Everyone at least once in their lives have Shift+Del some of their important files and documents. And frustrated from their mistake, they Google for file recovery software. In this case, here is an excellent and free tool for recovering your important files you accidentally deleted from your recycle bin.
Recuva is a freeware tool that not only recovers your deleted files from your computer but also from devices such as digital camera card and MP3 player. Recuva is a product of Piriform, the maker of CCleaner so you know you can rely on this software for your recovery needs. Also the best thing that it is completely free!
The features of Recuva are:
- Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose the files you want to recover
- Easy to use filter for results based on file name/type
- Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree view
- Can be run from a USB thumb drive
- Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
- Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
- Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jaz Disks, Sony Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards, etc.)
- Restores files from external ZIP drives , Firewire and USB Hard drives
- It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!