

OS compatibility: Windows 10/8.1/7/Vista/XP, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions, but not RT tablet editions Windows Server 20 If you want a higher recovery rate, consider paying $19.95 to upgrade to Recuva Professional. The free version is completely free for file recovery however, it has limitations regarding auto-update, technical support, and features. It comes in both a free and a paid version. Recuva allows users to search for and recover files on internal and external storage devices. It lets users recover unlimited data and supports photo, video, document, and music recovery in the free version.

Piriform Software released Recuva, a commonly recommended free data recovery tool for those without the budget to invest in a paid one.

You could even use Recuva to scan and recover data from a formatted drive, particularly if it’s had a quick format. Just select the drive you want scan, run the process and locate the files you want to recover back to your computer. You can use it to scan your internal hard drive, any external drive and memory cards such as those in your digital camera. Recuva is regarded as one of the best free file recovery tools. As it’s always worth keeping file recovery software installed on your computer, but it’s a tool you may rarely use, commercial file recovery software may be out of the question. Windows doesn’t ship with a decent file recovery application, which means that you need a third-party tool to recover files you’ve deleted from your trash can. Problem is, when various members of of your family are taking photos and then moving them to the computer, it’s too easy to delete the files thinking that they are already on your machine.

Head abroad for a long holiday and you many take a handful of digital memory cards for your digital camera and, perhaps your laptop.
