What is a good "Undelete" software (free) for Windows?

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#172005 8-May-2015 09:36

Nothing important. There is an image file I now have a use for, but it's not in my recycle bin.

I can always go and take another picture - just to show lens sharpness really.

It was deleted a few days ago.

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#1300449 8-May-2015 09:38

Piriform Recuva. Has worked well for me in the past as a free tool. There are better options for $ but this should do the job if you havn't done too much on the pc since the file was deleted

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#1300453 8-May-2015 09:48

thanks a lot!

ps not sure about not done much, all you need is one binary missing and the file could be / is corrupt

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#1300460 8-May-2015 09:55

Came here to say Recuva also.

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#1300468 8-May-2015 09:59

sweet

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#1300488 8-May-2015 10:05

There are a lot of free options. Gizmo's Freeware is a good site for freeware reviews. In this case see Best Free Data Recovery and File Un-delete Utility.

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#1300726 8-May-2015 14:37

that's the problem. lots of options. i need one that works well :D

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#1300748 8-May-2015 14:51

If you install this onto the disk you deleted the file from there's a chance you'll overwrite the deleted file by installing the software. Install onto a different disk.

This will find hundreds or thousands of deleted files. If it's just a test photo just take another. Install undelete for next time.

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#1300806 8-May-2015 15:26

I have used Glary Undelete in the past with success

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#1300815 8-May-2015 15:47

Had life saving experiences with Active@ Undelete