Regular mode was designed to recover recently deleted files. The latest version launched during the winter of 2020 narrowed your options to two modes as a way to simplify the app. The initial version of Windows File Recovery released in the summer of 2020 offered three different recovery modes: Default, Segment, and Signature, each one geared for specific circumstances. NTFS is typically used on mechanical drives, SSDs, external hard drives, flash drives, and USB drives larger than 4GB. FAT and exFAT are used for SD cards, flash drives, and USB drives with less than 4GB of storage. The program supports FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file systems.
Windows File Recovery can revive photos, documents, videos, and other types of files on a mechanical hard drive, SSD, USB drive, or memory card. Available in the Microsoft Store, the app requires the Windows Update or higher. Instead, Microsoft offers a command-line utility called Windows File Recovery that restores deleted files.
There are third-party data recovery tools available, but they can be expensive.
