File deletion, is something that most computer users perform at regular intervals, just to free up that extra bit of space on their computers. Although this method is good to some extent, frequent and careless deletion of files, may result in accidental deletion of data, from the Recycle Bin, causing some amount of concern for the user.

But, there is nothing to worry, as the data that has been deleted from the Recycle Bin can be recovered, using a good undelete software. The process is simple, provided that the user stops using the drive from which, he wants to recover the deleted data. This is to avoid further damage to the data, which is to be recovered.

We need to avoid using the drive from which, the data is to be recovered for the following reasons. When the user deletes a file, only the pointers to that particular file are deleted, but the data in the file, still exists on the drive. The disk space occupied by the file is now marked as free space by the operating system, and hence, any new data that might be saved onto that drive, might overwrite the disk space occupied by the deleted file.

The user needs to be quick in acting, and make sure, that he recovers the deleted files, before any new data is written onto that disk space. REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition software, is best suited for recovery of deleted files. The software lets the user recover all files, deleted due to various reasons like, accidental deletion, deletion due to virus attacks etc.

The undelete software supports recovery of files from fixed hard drives, all types of flash memory cards, and also from removable USB drives. It is compatible with both NTFS and FAT file systems, and supports recovery of deleted files from Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems. Try it Now!

Guide to use REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition software

Follow the simple steps given below, to recover all your deleted files using REMO Recover (Windows) Basic Edition software.

Step 1: Launch the application, either by clicking the desktop shortcut, or by selecting the icon from the Programs list in the Start Menu. The Main window pops up, as shown in Figure a.

Figure a: Main window

Step 2: Click on Recover Deleted Data. The Remo Undelete window pops up as shown in Figure b. Select the logical drive which contains the deleted data, and click on the button.

Figure b: Select logical drive

Note: If the logical drive you are looking for, is not displayed in the list of logical drives, then use the option to find the lost partition (logical drive), and proceed with recovery process.

Step 3: On clicking the Next button, the application scans the selected drive for deleted/lost data, and lists all the files and folders that it finds, in a tree format under the Root folder, as shown in Figure c.

Figure c: Found files and folders

Step 4: Once recovery is complete and the tree structure is formed, the next and final step is to restore the files and folders that have been found, into a safe destination drive.

Here you can use,

The Find option by clicking , to locate the file, or types of files you wish to recover, by entering the filename or the file extension. For e.g. filename.* or *.txt .

OR

The Find Next option can be used after the Find option, to locate subsequent files with the same file extension, in the selected folders, that form a part of the tree structure. You can also use the Preview function to preview the file, before it is recovered. This is demonstrated in Figure d and e respectively.

Figure d: Find option

Figure e: Find Next option

Finally, select the data you wish to recover, or click on the Root folder to select all the found files and folders.

Step 5: Click on the Save button. A window to select the destination drive, onto which the recovered data has to be restored, is displayed, as shown in Figure f.

Figure f: Select destination drive

Select the destination drive, and specify the file types that you wish to ignore (file filter) while saving. Also, check if you want the data to be restored in compressed form and click the button.

When you click the OK button, the software starts saving the data to the selected destination drive. Once saving is complete, a message pops up intimating the same.

All the data will be restored in a new folder by name “UndeleteX” in the selected destination drive. You can now access your recovered data as before.

Note: It is recommended that you check out the Trial version, before owning the Full Version.

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