Whats a good program to recover deleted files ?

[StoneColdWhat]

I'm looking for a nice program that'll help me recover the files I deleted by accident a few days ago, preferrably freeware but a trial version would do too. Suggestions ? The ones that cost money well I'll take those into consideration too as long as it gets the job done.

[KamLover]

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

It's free.

[lordsmurf]

Not much will beat OnTrack EasyRecovery Professional
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

The cheap version is under $100. Not bad at all for high-end software.

[Dv8ted2]

directory snoop

[StoneColdWhat]

mmm anything else guys ??

[classfour]

R-Studio is the best I've tried - not free

[Megahurts]

http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

[StoneColdWhat]

Thanks, will give the above 2 a try, the first 3 didnt work for me.

[Bjs]

http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.html , freeware

Saved myself a few headaches a number of times using it under win98 / 98se / winme / xp - fat32

Ntfs not fully implemented , yet confirmed minutes ago under win nt 2000 pro , works
After scan completed under ntfs condition , a popup warning error appears , ignore it

The rule is :

Rescue files asap , before hd is defraged .

The reason being that defrag recovers the space taken by the original file , and system files may now reside within this position . Recovering files from this point can be carried out , but could cause system problems as recovery may cause file corruption .

Though I have never struck this problem .

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Also :

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/Linux_Recovery.shtml
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/30/1652211 - technical

Others :

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/Sma..._Recovery.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/NTF..._Undelete.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Splitting_Utilities/SoftPerfect_File_Recovery.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Backup_and_Copy_Utilities/FreeUndelete.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Analysis_Utilities/Data_Disc_Recovery.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/Und...lete_Plus.html
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Backup_and_Copy_Utilities/Smart_Data_Recovery.html

[Xylob the Destroyer]

File Scavenger

[primus_fan2001]

I've been messing around with Recuva (from the creators of CCleaner) for quite a bit:

http://www.recuva.com/

[kato51]

Thanks, will give the above 2 a try, the first 3 didnt work for me.

If you've written anything to your drive since the accidental delete, the files could be overwritten and gone.

[jollyjohn]

O&O DiskRecovery 4.0.1231
I have recovered files from HDs that have been reformatted many times, and still get them.
John

[lordhutt]

I used GetDataBack 'AFTER' a hard drive format and got everything!

http://www.runtime.org/

[bigjimmpls]

It is funny that this came up now. I had just accidentally deleted some files and formatted my hard drive and I found recover my files software and it pulled out every file I had accidentally deleted. IT is not free but for me I didnt care. IT worked great. Good Luck

[ofbarea]

I've been messing around with Recuva (from the creators of CCleaner) for quite a bit:

http://www.recuva.com/

Yes, recuva is very effective