Thread: File Recovery for free!!

Ever want to recover a file but didnt want to pay? now you can

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!

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Tnx. I was lookin' for that kind of program.

Well... In most cases, once you realize that you deleted something that you shouldn't the best thing to do is to switch-off your pc, remove your hard disk, add it in an external drive and then from another computer run this utility on your external disk... the reason is that once you delete a file, that space will probably be used immediately by the operating system for a new file, or for one that needs more blocks from the disk...

In short: poweroff -> external -> use new pc

Originally Posted by nik

Well... In most cases, once you realize that you deleted something that you shouldn't the best thing to do is to switch-off your pc, remove your hard disk, add it in an external drive and then from another computer run this utility on your external disk... the reason is that once you delete a file, that space will probably be used immediately by the operating system for a new file, or for one that needs more blocks from the disk...

In short: poweroff -> external -> use new pc

Actually, that isn't 100% true. The operating system (or any good one) doesn't immediately use that space once a file is deleted, moved, etc. Over time it will and it will be increasingly harder to obtain. Of course though, if you have really good tools, i.e. governmental, you can still read it since the bit is actually burned into the harddisk.

Ive been using this tool for quite some time now and let me tell u its the best file recovery program out there, imo. There was only a few times that the file i was trying to recover was written over and i couldnt get it back. I recommend this program to anyone looking for a tool like this. I even use it to wipe my free space, so Recuva comes in handy.

poweroff -> external -> use new pc

good idea, thats the thing that i never do and it always screws up my file recovery
think about it this way, although the os will write randomly to the hdd over a long period time, just a few kb written over where ur file was will ruin and corrupt the file that ur looking to recover!

in my opinion a partial corrupt file is just as bad as a fully non recoverable file
....eg wth am i supposed to do with lost.s06e03 with missing audio at 1min30, 3min 23, and 34min 23

...u get the point

This didn't work for me :(.

works but not that powerful. thanks any way.

Will File this for future reference thank you