Just today I accidentally deleted a folder full of files that I shouldn’t have and almost lived to regret it. People all the time delete the wrong stuff by mistake and in that, I’m no different than people. Now in Windows, realizing you just deleted something is no big deal (same for most modern OS’s), you just head on over to the Recycle Bin, click it select the files you need undeleted and click Restore.

Boom! Couldn’t be simpler, could it? So no big deal, right?

Well, except that when I deleted the wrong folder of files, being the ubergeek that I am, I held down the shift key. Which means don’t bother putting them in the trash where I can easily restore them, I am a super-genius and do not make that kind of simpleton mistake. Get rid of them this instant!

And *POOF!* they were gone.

I am a super-genius.

*POOF!* they’re gone.

I held down the shift key.

*POOF!*

Now I have all kinds of file recovery software at my disposal and some of them I have already talked about but the second I realized I made a boo-boo, I decided to take the opportunity to try some new stuff to recover my I’m a super-genius deleted files.

I was confident that my files were easily recoverable because I am a super-genius and partition all my hard drives to separate all my stuff in case disaster strikes. Like super-geniuses deleting files while holding the shift key. THAT’s how freaking smart I am, people!

*POOF!* they’re gone.

S-h-u-t UP!

Since Windows 7 uses the NTFS file system I searched for undelete ntfs on Google and tried the first result that came up; a program called NTFS Undelete.

I always select the version that doesn’t require installation and ran the sucker and found it is quite a nice little utility with great straight-forward options. It was very intuitive (for super-geniuses that hold down the shift key) and in a few seconds I had it scanning for the files that were deleted.

It found them in under 10 seconds and after telling NTFS Undelete to restore them it did quick as lightning, 100% successful! Fine and dandy for me!

NTFS Undelete is a great program. Simple to use, quite intuitive and it saved the day for me big-time. It’s free, open source and has installable, portable and .iso versions available for download. If you accidentally delete stuff, try this bad-boy. It works better than a lot of programs I’ve tried over the years. And wouldn’t you know it, it even helps out super-geniuses from time to time!

*POOF!* they’rrrrreeeee baaaaaaacccccckkkkk!