Recover My Files is computer data recovery software. It will recover files which have been deleted and emptied from (or bypassed) the Windows Recycle Bin.
Recover My Files will find any type of deleted file, however it will also search specifically for file types that you nominate. Recover My Files will also find drives that are corrupt, no longer recognized by Windows, formatted, and even drives that have been formatted and a new Operating System installed.
Recover My Files does not alter the contents of the drive being searched in any way so you can perform safe data recovery.
The version of Recover My Files that is downloaded from our website is fully functional. It will allow you to preview the contents of the files that it has recovered from your computer. However, you must purchase a product activation key before you can save your files.
It is not currently possible to save files to the drive on which they were deleted. You must save them to other storage media (eg. Second hard drive, floppy disk, USB drive, network, CD or DVD etc).
What type of search should I run on my computer with Recover My Files?
Computer data recovery can be required under many different circumstances. Your problem may relate to deleted files, or you may have an issue with a corrupt or mistakenly formatted drive.
When you start Recover My Files data recovery software using the desktop icon, you are presented with a wizard screen that provides a number of computer data recovery options. Each option uses a different data recovery technique and may be more suited to undelete one type of data loss than another.
As a general data recovery guide:
*if you have deleted files, use the "File Recover" options; *if you have a corrupt of formatted hard drive, use the "Format Recover" options *always try the "Fast" option first, followed by the "Complete Search"
Fast File Search
Will locate recently deleted files. Full file and folder names will be recovered if possible. It will take between 0 - 2 hours to get data back depending on drive size and computer speed.
Complete File Search
Will locate recently deleted files with full file and folder names. Includes an additional full drive search to find "lost files" which are no longer identified by the Windows Operating System. Lost Files are returned with generic names like "Recovered_Word_1". A Complete File Search will take 1 to 8 hours depending on drive size, the number of file types selected and the amount of data on the disk. Multimedia files are the most resource intensive to recover. Run a separate data recovery search for these file types.
Fast Format Recover
Use this search when for formatted or corrupt drives (if a drive letter is not recognized you can select the "physical drive" in the following screen). This search will locate all files in the missing drive partition with full file and folder names. The search will take from 1 to 20 minutes to recover data.
Complete Format Recover
This search is best used when a drive has been formatted and Windows has been reinstalled. Search only for the default selected file types (only add file types if the default selected file types were not on your disk). At the end of the search the old partition will be reconstructed. This Windows undelete will take from 1 to 8 hours depending on drive size, the computer speed and the amount of data on the disk.
