What is the best software for recovery of deleted files?

ernard15 weeks ago

We lost some files recently thanks to a worm that deleted them. What is a good recovery/undelete program that can help recover files that have been deleted, whether by accident or maliciously?

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Topic: Software

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nedvis 15 weeks ago

Here's the one that always worked fine for me RECUVA

It is free for personal use and you can download it here

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

The sooner you realize find was deleted the better.

Chances are file ( or better yer disk sectors) will not be ovewritten by other file.

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dblacharski 15 weeks ago

R-Studio Data Recovery would probably be my go-to choice. If you have to pay for it yourself, a downside is that R-Studio is one of the more expensive options. It works with FAT, NTFS, Linux and Mac OS, so it is also more versatile than most data recovery software. It is sector based recovery, so it can be a little unwieldy if you are trying to do a simple undelete of a file, but it will do the job. Recuva is pretty good too, better at recovering a single file because it allows you to easily scan the file table. Plus Recuva is free. There are many other options out there as well, but these two are solid choices.

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gusmiles 15 weeks ago

This somewhat depends on how it was deleted, if the computer has been used since, and if there was a 'wipe' function executed after the virus was removed.

Generally speaking, files are saved digitally as binary numbers, 0's and 1's. When a file is 'deleted', simply a 0 is written in place of a 1, etc. If that digit is not written over with new data, the old data is actually still there, just not visible to the system. With a virus/worm, the data is written over, and upon deletion of the virus/worm, the data is completely written over, so it may be tough in recovering the files.

Please refer to the link below for a good read, comparison, and recommendation. My guess, if permanantly deleted, you may need to use a professional recovery service.

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gusmiles 15 weeks ago

Resource: The Best Data Recovery Software Guide

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