but is stored in the My Pictures recover, right-click the My Pictures folder, and then recover Restore previous versions, recover my files.

Some previous files of files Double-click a previous version of the folder that contains the file or folder you want to restore, recover my files. For example, if a file was deleted today, choose a version of the folder from yesterday, which should contain the file. Drag the file or recover that you want to restore to another location, recover my files, such as your desktop or another folder. The version of the file or folder is saved to the file that you selected, recover my files.

Tip: If you don't remember the exact file or folder name or its location, recover my files, you can search for it by file part of the name in the search box in the Documents library, recover my files. To file a file or file to a previous state Right-click the file or file, and then select Restore previous versions. The list will include files saved on a backup if you're using Windows Backup to back up your files as well as restore points, if both types are available, recover my files.

The Previous Versions tab, recover my files, showing some previous versions of files Before restoring a previous version of a file or folder, select the previous version, recover my files, and then click Open to view it to make sure it's the recover you want.

Recover You can't open or copy previous versions of files that were created by Windows Backup, but you can restore.

To restore a previous version, select the previous version, and then select Restore. Warning: The recover or folder replaces the current version on your file, and the replacement can't be undone. Note: If the Restore button is unavailable, you can't restore a previous version of the file or folder to its original location.

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