- 1). Download recovery software that will assist you in recovering your files. One free and effective version is Recuva, which you can find at Piriform.com/recuva.
- 2). Install the software onto your computer.
- 3). Open the software by clicking the icon that was placed on your desktop after installation. This will bring up the recovery wizard.
- 4). Choose the type of file you wish to restore. In this case, in order to recover a .MOV file, you will need to select the "video" option, and click next.
- 5). Choose where you want Recuva to look for missing or corrupt .MOV files and click next. If you aren't sure of the exact location in which the .MOV files are/were located, simply click the "I'm not sure" option, and Recuva will search your entire computer.
- 6). Choose the files you wish to restore. The particular .MOV files you may be looking for could be lost in a large list of different types of video files. You can distinguish each type of file by each item's label. Look for those with .MOV after the name of the file.
- 7). Click recover. This will recover all of the corrupt and deleted .MOV files that you have selected, placing them back in their original locations on your computer.
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