We delete files by mistake, don’t we? And while deleting is easy, recovering them isn’t. This is where Recuva comes in. It’s a pretty useful and feature-rich tool which can recover the files you deleted by mistake, or sometimes intentionally. It is free to download and easy to use.
Besides Windows computers, it also supports removable media like Smartmedia, Secure digital cards, Memory stick, digital cameras, Sony memory sticks, Compact flash cards and many more.
Note: According to Recuva developers, it can recover data from a formatted drive too. It can also recover deleted mail from your mail client.
HOW TO USE RECUVA
1.Download, install and run the program on your computer. A welcome screen will appear. Click “Next” to proceed.
2. It will ask you which kind of files you are trying to retrieve? Check any one of the given options. If you want to retrieve two kinds of files, ex. pictures and music then you cannot select both the options simultaneously.
If you want to look into any specific location on your computer, then click on “Browse” button.
4.Browse for the folder. Here I selected C drive. because I want to retrieve images on my desktop which were accidently deleted by me few hours ago.
5.In the next screen, click “Start” button. Don’t select deep scan option until you fail on your first attempt to recover the file. Note that “Deep scan” could take over an hour depending upon the size of your hard disk.
6.The process will start,Now its time to see the result.
7.It will show all the deleted files (Recuva doesn’t disappoint me. It shows more than 122 deleted files including the file I was looking for). To retrieve the file, check the box next to file name and click on “Recover” button.
8.Select the folder where you want to recover your file. You should select a drive or a folder different from the scanned drive (I scanned C drive to search all the deleted files). After selecting the appropriate location, click OK button.
9.Now check the folder. You will get your file back. Now suppose you want to scan for deleted music. You don’t need to go back and start the process again. Just click on “Switch to advance mode” button in the opened Recuva.
In the advanced mode you can select any drive and media types from the drop down. There is “option” button available where you could select various options like language, view mode, secure overwriting and other scan options
This way you can use Recuva to recover deleted files. I found this tool useful because it is speedier and more effective than other similar utilities.
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