A technician is called to assist a user who has accidentally deleted an important project file that was stored only on the local C: drive. No backup exists. Which Windows feature should be checked FIRST as the least disruptive recovery option?

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D. Recycle Bin. The first and least disruptive check should always be the Recycle Bin, as deleted files from local drives are typically moved there first unless the deletion bypassed it (Shift+Delete). If not in the Recycle Bin, Previous Versions (Shadow Copies via Volume Shadow Copy Service) should be checked next. System Restore restores system files but not user documents. Windows Backup requires a prior backup to exist.

A technician is called to assist a user who has accidentally deleted an important project file that was stored only on the local C: drive. No backup exists. Which Windows feature should be checked FIRST as the least disruptive recovery option?

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