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Offence is best defense and similarly it's better to do regular backups and recover files form the backup then try to undelete accidentally deleted files.  But often there is no backup and undeletion is the last chance of recovering the information lost.

Undeletion files in windows like in any OS is a surgical operation and like any surgical operation it is better performed under anesthesia. That means that after accidental deletion of files it is wise to shutdown the OS and boot another OS specifically defined for this task. It can be Knoppix or good old Dos or another version of Windows. You chances to recover information are generally greater if you use FAT and not NTFS and if you use small separate partition for your data and do not keep everything on drive C:. (you can always repartition the disk using Partition magic or similar programs and create additonal partitions; just do it !).

Classic utility that essentially created the "undeletion" class was "undelete" from Norton utilities. The idea was that in FAT new files are not usually overwrite the last freed sectors and thus there is a chance recovering the file even if you accidentally delete it. Chances of recovery are greater, if no write operations were performed on the disk after you deleted the file.  Also chances are greater if you periodically defragmented your drive so that files occupy consecutive clusters.

Chances of recovery are greater, if no write operations were performed on the disk after you deleted the file. 

Also chances are greater if you periodically defagmented your drive so that files occupy consecutive clusters.

The most file operations is performed after then the less changes are to recover the file. that's why it is wise to shut down the system and use a separate system to read the disk for recovery.

Tip: It is common (and very unfortunate) that many windows user has a single drive C: and this is also the drive from where files need to be undeleted. It is always wise to have two drives on you harddisk: one for programs and one for data.

In such cases always use a USB drive or a flash drive if you need to install any software. Never install anything of drive C: if this is the drive from which you need to undelete files. 

If deleted files are very important it is wise to create immediately a DD-based image of your disk before any attempt to undelete the files using Knoppix of similar system

The firs step in recovery actually can be performed on the system itself: you need to check if the file went to windows Recycle bin. If you are lucky and it is in the recycler bin then recovery is really trivial. If not old "Dos-style" recovery based of heuristic of free clusters can be attempted.

While I was an expert in this area, I am out of this field for a long, long time so I did not check the most recent offerings. Among few which I check two stand out and can perform decent job even in complex cases:


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[Sep 12, 2009] Foremost

Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process is commonly referred to as data carving. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. The headers and footers can be specified by a configuration file or you can use command line switches to specify built-in file types. These built-in types look at the data structures of a given file format allowing for a more reliable and faster recovery.

Originally developed by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations and The Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research , foremost has been opened to the general public. We welcome any comments, suggestions, patches, or feedback you have on this program. Please direct all correspondence to [email protected].

The latest version of Foremost is version 1.5.4
Some sample carving test images can downloaded from http://dftt.sourceforge.net/ (Test 11 & 12).

[Sep 12, 2009] NTFS Recovery, Recover deleted file, undelete files with DiskInternals

How does this technology work? When a file is deleted, Windows 2000/XP modifies the file system (FAT32) that is why usual utilities cannot find some of the deleted files. An additional analysis makes it possible to find the location of the deleted folder with high precision and, therefore, recover its contents.

Our method is very fast. Due to a selective analysis, the program does not need to read the contents of the entire disk that is why searching for a deleted folder does not take more than a second.

The method is quite transparent to an end user and does not require any technical knowledge. While looking through the contents of a directory, the program automatically selects optimal access method.

Unique technology for deleted files

The mechanism is implemented for the FAT32 file system. When saving a file, several methods (currently 2) are used to search for its contents. The program automatically analyzes the file body and selects the most correct variants to be saved. After recovery, the user gets several most exact copies of a deleted file to choose the correct one.

Why do several file variants appear? Due to some peculiarities of Windows 2000/XP and FAT32, it is impossible to find the 100% correct location of a deleted file. Only several most probable file variants can be suggested.

[Sep 12, 2009] How To Recover deleted files, undelete files. Uneraser software.

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For Windows users we recommend DiskInternals Uneraser and consider it one of the best undelete software products available. Uneraser has powerful tools to help locate lost data among the thousands of files on a hard drive. It also has the widest range of built-in viewers to let you examine the files it finds before recovery. There is a free trial version so you can see for yourself what it can recover. If a file looks perfect in the viewer then recovery is pretty much guaranteed.

