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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: July 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 28,773
- Downloads last week: 992
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 34 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 1.29.429 adds recovery of deleted Thunderbird emails and support for Nikon RAW in Deep Scan.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.29.429 adds recovery of deleted Thunderbird emails and support for Nikon RAW in Deep Scan.
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User reviews of Recuva 1.29.429
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 34 votes
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Version: Recuva 1.29.429
"It did what it was supposed to do"
Pros: The product was easy to use. I lost a file today and searched for it through the windows search function. Using Recuva I found it and restored it easily. I would recommended it to anyone I know.
Cons: sI did not find any reason not to like it.
Summary: I lost a file today and searched for it through the windows search function. Using Recuva I found it and restored it easily. I would recommended it to anyone I know.
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Version: Recuva 1.29.429
Pros: It worked great to retrieve files from a hard drive that i needed to destroy.
Cons: none noted so far.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Recuva 1.29.429
Pros: Actually does the job!
FREE!
Easy to useCons: The usual Yahoo! toolbar crap stinks, but I guess they have to make their money somehow
Summary: As opposed to all the other programs I tried, including several that were not free, Recuva actually managed to find my lost files and recovered them perfectly.
I am very impressed! -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Recuva 1.29.429
Pros: Does everything that it says.
Cons: None that I can find.
Summary: Saved me a number of times.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Recuva 1.29.429
Pros: Reliably recovers files--even from a reformatted partition!
Fairly quick for the number of files it recovers.
Informs user of likelihood that file can be recovered.
FREE!Cons: You can easily select all of the files in a list, but unselecting a large number of files takes forever.
Does not restore the original filenames; names the files with a string of numbers.
Puts the new files in strange places.Summary: I was repartitioning my harddrive to reinstall Linux on a dual boot system. I mistakenly started to repartition the partition where I keep all of my documents. I was devasted, as all of my pictures and music were on that partition. I tried to rec... read more >>
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