Recuva is the application to recover accidentally deleted, damaged, reformatted, unsaved and corrupted files in an efficient manner. The application has fast and focused scanning process to find the desired files and finds the lost, damaged and deleted files with deep scanning process. The extensive search process of application looks everywhere in the system and also, removable, portable, CDs, DVDs and unmounted drives. The structured interface of application allows easy search and recovery process of deleted files. The application also allows users to conduct specified search and enabling of deep scanning process. Recuva can also find damaged or overwritten data from the system. It works on combination of NTFS and Fat file system which processes in further undeleting of files.
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Features
- Easy to use wizard of application
- Frequent updates within the program
- Portable version of application is also available to make easy installation process
- Quick and standard scanning process and extensive search can be conducting by enabling the “Deep scan” which covers all technological bases
- Capability of recovering files from USB drives, hard drives, CDs, DVDs, memory cards, MP3 players, etc.
- Enhanced support of Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows XP, Windows Vista and also server versions of Windows
- Supports the drives up to 3 TB
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Pros
Easy wizard:
The wizard dialog enables the users to scan all files, music, documents, pictures, videos, emails and compressed files. The files can also be searched by location and enabling Deep scan option.
Integration:
The integration of context menu allows the users to include advanced options such as “scan deleted files” within the context menus of Explorer and Recycle Bin.
Portable version:
The application is completely portable and fits even on USB drive. The best part is that it runs without any installer and recovers the files in damaged systems.
Cons
Switchback in advanced mode
The users cannot toggle back to normal view after switching to advanced mode. The advanced mode shows file paths, list view headers and other information about selected files and folders.
Online Help file
The help file of application is supposed to keep the small downloaders including the Help files. The users have to keep a local copy of Help file in case of low internet connections.
Bottom Line
The application works well for recovery of files in wide locations of system and the portable version is an added advantage for users. It is a very fast and reliable application as compared to other application in this field.
Publisher’s Description
Recuva is a free application and Windows utility for restring the files which are deleted accidentally from the computer. The additional features such as deep scanning, extensive search, portability, etc. is excellent in the application. The application also includes recovery of files emptied in Recycle bin and have access to all types of files. It also brings back the files which are deleted from memory cards or MP3 players. The files damaged due to bugs, crashes and viruses can also restored by this application.
Change Log
The recent version of application has improved NTFS deep scan, added support of Ext4 file system, improved scan statistics accuracy, minor improvements in GUI and other bug fixes. The localized language support is also improved.