@Matt

Thank you for this answer. I simply forget, because I thought, that anybody, who is interested would read an old comment.

This gives me the chance to comment "old" software. Nothing bad about "old" software. If it works, there is no reason to go into coding, just to make a "new" version. As long as the Windows file system does not change - and for more than one good reason it does NOT change, a program to "undelete" files must not change either, if it has worked in the past.

Many misunderstands occur always about the undelete programs. A file, removed from the recycle bin has a delete mark, a "$". If this file is not overwritten partly or in whole, it can be easily recovered by changing the delete sign. But and a big but, Windows considers the space, which this file has used as free and overwrites it ASAP with new date. From here the problems start. The better "undelete" programs try to recover as much old data as possible. This is only possible, if they know the internal file structure for specific extension. A picture may be recovered in this way with missing some parts. If this is a unique picture, it is better to recover the readable parts, than to recover nothing. The same with Office documents. It may be, that 3 of 300 pages are missing, but the restored 297 may have been worth every money paid. Thus said, the backup is always the better way. But think of the only SD card with your fresh wedding pictures. You would like to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to get them back. This is the only reason for the normally high (too high?) price for recovery software. And the frustration, if the paid program could not do what you wanted to became a miracle.

With a knowledge of the file table structure you can "recover" deleted files without the help of a paid program. Look for hints in the I-Net.

A longer answer, but I have more time today.

Karl  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+102)

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Karl neglected to mention that in his previous review he recommended the software.

Just an FYI for folks who don't have a similar program already.

Matt  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+33)

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Nice to see someone defending old programs, age has nothing to do with quality.
By far the best file manager available was XTree in its day and an updated copy called ZTree which runs on Windows is by far the most powerful one available even now. But a word of warning test it on an unimportant storage device until you get used to it. Easy to wipe a hard drive, undelete comes in handy then as I know from experience.
The file manager I use on a daily basis is probably about 14 years old, same for favourite image editor.

One of the advantages of using old programs you are use to, particularly in critical situations, is that you are much less likely to do damage.

XP-Man  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+33)

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