Saturday, July 30, 2011

Recuva a recovery tool that will unerase files that you have mistakenly deleted from your computer

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A new file recovery tool that will unerase files that you have mistakenly deleted from your computer


Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a new file recovery tool that will unerase files that you have mistakenly deleted from your computer.

Recuva is fast, small and will even run from a USB drive.

Like all other Piriform products, Recuva is free for both commercial and personal use.
Requirements:


· 128MB RAM
Homepage:www.piriform.com/recuva
Filename:rcsetup140.exe
File size:2.34MB (2,451,576 bytes)
Requirements:Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:Multiple languages
License:Freeware


Recovering files from damaged or reformatted disks

Recuva can also recover files from disks that may have become corrupt or damaged physically or through software. The process is the same as running Recuva generally, but first you must tell Recuva to scan for non-deleted files:
To set Recuva to recover files from damaged or reformatted disks:
  1. Start Recuva. Enter Advanced mode if the Wizard launches.
  2. Click Options.
  3. In the Options dialog box, click the Actions tab.
  4. Click Scan for non-deleted files, and then click OK.
  5. Run the Recuva scan as normal. Non-deleted files are indicated with a green double-circle status icon:
If you listen to music on an iPod, Recuva can recover files directly from the iPod's drive. Even though you can't access files on your iPod directly, Recuva can. You don't have to worry about losing music from iTunes or your iPod any more.


The dreaded hard drive crash. The file you forgot to backup before you reformatted a drive. The camera memory card with your holiday snaps that no longer works. Recuva can handle them too.
Windows (and other operating systems) uses a hidden index on hard drives, USB drives, and memory cards. Instead of having to search through the entire drive for a file you request, all it has to do is look it up in the index -- a much faster process.
Unfortunately, if the index is damaged, Windows can no longer find your files, even if the files themselves haven't been corrupted. That's where Recuva comes in.
Unlike Windows, Recuva scans all parts of a drive, looking for the bits that make up your files. If a drive's index has been damaged, chances are other parts of the drive may have been damaged too. Recuva will show you a list of files it has found on the drive, and give you an estimate of the likelihood of success of recovering them.
Similarly, when you format a drive (especially if you use the Quick Format option), Windows erases the hidden index but does not overwrite the existing files until you start saving new data to it. Recuva can still scan the drive's contents to find your files.