

For each such file, you can immediately get some information: preview (if available), type, location, size, and state (excellent, average, bad, overwritten, lost). After the analysis, the program will show the list of the deleted files it has managed to find. In the manual (advanced) mode you need to select the disk drive you are interested in, where the data is suspected to be lost, and start scanning. In addition, the program includes a step-by-step wizard that will prompt you step-by-step for all the necessary steps to find and restore the data you need. The program was originally developed for a wide range of users, including those who do not have specific knowledge of data recovery, so it has a convenient intuitive interface with simple settings. Īs with other file recovery programs Recuva works by looking for unreferenced data, but if the operating system has written new data over a deleted file then recovery will often not be possible.Recuva is a small but very effective utility for recovering files that were accidentally or intentionally deleted (lost) on computer hard drives as well as removable media. As of version 1.5.3 it can also recover files from Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 file systems of Linux. It is able to recover lost directory structure and automatically renames files when trying to recover two files of the same name.

The program works on FAT, exFAT and NTFS file systems of Windows. Recuva was described by as an "effective tool for undeleting or salvaging files we sent for recycling and deleted, in the past". Preview thumbnails of intact photos can be displayed in grid view mode and in the side bar. Recuva can recover files deleted from internal and external hard disk drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, portable media players or all random-access storage mediums with a supported file system. It is able to undelete files that have been marked as deleted the operating system marks the areas of the disk in which they were stored as free space.

Recuva ( / r ɪ ˈ k ʌ v ə/) is an undeletion program for Windows, developed by Piriform Software. Including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, but not RT tablet editions.
