Quickly undelete important files & data
Platform : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Type: time limited demo
Manufacturer: O&O Software GmbH
Size: 2.75MB
Rating: 4
Verdict:
Superb tool for locating deleted files from your hard drive, digital camera,
camcorder and other sources
System Requirements:
It only takes a couple of clicks, maybe a single keypress to accidentally
delete a vital file. If you clear the Recycle Bin before you notice (or the file
never makes it there, because it's deleted by a virus), then all that work is
gone forever.
Well, maybe not. Install O&O UnErase, and it'll scan your entire hard
drive to track down every deleted file. Select the files of interest, click
Restore, and the program will try to recover them. This isn't always possible,
because sometimes part of the file will be overwritten by something else, but
UnErase will retrieve whatever it can.
You've already got a file that needs to be recovered? Then don't install
UnErase immediately, because that in itself could overwrite your data. Install
the program on a second PC instead, and launch its InstantUnerase feature. This
lets you start UnErase from a disk, so you can recover files without having to
write anything to your target system.
UnErase can find thousands of files on large drives, so you might find it
takes a long time to scan your system. If you need to improve performance, click
Action > Advanced Search, and tell the program to search for particular file
names, creation date or size.
Note that the trial version only finds possible files for undeletion. It
doesn't actually restore old data.