[Sep 12, 2009] How to Recover Deleted Files

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[Sep 12, 2009] Freeware eDATA Unerase at DirFile - Utilities File & Disk Management

eDATA Unerase is a powerful and easy-to-use data recovery software to recover lost or deleted files from hard drives, floppy disks, digital cameras, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Sony Memory Sticks, IBM Micro Drives, Flash cards or other removable media types. Simply use eDATA Unerase to restore your lost files in 3 wizard steps even if they have been deleted by a virus attack, emptied from the Recycle Bin, lost due to the format of a hard drive or system crash. No special skills are required.

[Sep 12, 2009] HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor mh-nexus

HxD is a carefully designed and fast hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size.

The easy to use interface offers features such as searching and replacing, exporting, checksums/digests, insertion of byte patterns, a file shredder, concatenation or splitting of files, statistics and much more.

Editing works like in a text editor with a focus on a simple and task-oriented operation, as such functions were streamlined to hide differences that are purely technical.
For example, drives and memory are presented similar to a file and are shown as a whole, in contrast to a sector/region-limited view that cuts off data which potentially belongs together. Drives and memory can be edited the same way as a regular file including support for undo. In addition memory-sections define a foldable region and inaccessible sections are hidden by default.

Furthermore a lot of effort was put into making operations fast and efficient, instead of forcing you to use specialized functions for technical reasons or arbitrarily limiting file sizes. This includes a responsive interface and progress indicators for lengthy operations.

LDE - The Linux Disk Editor

lde is a disk editor for linux, originally written to help recover deleted files. It has a simple ncurses interface that resembles an old version of Norton Disk Edit for DOS. lde is 100 percent free under the Gnu public license.

I've put a little bit documentation on this site. There is a very basic walkthrough of the editor which includes something like screenshots. Also, you can read the man page online and a file with some tips on restoring deleted files using lde.

There's more information and the latest binaries over at the lde sourceforge project page.

SystemRescueCd View topic - Linux disk editor

Hello.
Firstly, thank you for your efforts in creating such a useful collection in a package that works so well. I love it and think it's a great system rescue tool.
Will you please consider including the Linux Disk Editor (http://lde.sourceforge.net/) in the next release of SystemRescue CD. I use it for recovering 'lost' partitions that parted won't even look at (yes I use 1.6.6 from your 0.2.8 CD). I use the statically linked lde-i386, as downloaded directly from SourceForge, and run it from a floppy after booting from your SystemRescue CD.

Incidentally, to really mess up a disk's partitions, just create them with parted, then load Partition Magic and let it 'fix' the 'misalignment' errors it finds, then watch as neither Partition Magic, nor parted will look at the disk again. It doesn't always happen, but sometimes yes. One way to avoid this is if only one person with one set of tools works on a system. Not always possible unfortunately.
To fix this, I use gpart to give me a list of 'possible' partition locations, use linux disk editor to view the contents of the partition tables, and a calculator to determine the 'actual' table locations, then linux disk editor again to edit the tables so they work. Tedious, but such a relief (especially for the owner) when it all works again.
I used to boot a DOS floppy and use Norton Disk Editor, but I much prefer to stay within Linux and use Linux tools. Smile

Thank you for your consideration.
Andrew

Data Recovery First Aid 3 tips to increase your chances of success SoftwareTalks

Tip #1: Use your system as little as possible until you recover all of your lost files. The more activity taking place on your hard disk, the greater the chance that some of your lost data might be written over.

- Don't copy any files to the disk containing your lost data;
- Avoid browsing the web, because your web browser saves cache files on the disk;
- Don't launch any unnecessary programs, because they can also use your disk;
- Don't restart your computer.

Tip #2: Before you go further, take steps to free up some space on the disk containing your lost files. The more free space your system has, the less chance of overwriting any lost files with new ones. You can do one or more of the following things.

- Delete old files that you don't need anymore (you can also move them to another source, like a USB flash drive, instead of deleting);
- Empty your Recycle Bin - making sure that you haven't put any important files in there by mistake;
- Empty your browser cache. For Internet Explorer, click on the "Tools" menu, then select "Internet Options". Then, on the "General" tab, click the "Delete Files…" button.

