Recuva

Ever deleted an important file accidentally?
Erased that photo or video you liked?
Or perhaps someone purposefully erased files from your computer without your approval?

In that case I recommend Recuva, a file recovery program that allows to recover all those deleted files that you thought to have been lost forever with a wizard-like approach and intuitive user interface will appeal to all user levels.

You just have to select the drive you want to search, chose the file path where you think the file belongs to and then you just need to choose the type of scan you think is appropriate to the situation like quick scan for files recently deleted and deep scan for those files that went MIA much longer ago.

Once it finishes scanning it will show you a list of all the files that it managed to recover as well as their respective paths, some with their original names and others unfortunately with unidentifiable names, furthermore each file has a coloured circle in front of them which shows if the file can be restored successfully or not; red means the file was overwritten and you can forget it, yellow means the file is in bad condition but you can still take your chances restoring it, green means that you can get back your file with no problem.

Take into consideration however that the longest you take to recover the files the lesser your odds of being capable of retrieving it like with everything else and the program doesn't include a help function so you'll have to consult the website for any problems.

All in all, it's a great fast and free to use program and a lifesaver for those who deleted important files so if you need to do some file recovery try this program and you'll be amazed by the results and it's simplicity.

Rating: 4.5/5

http://www.piriform.com/recuva