Need data recovery program


  1. Posts : 218
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    Need data recovery program


    Can anyone recommend a data recovery program, for recovering files that have been deleted.

    Thanks
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  2. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #2

    Recuva is well regarded and free.
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  3. Posts : 552
    Windows 8 Pro x64
       #3

    You can try TestDisk, which is even open source.

    http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

    Here's the feature it has that might interest you:

    - Undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystems
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  4. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #4

    First try the program suggested by mjf.

    That will satisfy most needs.
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  5. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #5

    Best recovery programs I've used are from Runtime Software, the developers of GetDataBack. You can download their trial versions and run them to see how well they detect your deleted files. But to do the actual file recovery, you have to purchase them.
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  6. Posts : 28
    7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    GetDataBack is a Guarantee. Also Active@ Partition Recovery in case that your partitions are possibly still there but not accessible or visible and just needing a fix in partition tables, MBR, boot sector etc to get restored, instead of time consuming whole data retrieval
    Last edited by monographix; 12 Sep 2011 at 02:35.
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #7

    You can also try Shadow Explorer. That will work if you still have a restore point from the times when the files still existed.
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  8. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #8

    Vincenzo,
    Did you have a data recovery problem? yes or no

    Do you presently have a data recovery problem? yes or no

    Did you make a selection? yes or no
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  9. Posts : 218
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Thanks to all for the suggestions.

    I tried four of the above, but the file I needed was not even seen by any of the applications. It was a very small text document, erased by a syncing program.

    I liked the Recuva program and the MiniTools Power Data Recovery. The Pareto Logic programs seems like it should be effective, it took about 2 hours to scan the disk, while the others only took minutes. But it found nothing.

    The Recuva program has the advantage of offering a portable flash drive based version, which can be useful if you only have one partition on your computer, since you do not want to write to the partition you will be searching on.
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