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Best software to recover deleted files

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ajayritik
ajayritik Original post #1
Apr 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM
I recently deleted some back up of my mobile which includes some important videos and Photos. Is there any reliable software which can help me recover this?
SaiyanGoku
Apr 21, 2014 at 2:45 AM
+1 to recuva
meetdilip
Apr 21, 2014 at 7:36 AM
Recuva fan here.
y2j826
y2j826 #5
Apr 21, 2014 at 9:03 AM
and best thing is that its freeware...
ajayritik
Apr 21, 2014 at 1:37 PM
I tried this however I was not able to find the deleted files.
I guess the recovery depends on how long it has been since they were deleted.
Also I think it had two options one is comprehensive and other normal one.
Will appreciate if anybody can post how to use this.
Flash
Flash #7
Apr 21, 2014 at 3:38 PM
I recently deleted some back up of my mobile which includes some important videos and Photos. Is there any reliable software which can help me recover this?
You deleted from PC ?
Also did you copy anything to the HDD after deleted that backup, if yes - there's little or no hope to recover the backup..

I once recovered 100gb+ of my deleted stuffs from an ext HDD, using Recuva
ajayritik
Apr 21, 2014 at 4:53 PM
You deleted from PC ?
Also did you copy anything to the HDD after deleted that backup, if yes - there's little or no hope to recover the backup..

I once recovered 100gb+ of my deleted stuffs from an ext HDD, using Recuva

I have multiple HDD's connected. I had copied my Galaxy S2 back up in one of the drives and looks to have accidentally deleted them assuming there is one more copy in other drive. :(
Since I download etc using torrents so there is high probability that lot of cut, copy, paste, delete has happened.
I'm able to recover some old files but not this one. :(
anirbandd
Apr 21, 2014 at 5:51 PM
if its very important, better give it to a professional recovery company, which, in india, is rare.
Neuron
Neuron #10
Apr 22, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Try Pandora Recovery. Will recover the file unless it has been overwritten by something else.
ajayritik
ajayritik #11
May 24, 2014 at 4:18 PM
Guys any other suggestions to recover deleted files from HDD?
Flash
Flash #13
May 24, 2014 at 8:58 PM
If you're using GLARY UTILITIES, you can use it's inbuilt data recovery feature.
Glary utilities > Advanced tools > File management > Restore deleted files.
.jRay.
.jRay. #14
May 24, 2014 at 9:16 PM
Piriform recuva helped me a lot.
ajayritik
ajayritik #15
May 25, 2014 at 4:41 PM
Bad luck. Still can't find my deleted files.
M
Minion #17
May 25, 2014 at 7:55 PM
I recently deleted some back up of my mobile which includes some important videos and Photos. Is there any reliable software which can help me recover this?

If you don't read write alot on that drive it may be possible but if you do there is very less chance try recuva it tiny and does the job make sure you select deep scan mode.
aswin1
aswin1 #18
May 26, 2014 at 10:16 PM
Try comfy partition recovery though it is not freeware.
ajayritik
ajayritik #19
May 26, 2014 at 11:45 PM
I have used the following so far
1. Recuva
2. EaseUS Data Recovery
3. Panda Recovery.
V
Vignesh B #20
May 27, 2014 at 8:24 AM
Since you have tried multiple softwares, but still in vain, most probably the data has been over-written. Using anymore recovery softwares won't be of much help.
As said above, if the data is of prime importance, give the HDD to a professional recovery company, but even then you need to keep your fingers crossed.
Flash
Flash #21
May 27, 2014 at 10:32 AM
Since you have tried multiple softwares, but still in vain, most probably the data has been over-written. Using anymore recovery softwares won't be of much help.
As said above, if the data is of prime importance, give the HDD to a professional recovery company, but even then you need to keep your fingers crossed.
Exactly. If the data1 is overwritten with data2, you will little or zero chance to retrieve data1.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #22
May 27, 2014 at 2:08 PM
miniTool Power Data Recovery
SaiyanGoku
Jul 7, 2016 at 4:15 PM
Recuva is not free. You need to pay if you wanted to recover files. TestDisk is totally free.

Yeah right :troll:

Been using recuva for years and it works fine. -_-
V
Jan 30, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Recuva, TestDisk, Undelete 360, PhotoRec, Pandora Recovery, MiniTool Partition Recovery, Wise Data Recovery, Puran file Recover are the Best software to recover deleted files.
Vyom
Vyom #25
Jun 16, 2017 at 10:03 PM
Thanks , your tool that i have tried and the lost phone data has been succeed recover back with it ,i appreciate it
Great to know that this forum helped you get your data back. :emoji_wink:
B
Aug 10, 2017 at 6:14 PM
I accidentally deleted a folder from desktop which had some important excel files. Immediately ran recuva, but it found millions of files but not the specific folder which I deleted or its contents. What should I do? I am going bonkers. Also isn't there any option to search for our files from that list?
Flash
Flash #27
Aug 10, 2017 at 6:23 PM
If it is the excel files, which you have deleted - then you can limit your search by adding extensions. (*.txt|*.mp3, for example). Its likely that the files will be renamed with some junk name, but with *.xlsx/xls extension.

Then sort by type and state as "Excellent or Good", and restore all excel files to a path. Now, search for yours.
B
Aug 12, 2017 at 7:37 PM
If it is the excel files, which you have deleted - then you can limit your search by adding extensions. (*.txt|*.mp3, for example). Its likely that the files will be renamed with some junk name, but with *.xlsx/xls extension.

Then sort by type and state as "Excellent or Good", and restore all excel files to a path. Now, search for yours.

Did all that but it didn't help at all. It didn't even search the deleted folder. Out of options I had to make those excels again. Recuva helped me recover 6 months old data from a pen drive during my college days which was formatted like a zillion times in those 6 months.
Flash
Flash #29
Aug 12, 2017 at 8:25 PM
Did all that but it didn't help at all. It didn't even search the deleted folder. Out of options I had to make those excels again. Recuva helped me recover 6 months old data from a pen drive during my college days which was formatted like a zillion times in those 6 months.
Maybe that data cluster was overwritten with some other data.
B
Aug 14, 2017 at 3:58 AM
@Flash
1 more thing the pen drive was fully written multiple times but still I recovered those files after 6 months. In this case within 10 minutes of deleting the files I ran recuva but nothing was found.