If you delete a file in Microsoft Windows the actual data still exists only the link to this data is deleted. If you would like to recover this links te be able to recover lost data files try the following free software.
Recuva
Recuva is a freeware Windows tool to restore data files that have been (accidentally) deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle Bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players.
Recuva is also capable of bringing back files that have been deleted by bugs, viruses or computer crashes.
Recuva features:
recover lost data files
easy to install and use
capable to restore memory cards of mobile phones or digital cameras
Undelete Plus is freeware which can be used to retrieve accidentally deleted files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive and even from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down!
Undelete Plus works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista 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, MultiMedia, SmartMedia and Secure Digital cards used in mobile phones or digital cameras.
Undelete Plus features:
free recovery of deleted or accidentally removed files.
shows clear overview of deleted files, filetype and folder.
SoftPerfect File Recovery is a free and useful tool to restore accidentally deleted files from hard and floppy disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media. It supports the popular file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption. If your important files disappeared and you can’t find them in the recycle bin, try this software product and get the files back to life. Easy to use, no installation is required.
SoftPerfect File Recovery features:
recover removed data files
show overview deleted data files with date and file size
