"I've accidently deleted all the data on my drive!"
Take a deep breath. Whether you've lost your family's digital photos, the critical data to run your small business or support a division of a Fortune 500 company... there are software solutions and service providers that can help you. This reference site provides a summary of the key definitions in this industry and the web's first detailed directory of disaster recovery service companies and software solutions.There are several resources available on the web for undeleting files, some of them are free! Here’s a quick summary…
From PC Tools
File Recover allows you to recover critically important documents, or other files, which have been lost by accidental deletion. These files may be lost by emptying the Recycle Bin, or using other deletion actions that bypass the Recycle Bin altogether. Such actions include Windows® Shift-Delete, command line deletion, deleting excessively large files or using applications that delete files without the Recycle Bin.
For details, go to pctools.com.
FreeUndelete
Free is good! File undelete software - free for personal use
FreeUndelete restores deleted files, including those removed from Windows Recycle Bin. In case of accidental removal of files on a NTFS (default for Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and NT), FAT32 or FAT16 file systems this is the utility to help.
Details at: officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
R-Undelete
Using the same unique data recovery technology IntelligentScan as the heavyweight R-Studio, R-Undelete is an inexpensive and easy-to-use yet powerful file undelete solution for FAT and NTFS file systems. R-Undelete can undelete files on any valid logical disks visible by the host OS. It cannot however undelete files on damaged or deleted volumes or in the case of hard drive repartitioning.
Details at: r-undelete.com
DiskInternals Uneraser
It can recover any deleted file, including documents, photos, mp3 and zip files, or even folders and damaged disks. In addition to HDD, the program supports any type of storage media (music sticks, cameras, flash drives, USB drives, etc)! It works with encrypted files and helps you undelete file lost because of a virus attack or an employee's malicious behavior. No special skills needed; 100% FREE to try.
Details at: diskinternals.com
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!
Details at: www.recuva.com
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