Recuva
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Screenshot  Recuva 1.28 on Windows Vista | |
| Original author(s) | Ismo Laitela |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Piriform |
| Initial release | August 7, 2007[1] |
| Stable release | Recuva 1.45.858[2]
/ February 14, 2013 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Size | 3.71 MB |
| Type | Data recovery |
| License | Freemium |
| Website | www |
Recuva is a data recovery program, developed by Piriform, and runs under Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.[3] It is able to recover files that have been "permanently" deleted and marked by the operating system as free space.[4] The program can also be used to recover files deleted from USB flash drives, memory cards, or MP3 players.[5][6]
Recuva was described by vnunet.com as an "effective tool for undeleting or salvaging files we sent for recycling and deleted, in the past".[7] The program works on both FAT and NTFS file systems.[8] It is able to recover lost directory structure and automatically renames files when trying to recover two files of the same name.
As with other file recovery programs Recuva works by looking for unreferenced data, but if the operating system has written new data over a deleted file then recovery will often not be possible.[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ "Download Recuva". FileHippo. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ Version History of Recuva
- ^ "System requirements - Piriform Docs". docs.piriform.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Five free portable recovery tools". TechRepublic. September 4 2012. Retrieved October 13 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Recuva - free file recovery software". Software-Today.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Repair Tool of the Week: Recuva Portable". technibble.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Recuva 1.22". vnunet.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Recuva 1.04.104". PCWorld. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Recovering A Deleted File". Employees Only. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Recovering a deleted file (archived at The Wayback Machine)". Employees Only.
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