subject: Tips for Selecting File Recovery Software [print this page] Computers have become an essential part of our life. We use them to create data, modify data, for communication, editing pictures, storing videos, music collection and even movies. The increased dependency has also made us vulnerable to data loss, be it personal or business related. Data loss from a computer can happen due to
accidental deletion of the file or data
accidental deletion of a drive(s)
formatting of the drive or partitions
corruption of the data
corruption to the file system
virus attack
hard disk failure or
due to power fluctuations
In this article let us look at the seemingly simple scenario of data loss due to file deletion. You might be wondering why we should discuss this in detail when you can easily recover the file from Recycle Bin. It is indeed possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin as long as the file is available in the Recycle Bin. However, you will not find the deleted file in the Recycle Bin if the file you have deleted is too large. In such cases, the file will be deleted surpassing the Recycle Bin. Similarly if you delete using Shift+Delete keys the file gets deleted surpassing the Recycle Bin. In such cases, it will not be possible to recover files from the Recycle Bin. To recover such files you need a file recovery software.
How to select a good file recovery software
The main criteria for selecting file recovery software should be the type of the file you have lost (doc, xls, mdb, dbf, or dwg, dxf etc) and the storage device from which you have lost data. The other aspects that you should look for include
Capability of the product in recovering data from various data loss scenarios including deleted drives, lost partitions, reformatted or repartitioned drives.
The features that make the product efficient in recovering deleted file, such as the scan technology, efficiency in supporting recovery of long and localized names and ability to preview files before recovery. Preview of the files will help you in identifying the file that you have deleted and will make file recovery faster.
System requirements for installing the software should be looked into before you select the product. This includes compatibility with your operating system, recommended RAM and free space for file recovery.
In addition to this check whether you can evaluate demo version of the software to assess the capability of the software in recovering files.
To recover lost photo from hard drive use photo recovery software this helps in recovering your lost photos including raw images.
