We’ve all been warned a million times since the dawn of computing – but we’ll knock it into your head once more for posterity: save often. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, whether it’s working on a school project, multimillion dollar business proposal or doodling in paint, losing work can be frustrating. On the other hand, we’ve all had one of those moments where we’ve deleted the wrong file and it’s gone. Most users assume that once something is deleted it’s gone forever, but this isn’t always the case.
 
Developed by Australian-based GetData, RecoverMyFiles is designed to help restore lost and deleted files while still being easy enough for inexperienced computer users to master.
 
The software doesn’t even need to be installed to search, with a run option listed on the install menu. The program’s performance took a bit of a hit, due to the optical drive having to keep up; but we found it much faster once it was installed.
 
The software is well featured, with support for over 100 file types, ranging from images, databases, text documents, compression archives, multimedia and email. These are broken down into six categories and make selecting your file type simple and fast.
 
There’s the option to start the software with a wizard, walking you through the steps of data recovery. It’s so easy even first timers shouldn’t have trouble using this product.
 
RecoverMyFiles can only recover files to a source other than its original location though. This means you won’t be able to just undelete a file from C:\ and put it back on the same drive. You’ll need another destination for your file, such as a second hard disk partition, another physical drive, mapped network storage or flash. Once you’ve searched and found your files though, the integrated browser can preview images, audio, PDFs contents and the contents of zip files.
 
This is a must-have piece of recovery software for those who find themselves in a sticky backup situation.