DataRecovery is freeware and written by TOKIWA to undelete accidentally deleted files even from recycle bin.
But DataRecovery doesn't assure that all files deleted can be recovered successfully.
It depends mostly on your system/configuration and we actually can't afford to support each of all those varieties.
Compatible operating systems
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Windows9x/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Key-features
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1 FAT12,FAT16,FAT32,NTFS undeletion
2 undelete NTFS compressed files
3 undelete EFS encrypted files
4 wipe out deleted files never to be recovered again
5 runnable from USB memory or even floppy disk
6 search by partial string in the file name
7 undelete whole files in a directory
8 undelete multiple files by selecting them with Shift/Ctrl key
9 sort items displayed by clicking column headers
10 rename file to be recovered by right-click on the file in the list
11 neither installation nor DLLs is needed
12 Windows Vista supported
How to use
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You can understand it intuitively through simple UI. So there is no need for instructions.
Also you can update DataRecovery to new version if available through "Version info" of system menu(NT only).
Notice
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1 You need "administrator account" to run DataRecovery at WinNT/2000/XP/Vista.
2 To wipe out deleted files, DataRecovery directly write NULL to disc.
3 On fat volume, first character of the file name is sometimes overwritten by delete-code on deletion.
In that case the lost character is replaced by "$" on the list displayed.
4 When you get "Runtime Error" on scanning drive, try Debug version.
5 Norton UnErase keeps DataRecovery from scanning deleted files.
6 On Windows Vista, Never to destroy OS, you can Not wipe files in system drive.
7 You should wipe only the files you have made and deleted, in other words you should exactly know the file you are wiping.
Total wiping on system drive may cause serious problem.
8 "Full scan" for NTFS is effective in such a case where you quick-formatted drives.
But this would take long time, so try it only when you could not find wanted files through normal scan.
Install/Un-install
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DataRecovery doesn't need to be installed. Just unpack the archive you downloaded and it's runnable.
DataRecovery doesn't install anything, so no registry entries or initialization files are left on your computer when you delete the directory of DataRecovery
File Attributes
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R:read-only
H:hidden
S:system
D:directory
A:archive
N:normal(no other attributes are set)
T:temporary
O:offline
C:compressed
E:encrypted
Rp:reparse point
I:index view
Sp:sparse file
License
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Copyright(C)2009, TOKIWA
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in binary forms
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- Neither the name of TOKIWA nor the names of its contributors may be used
to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Mail
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admin@tokiwa.qee.jp
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
Home
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http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/dr.html
Donation
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If you like DataRecovery, please donate from the url above.
It would help us go on making good freeware!
History
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2005/8/15 v1.0 first version(NTFS only)
2005/10/10 v2.0 Made it Fat compatible. Added folder Undeletion in a single click
2005/10/18 v2.1 Added compressed files undeletion
2005/11/7 v2.2 Added encrypted files undeletion
2005/12/13 v2.2.1 Added UpdateCheck(NT only)
2006/11/17 v2.2.3
new feature to display recovery-done dialog
changed modified-time of recovered file to original one
fixed bugs that occur when recovering encrypted file
fixed bugs that may occur when reading MFT record size from bpb
support mirror MFT loading when MTF is broken
support removable media whose sector size is not 512 byte
2007/2/5 v2.3.0
new feature to wipe out deleted files
fixed buffer-overflow bugs that may occur when MFT is so fragmented
fixed bugs that may occur when reading Fat12 root directory
2007/2/24 v2.3.1
new feature to scan empty clusters for FAT
fixed bugs in which it can not scan C drive of NTFS
fixed bugs in which it can not read directory of FAT
2007/3/3 v2.3.1.1
fixed bugs in which it can not scan large volume FAT
improved degraded scan algorithm of FAT at v2.3.1
2007/4/10 v2.3.1.2
Windows Vista supported
2007/5/21 v2.3.2
enabled wipe function on Vista(except for system drive)
skip broken data-runs of fragmented MFT
fixed minor bugs about user interface
2007/6/12 v2.3.3
new feature to scan full clusters for NTFS
fixed bugs in which it can not scan folders of FAT32 on Vista
2007/8/16 v2.3.4
fixed bugs in which it can not scan the most fragmented NTFS drives
fixed bugs in which it can not recover files after fullscan on NTFS drives
fixed minor bugs about user interface
2007/10/12 v2.4.0
improved scanning speed
resizable main window
fixed multithread related bugs
improved user interface
2007/11/9 v2.4.1
enabled wipe function even when full scan and empty cluster scan
improved user interface
2007/12/24 v2.4.2
fixed several bugs that slow scan speed, cause error or abnormal termination during full scan
improved user interface
2008/6/18 v2.4.3
new feature to rename file to be recovered
fixed problem on progress status when wiping large files in FAT volume
made system files unlisted, which may cause serious damage when wiped out
improved user interface
2008/9/18 v2.4.4
fixed bugs that cause problem when MFT is fragmented with Attribute_list
fixed bugs that cause memory overflow when restoring LNF directory entries
disabled all-wiping of scanned files, which may cause serious problem, and show warning message
2008/11/15 v2.4.5
fixed bugs that cause drive unformatted or boot failure of Windows when total wipeing of scanned files,
of which the message warning is omitted.
improved user interface
2009/2/15 v2.4.6
made it possible to recover large files(up to 4G)
fixed bugs that cause abnormal termination during normal scan
