Restoration – Restore Deleted Files

Filed in: Downloads, Reviews — September 19th, 2004

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“Opps! I accidently deleted the important file!”

Does it sound familiar to you? It become even worse when you also emptied “Recyle Bin”! How to get back the files?!?!

Don’t worry. It is not the end of the world yet! ;)

Here I introduce you a small(~145KB) and free tool — Restoration! It is a software to restore deleted files, even not found in “Recycle Bin”!

Features:

  • Small size.
  • No installation required. Can run from floppy disk!
  • Support Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
  • Support FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/NTFS
  • It is FREE!

Download Restoration

Review:
To test “Restoration”, I unzip the files(4 only) into my USB disc. The program interface is simple, beginner should not have problem with it.

Restoration in action

How to rescue?

  1. select drive you want to scan for deleted files.
  2. (optional) enter the file type you want to rescue. In the screenshot above, I choose to scan for text file only(.txt).
  3. Click “Search Deleted Files” button to start scanning process.
  4. The found deleted files will be listed in the file list. Select the file(s) want to restore, and click “Restore by Copying” to save the restored file(s) to another drive.
  5. Done. Your files are back! :)

    6. Note:
    To have deeper scan(but spend more time), tick “Include used cluster by other files”. However, files may have overwritten already.

I tested “Restoration” to scan deleted files in my USB disk. Hey, it works too!

Wait, Do you mean anyone can restore my deleted private files now?!
Don’t worry. While “Restoration” can restore deleted files, it has another opposite function — “Complete deletion”(click “Other” then “Delete Completely”). It will wipe off files completely so that the files are impossible to restore by any file rescue software.

Thought:
Though “Restoration” is not perfect, but it can be your life safer in emergency case. Plus, it is a freeware!

Now if my friend call me for rescue(file), I only need to bring along my USB disk with “Restoration” inside. Oh! I can charge them for a meal! :twisted:

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  1. #1
    CheeV Says:
    September 19th, 2004 at 11:18 pm

    This is GREAT!! Thank you for sharing!

  2. #2
    Ralphie K Says:
    December 9th, 2004 at 10:04 am

    Hey !!! This software is great !!!! Love it :cool: one problem though … my files are encoded when thay are restored. If possible, can u advise me on what to do in this case….:???:

  3. #3
    LcF Says:
    December 9th, 2004 at 6:08 pm

    Encoded? I guess the file is corrupted or not fully recovered, nothing we can do about it. The software does not encode any recovered file.

  4. #4
    raunak Says:
    December 21st, 2004 at 6:29 pm

    :shock: :!::lol:::lol:evil::cool::roll::roll::lol::lol:THE BEST OF ALL.IT IS.BELIEVE IT OR:?:NOT.COOL:mrgreen:

  5. #5
    SATAN Says:
    February 13th, 2005 at 3:00 am

    Restoration [edited]!!!! It couldn’t find two of my lost files, that I knew still were there. I could easily see them when in command prompt looking in the hidden recycler folder! But [edited] restoration couldn’t find them!! WHY!!???!!

    [ Edited by LiewCF ]

  6. #6
    LcF Says:
    February 13th, 2005 at 11:11 am

    maybe you just put the file into “recycle bin”, it is not actually deleted. Don’t expect too much on a freeware at its small size.

  7. #7
    Chinh Says:
    May 28th, 2005 at 10:21 am

    I tried to restore my pics from the USB….but as i copied it to my drive, when i open the file, I couldn’t see my pics …..plz help…

  8. #8
    LcF Says:
    May 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am

    @Chinh: the pics may corrupted already. Try your luck with other data recovery tools

  9. #9
    Chinh Says:
    May 28th, 2005 at 11:44 am

    Thanks alot…..but its not a free software….

  10. #10
    LcF Says:
    May 28th, 2005 at 11:48 am

    @Chinh: read carefully, they ARE freewares. :)

  11. #11
    Chinh Says:
    May 29th, 2005 at 10:39 am

    I still couldn’t see my pics after using that program. What should I do? Thanks for your help ! :)

  12. #12
    LcF Says:
    May 29th, 2005 at 11:10 am

    which program?

  13. #13
    Chinh Says:
    May 29th, 2005 at 11:15 am

    File Scavenger Verson 3.0 , I downloaded it from this website http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery_r.html

  14. #14
    LcF Says:
    May 29th, 2005 at 11:22 am

    @Chinh: most probably your pics is corrupted and not recoverable…

  15. #15
    Chinh Says:
    May 29th, 2005 at 11:25 am

    ah man……Thanks anyway!!

  16. #16
    Larry Pytlak Says:
    November 26th, 2005 at 11:45 pm

    GREAT PROGRAM!

    I had someone accidently delete an entire drive on a shared computer!
    Was able to restore the drive, but have one suggestion for future release.

    Add capability to select multiple (or all) files. I had to restore one file at a time (363 files and folders)

  17. #17
    joe Says:
    September 8th, 2006 at 9:29 pm

    How do I download this? If I use the link I can’t make any sence of the site….

  18. #18
    LcF Says:
    September 8th, 2006 at 11:41 pm

    The website has been closed. I already updated the download link. Thank you.

  19. #19
    kosal Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 12:48 am

    Thanks for sharing this programm. why I can’t find my document?

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