Tip #3: To install any software after data damage increases the risk of your data being overwritten, so if you haven't had any data problems yet, consider installing a data recovery program just in case. Prevention is always better than cure, and a recovery program is good insurance for your data. However, if you don't yet have a recovery program, find one and - if possible - avoid installing it to the disk where your lost files are located.

Most recovery programs work fairly similarly. You need to select the disk where the lost files are located, let the program analyze the content of the disk - this can take a while - and then select the file you want to recover. Then, provide a location where you want to save that file. You should try to avoid recovering files to the same disk. You could use another hard drive, a network or removable media like a floppy disk or USB flash drive.

Active UNDELETE - Data Recovery

Active UNDELETE is powerful data recovery software that helps you to recover lost, deleted and formatted data from Hard Drives, Floppy Disks, Dynamic Volumes, Hardware or Software RAIDs. Active UNDELETE supports recovery from Removable Drives and digital media like Secure Digital, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MemoryStick. The program can recover files on FAT NTFS NTFS5 EFS. Active@ UNDELETE Professional & Enterprise installation packages contain a CD/DVD ISO image that you can burn to get a bootable CD or DVD with a lightweight version of Windows Vista (c) running in RAM (WinPE 2.0). It is the only way to recover your data in the case that your system is not bootable and you cannot attach the damaged Hard Disk Drive to another machine. After booting from the CD/DVD you will see a Windows environment with Networking, so you can either just recover your data (copy files to a USB drive or Network drive). Many other useful utilities are included besides data recovery utilities: Web Browser, File Manager (similar to Window Explorer), Terminal Client, Partition Manager, Notepad, Task Manager, Command Prompt, Network Drive Mapper, etc...

Software Download Undelete Fat32

Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. Undelete Plus works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems. The program supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32,NTFS/NTFS5 and image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards. Try it, it is free and it won't even take too much space on your hard disk..

File Undelete File Recovery Software for Windows OS.

R-Undelete Demo mode R-Undelete run in the Demo mode allows you to evaluate how the software recovers lost files. The Demo mode is fully functional except it has a limitation to recover files larger than 64KB. Graphic files ( see the list ), video and audio files (all files are supported if a proper codec is installed on the system) can be previewed in R-Undelete Demo mode to estimate recovery chances before you pay for the license.

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  • http://www.free-av.com/antivirclassic/avira_unerase.html - "What is gone is gone? Far from it! Avira UnErase recovers data that have been deleted from the hard drive – either accidentally or as a result of a virus infection, an uninstaller or defective software."
  • http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html - "Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on."
  • http://tokiwa.tomato.ne.jp/EN/dr.html - "DataRecovery is freeware and written by TOKIWA to undelete accidentally deleted files even from recycle bin. But DataRecovery doesn't assure that all files deleted can be recovered successfully. It mostly depends on your system/configuration and we can't support each of all that
    varieties."
  • http://filerecovery.biz/files/hosted-freeware/ntfsundel.exe - "Small, simple but effective file undeleter for NTFS. DOS program, can mount NTFS volumes and extract deleted files. Run from a pure DOS prompt or a Windows 9X/ME DVM (does NOT run from a DVM on any version of NT). Also available on a FreeDOS formatted boot diskette, pre-configured for optimal operation."
  • http://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ - "FreeUndelete is a freeware data recovery program for deleted files. In case of accidental deletion of files on a NTFS file system (used by default in Windows XP, 2000 and NT) FreeUndelete is the utility to help."
  • http://www.octanesoft.com/data_recovery_free_edition.html - "eDATA Unerase Personal Edition is software used to restore files that have been deleted through normal methods, including accidental deletions from the recycle bin. With powerful scanning/restoring features, quick scan facility and an easy-to-use interface, anyone can use eDATA Unerase. No Risk No Cost!"
  • http://www.smartpctools.com/fat_recovery/ - "Smart FAT Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the FAT 12/16/32 file system. The software easily recovers data from hard
    disks, digital cameras, and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card and diskette."
  • http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com/uw.html - "Undeletion Wizard is a file undeletion program for Windows. It can recover (undelete) deleted files from your hard disk. Currently Undeletion Wizard supports undeletion only from fat 32 partitions. It can search your hard disk for undeletable files. Advanced Search options allows you to search deleted files by specifying their file names (whole or part) or by their extensions. Undeletion Wizard can also undelete files from deleted directories. It can scan recursively your disk's directory structure. Undeletion Wizard uses low level disk access for reading the contents of the deleted file from the file system. All disk writes are done through standard file IO functions. So Undeletion Wizard had no chance to damage your fat 32 file system. Undeletion wizard is free for non-commercial use."
  • http://www.roadkil.net/undelete.html - "Allows you to undelete files that you have accidentally deleted from your drives."
  • http://www.smartpctools.com/fat_recovery/ - "Smart FAT Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the FAT 12/16/32 file system. The software easily recovers data from hard
    disks, digital cameras, and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card and diskette. Smart FAT Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost!"
  • http://www.smartpctools.com/ntfs_recovery/ - "Smart NTFS Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the NTFS file system. The software easily recovers data from hard disks and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card with NTFS file system. Smart NTFS Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost!"
  • http://www.undelete-plus.com/download.html - another simple undeleter:

