Have you
ever deleted a file that you did not wish to and wanted to recover it
but did not find it in the recycle bin? You probably deleted it
permanently with Shift+Delete or emptied the Recycle Bin. Now what?
Don't worry, you may still have a chance to get it back. This article
lists some free software that can recover deleted files from your hard
drive or any other storage device instantly.
But how do the software mentioned below undelete deleted files?
When
files are deleted, Windows does not delete them from your hard disk.
It marks the storage space as empty for new data to be written
and deletes the index entry that tells the location of those files.
Unless, new files are written on that space, the deleted files are still
recoverable. That's what allows these software to recover deleted
files.
There are many free
software that allow users to do this. Some of them are given below:-
1)
Pandora Recovery
Pandora Recovery
is a free software that offers a wizard based interface for recovering
files. It allows you to browse a drive's individual folders to look for
deleted files. It also allows you search for a deleted file based on its
name, file size, creation date and last access time. Its deep scan
allows you to recover files that other software might have missed.
Although deep scan does not return a file's original name and location,
it still is effective to recover data from drives with corrupted file
tables and drives that were recently formatted. It can even recover data
from CDs and DVDs.
2)
TOKIWA DataRecovery
At just over 200KB,
TOKIWA DataRecovery is the smallest file recovery program in the market. It supports undeletion from FAT 12, FAT16,
FAT32 and NTFS
file systems. It also supports recovering NTFS compressed and EFS
encrypted files. This software supports Windows and is portable as well.
It also has a file shredder that allows you to wipe out files in a
manner that they cannot be recovered again.
3)
Recuva
Another great freeware,
Recuva
offers a wizard based interface to unerase files. Recuva offers
scanning deleted files based on their type (music, pictures, videos
etc.). It also allows deep scanning in case a file you deleted is
unrecoverable via normal search. Like TOKIWA DataRecovery, Recuva also
offers securely deleting files. Recuva also has a
portable version that you can keep in your flash drive.
All of these recovery software support recovery from memory sticks,
digital camera cards and MP3 players. They support undeleting all types
of pictures, software, movies and documents from both FAT and NTFS
formatted drives. They work on
Windows 8.1,
Windows 8,
Windows 7, Windows Vista and
Windows XP.
Some important tips to increase the chances of getting your deleted files back:-
1) When a file is deleted accidentally on a storage device, make
sure that you don't do anything on it as doing that would increase the
chances of new data being written over your deleted files; which would
make file recovery impossible.
2) If you have deleted files on your main computer (the one you
are using right now), do not browse the internet, download new software
or
shut it down.
Keep it running and go to another computer, download one of the
software mentioned above that is portable and save it on a flash drive.
Then plugin the flash drive in your current system and perform file
recovery. Regardless of whether you accidentally delete files a lot or
not, make sure to always have that software in your flash drive in case
you accidentally delete important files.
3) If one software fails to recover your deleted file, it does not mean that another one wouldn't recover it too.
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