data recovery

File Recovery - added 11/22/2005
File Recovery software has many usages: you can undelete, recover deleted files or recover a lost file. Regardless of what you call it, the freeware program File Recovery 4 can help get your file back. File Recovery can also recover most common files types. Even if part of the file is damaged and beyond recovery, you may be able to get back some useful fragments - recovering half of a lost 10,000 word assignment is better than having nothing at all.

CDCheck - added 6/25/2005
CDCheck functions as a utility for the prevention, detection and data recovery of damaged files on CD-ROMs with an emphasis on error detection. With CDCheck you can check your CDs and discover which files are corrupted. By using the program proactively, you can insure that your data on CD-ROMs are safe — before it’s too late! CDCheck provides the following features: readability verification, binary compare, CRC file creation (and verification) and file recovery.

Drive Rescue - added 6/2/2005
Drive Rescue works as a program for exploring your hard disk, recover deleted files on it. The idea for this program originated from processing a disk with Scandisk–which suddenly contained no data. Since off-the-shelf Windows methods could not recover any of it, this program was created. (only for FAT 12/16/32)

Restoration - added 5/31/2005
Restore is perhaps the best known file restoration software that can recover files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. Also, Restoration 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.

PC Inspector File Recovery - added 5/31/2005
PC Inspector File Recovery works as a simple data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.

TestDisk - added 5/31/2005
TestDisk is a powerful data recovery utility! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table). TestDisk can run under DOS (either real or in a Windows 9x DOS-box), Windows 32-bit (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003), Linux OSs, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and SunOS; precompiled binary executables are available for DOS, Win32 and Linux.

Fast File Undelete - added 5/31/2005
Fast File Undelete gives you a quick and effective way to retrieve valuable data lost due to deletion. Fast File Undelete allows the retrieval of files which have been deleted from a disk and have been removed from the Recycle Bin, or bypassed the Recycle Bin. Fast File Undelete is easy to use and requires no special knowledge.

CDCheck - added 5/31/2005
CDCheck, the undelete software for the prevention, detection and recovery of damaged files on CD-ROMs with an emphasis on error detection. With CDCheck you can check your CDs and discover which files are corrupted. By using the program proactively, you can insure that your data on CD-ROMs are safe — before it’s too late! CDCheck provides the following features: readability verification, binary compare, CRC file creation (and verification) and file recovery.

Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier - added 5/31/2005
Recovers deleted files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.