XXCLONE License: Freeware

XXCLONE duplicates the whole Win NT, 2000 or XP system volume to another volume that will become ready to boot without a restore step. You may boot the system from the clone volume by simply swapping the disks when a disaster strikes. The cloned volume may be larger than the source volume, or even smaller as long as the volume data can fit. You may copy from FAT to NTFS or vice versa. It supports USB-disk, PATA and SATA. Ideal for periodic backup, or a one-time disk upgrade, or migration. Unlike the disk imaging tools, XXCLONE copies files and directories. Therefore, you stay in Windows and may do some work while the cloning runs in the background. With a full volume backup, files in the target volume will always de-fragmented automatically without the need for the time-consuming de-frag on the source. It maintains Restore Points with most recent 7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly and 5 yearly records with which you can restore the exact state of the system registry. Additional features include tools to duplicate the Volume ID, to repair non-bootable disk, and more. It supports command line arguments and suits batch file invocations, also. Extremely easy to use with user-friendly GUI.

Author: Pixelab, Inc.| Date: 07-02-2007 | Size: 1177 KB

Recover Fixed/Floppy Disk License: Freeware

RECOVER Fixed/Floppy Disk v1.4 ( 5-star rated). Folder / File level Data Recovery Utility for Hard Disk Drives and Floppy Disks. RECOVER Fixed/Floppy Disk handles File Allocation Table (FAT) damage and subfolder damage. If FAT damage should not affect you, just defragment the file system as often as you can. If subfolder damage should not affect you, save the subfolder to a safe location. This FREEWARE version would not save the Root Folder for later use. RECOVER Fixed/Floppy Disk handles these error conditions at individual folder level. Recovers all the files from the specified directory on 16-bit and 12-bit FAT file systems in DOS and WINDOWS even if both copies of the FAT have considerable number of damaged sectors, if the disk involved had been regularly defragmented. If FAT is good, FAT1 or FAT2 can be used. All you need to do is put all your important files in a few directories (note: entire drives can be ZIPped up and sent to the backup drive) and defrag that backup drive after each update and if you want to be playful enough, note down the first sector of file(s) or if you want 100 percent safety, save the subdirectory having your important data as a file somewhere else. IF YOU DEFRAG FLOPPY/HDD REGULARLY, YOU GET THE UTMOST BENEFIT. Supports FAT12 File Systems (Floppies) from DOS to WINDOWS 98SE and FAT16 File Systems in DOS, WINDOWS 3.1/3.11, WINDOWS 95, and (up to 2 GB partitions in) WINDOWS 95-OSR2, WINDOWS 98 and WINDOWS 98SE (HDD can be 120 GB). This program is certainly for those who backup because backup programs never talk about uncertainties w.r.t. FAT and Directory entries. A floppy ora FAT16 partition needed to get started. You can find out the TECHIE in you.

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Smart Fat Recovery License: Freeware

Smart FAT Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the FAT 12/16/32 file system. The software easily recovers data from hard disks, digital cameras, and any type of storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia card, secure digital card and diskette. Smart FAT Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files, photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost!

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