4 Methods: How to Recover Deleted Data from D Drive on Window 10, 11

How can I recover deleted photos from my D drive?

“I intended to delete the photos that are unimportant in E drive. But silly me, I have mistakenly deleted my photos from D drive. These are old family photos and mean a lot to me. How can I recover them?”

-Question from Reddit

Actually, data loss isn’t as scary as imagining if you find the right way to perform data recovery. Don't worry, keep reading to find out the ways to get back your deleted files from D drive.

How to recover deleted data from D drive on Windows 10/11 [4 methods]

Here in this part, we’ll introduce four tested methods on how to recover deleted data from D drive on Windows 10/11.  

Method 1. Get back deleted data from the Recycle Bin

The first method, also the easiest one on how to recover deleted files from D drive is to get data back from the Recycle Bin.

Step 1. Double-click Recycle Bin on your desktop to open it.

Step 2. Locate the files you have just deleted from the D drive. Right-click these files, then click Restore. Then your files will come back to the location where it was before being deleted.

Method 2. Recover deleted data from formatted D drive via data recovery tool

A worse situation is that you have formatted your D drive and lost all your data in it. Don’t worry, MyRecover, a free yet powerful data recovery tool for Windows 11/10/8/7 and Windows Server, can assist you in recovering data from the formatted hard drive quickly and easily. Let's see how to recover permanently deleted files from D drive.

Step 1. Download, install and launch MyRecover on your computer.  

Step 2. Hover the mouse over the D drive. Click Scan.

Step 3. Then the scanning process will start automatically. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the data you want to recover. You can also use the search box on the top right corner to quickly find the files you need. Just type in the file name.

Step 4. Choose the data that you want to recover. Click Recover xx files and choose a destination path to save the restored data.

Method 3. Restore D drive deleted data from a Windows backup

What if you have permanently deleted data from the hard drive? The Windows built-in utility Backup and Restore helps to back up your data on another designed drive if you have this utility enabled, so you can recover data from a backup. Here’s how to use Backup and Restore to recover permanently deleted files from the D drive in Windows 10, 11.

Step 1. Input Control Panel in the Windows search bar, and start it.

Step 2. Click System and Security and then Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 3. Click Select another backup to restore files from.

Step 4. Select the backup and then click Next.

Step 5. Search for your missing files by using the Browse for files or Browse for folders option.

Step 6. Choose a location to save the backup, select your files and click Restore to recover them.

Bonus tips: Backup data on D drive to avoid data loss via AOMEI Backupper

You can also use the professional backup freeware AOMEI Backupper. It allows you to back up your hard drives to the destination you designate in just a few simple steps. Besides, it has the following advantages:

• Automatic backup. It can back up your partition on a daily, weekly, and monthly schedule basis.
• Incremental backup. It supports incremental backup, which backup only changes since the last backup.
• Diverse backup. It allows you to backup the system, file/folder, partition, and the entire disk to an internal or external hard drive, USB drive, Network, and Cloud drive.
• Additional features. It enables you to create bootable media from a CD or USB disk, allowing you to boot your computer from the bootable media to a backup hard drive even if the system crashes.

Step 1. Download, install and launch AOMEI Backupper for Windows on your computer. 

 Step 2. Under the Backup tab, select the Partition Backup option.

Step 3. You can set a Task Name to help you distinguish backups from each other. Click Add Partition or Volume to choose the D drive. You can also choose a location to save your backup. After, click Start Backup.

Step 4. Click Start Backup to carry out partition backup and wait until the operation is complete. Click Finish to exit the interface.

Method 4. Using File History to retrieve deleted data from D drive

The final method how to recover deleted files from the D drive on Windows 10, 11 is to use File History to retrieve deleted data from D drive. The same as the Backup & Restore utility, you’ll need to enable it manually in order to use it.

 Step 1. Go to Control Panel > System and Security > File History.

Step 2. Click Restore personal files.

Step 3. Select the files you need to recover and then click the Restore button.

Bonus tip: How to recover deleted D drive via AOMEI Partition Assistant

Just in case you have deleted the entire partition of D drive, here we would like to introduce an additional method to help you recover deleted D drive and the data stored on it. AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard is the easiest and the most effective way to recover partition. Let’s look at how to recover deleted D drive in just 5 steps.

Step 1. Download its Demo version to see how it works (PS: you cannot execute the final operation in the Demo version). Install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant.

Step 2. Click on Partition Recovery Wizard on the left panel and select the disk you want to restore. Click on Next.

Step 3. Select a search mode. It is recommended that you select Fast Search the first time because it saves time. Then, click on Next.

Step 4. AOMEI Partition Assistant will show you the list of all lost or deleted partitions. You can select the one you want to recover. And then, click on Proceed.

Step 5. When the partition recovery process is completed, you will be informed by the Congratulations window. Click Finish. Then you can go to Windows File Explorer to check whether the deleted or lost partitions and data were recovered.

Conclusion

Four proven ways how to recover deleted data from D drive on Windows 11 and 10 are introduced in this post. Based on your circumstances, select the best method for you. Apart from recovering deleted data from the D drive, we also provided you with the solution to recover the deleted/lost D drive. Hope the methods mentioned here can help you get back your data or partition.