ReCuva

So you've lost an important file in Windows, and you need to get it back. Recuva can help!

It happens to all of us. Maybe you deleted a file you need back, or you clicked Yes when you should've clicked No. Or maybe you had a glitch on a memory card from your digital camera or the USB drive you use with your laptop. Or your iPod suddenly won't recognize some of your music tracks.

If you catch it right away, you can often undo the deletion in Windows or recover the file from the Recycle Bin. But what if you don't catch it right away, or a program has deleted the file? Recuva to the rescue.

Recuva is a small freeware program you can use to recover pictures, music, documents, videos, or any other types of files on your hard drive, memory cards, floppy disks, iPod or MP3 player, or USB sticks.

Usually, when you or Windows delete a file, a lot of the file is left behind, even if you can't see it in Windows Explorer.

Recuva scours your media (except CDs, DVDs and other optical media) and puts together the pieces so you can recover the files you need.

Recuva also has the special ability to securely delete recovered files. For example, you may have deleted a sensitive document the regular way (emptying the Recycle Bin or highlighting the file and pressing the Delete key). This type of deletion could let others recover the file. By using Recuva's restore-and-securely-delete functionality, you can make sure it's erased once and for all.

Scan through your hard drives, memory cards, and USB sticks to find files and folders you've deleted.

Tell you in advance how likely it is that your file(s) can be recovered.

Recover files that Windows can't (see Problems with Windows and file deletion)

Securely delete a file you may have previously deleted.

Recover emails you deleted 'permanently' from Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Windows Live Mail.

Recover files from your iPod, iPod Nano, or iPod Shuffle (iPod Touch and iPhone not supported at this time). Recuva will even recover songs with Apple's FairPlay DRM.

Recover Canon RAW (.CRW) format image files.

Recover files from NFTS, FAT, and exFAT-formatted drives.

Bring your files back!

Recover all files. Yes, as great as Recuva is it won't work all the time. Sometimes Windows has overwritten the area where the file used to be, or sometimes the file is too corrupted to recover.

Recover files you've deleted securely. For example, if you've used our CCleaner software to delete files using the Secure option, they're gone for good.

Securely delete certain very small files that are held in the Master File Table (MFT) and files of zero-byte length.

Recuva will run on any PC running Microsoft Windows 98 or later:

· Windows 7 (all editions, including 64-bit)

· Windows Vista (all editions, including 64-bit)

· Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center, Tablet Edition, 64-bit)

· Windows 2003 and 2008 Server (all editions).

· Windows 2000

· Windows 98. (Support for Windows 98 stopped after version 1.31.437.)

If you're running 64-bit Vista or XP, the Recuva installation file will install a 64-bit version of Recuva.

Recuva is a small program that runs fast. There are no minimum memory or hard drive requirements.

Note: Recuva works on NTFS, FAT, and exFAT format drives. Recuva does not currently support Mac OS X or Linux.

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