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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 20, 2009
- Total Downloads: 18,330
- Downloads last week: 429
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 31 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 02, 2009
Recuva is a free file recovery program that makes it extremely to locate files that were once thought to be lost forever. The wizard-like approach and intuitive user interface will appeal to all user levels.
The program opens with a very sleek, professional user interface. We found it extremely easy to navigate right off the bat, but it does employ a wizard to walk you through the file recovery process. All we had to do was select either the C or D drive, or both, from a drop-down menu. If you have a general idea of where the file may be, you can pick from a list of file paths, including Pictures, Music, Documents, Video, and Compressed files. As soon as we clicked the Scan button, the program immediately went to work, and within seconds, it had pulled up a very long list of deleted files and their respective paths. The program's Advanced view gave us more detailed information of each file, including the file's size and creation time. Recovering selected files was also extremely easy and involved simply checking off the file or files and clicking the Recover button. Within seconds, the file was recovered and saved to our location of choice.
Though we don't think you'll need it, we were disappointed to find that the program doesn't include any kind of Help file. It does, however, include a link to the publisher's Web site, which contains a forum. All in all, Recuva is an excellent choice for anyone in need of reliable file recovery.
Publisher's description
From Piriform :Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses.
Version 1.26.416 has added 'Time remaining' indication to the progress dialog and fixed issue that could cause some FAT 32 files to not be securely deleted.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.26.416 has added 'Time remaining' indication to the progress dialog and fixed issue that could cause some FAT 32 files to not be securely deleted.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Recuva 1.26.416
"either free or pay....get it"
Pros: I had been looking all over the net and my computer to no avail. I saw RECUVA and figured why not.
within 5 minutes after downloading I had the dll I was looking for installed and I could finally us my scanner again. great program thanksCons: NONE,NADA,ZILCH (you wanted 10 characters, you got them)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Recuva 1.26.416
Pros: Loads and runs.
Cons: Can't read the boot sector. Other programs have been able to read almost 1500 files.
Summary: This program doesn't do low level recovery. I've rated it just one star because it claims to be a recovery program, but depends on a healthy boot sector.
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