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Recuva - undelete and recover files
Posted by ClifNotes, Nov 2008, permalink File Management
Have you ever deleted files from the Recycle Bin that you really didn't want to? Lesly recently wrote me after she had an accident.
Letter from Lesley (see her Imeem page):
I just deleted some files from the Recycle Bin. Do you know of any free software that might help me get them back?
I tried PC Inspector File Recovery but didnt see them.
I recommended that she try out Recuva. I've always heard good things about it.
more from Lesley:
The software installs very easy and works great. I did the deep scan with it which takes almost 2 hours depending on how big your drive is. It does find files that have been permanently deleted.
Only it didnt help me much :(
The files I deleted were hundreds of image files in folders. The software found them but they were all over the place, not in the folders I had them in. Plus many had been over written and were unuseable.
I have used both PC Inspector and Recuva in the past. I had no problem with either one.
There are a whole bunch of others I haven't tried.
See this page at Snapfiles freeware.
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Quote from the website
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
http://www.recuva.com/
