Microsoft Windows provides a Recycle Bin function to protect you from accidentally deleting your files. When a file is deleted in Windows, it is first moved to the Recycle Bin and can be restored if needed. If, however, a file is deleted from the hard disk without being stored in the Recycle Bin ([Shift]-[Delete]), or if the user empties the Recycle Bin, files cannot be restored with any utility that Windows provides.
When a file is deleted in the Windows environment, only the file directory information is removed from the FAT or MFT (for NTFS), which means that the file data still resides in data sectors on the hard disk drive. So, technically, the file can still be restored.
RecoverLost Data uses this principle to recover data, even after the Recycle Bin has been emptied. In addition, RecoverLost Data is able to easily recover deleted files and hard disk information damaged by viruses or by accidental formatting. Even in extreme cases, where directory structure is partially damaged, RecoverLost Data can recover files
as long as the data remains on the hard drive.
To ensure higher data recovery rates in Windows 2000/XP, the File Protection and Delete Detection functions should be enabled by pre-installing RecoverLost Data 2.0 on the system.
System Requirements
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Please check the following minimum system requirements:
- O/S: Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows XP Home/Professional
- Minimum 32MB of RAM (64MB or more recommended)
- At least 20MB of free disk space (30MB or more recommended)
- 2x CD-ROM Drive or faster
- 256-color VGA resolution or higher
Recoverable File Systems
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FAT12/16/32, NTFS
Features Introduction
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<New Features>
1. Improve Data Protection and Integrity by Pre-Installing RecoverLost Data
- Delete Protection : Protects against the deletion of important files and
directories
- Delete Detection : Automatic Backup of files being deleted
2. Easy and Useful Recovery Tools
- Previewer : Check the contents of Images files, MS Office documents, or
HTML files before recovering
- File Viewer : Extract the text contained in a damaged file
3. Damaged CD-ROM Recovery
- Recover data from damaged sectors of CD-RW and CD-R media
- Recover CDFS, UDF
4. Fully Compatible with Microsoft Windows OS
- Fully compatible with Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
- Supports FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS
<More Improved Features in Version 2>
1. Adaptable to Most Data Loss Situations
- Recover data even after if the Recycle Bin has been accidentally emptied.
- Recover data deleted by using [Shift]-[Delete] or files that are not stored
in the Recycle Bin due to large file size.
- Recover data from quick formatted Hard Disks
- Recover data from hard disks with damaged MBR, partition table, or FAT.
2. Capable of Recovering Data Deleted by Viruses
- Recover data from hard disks that are not being recognized by the system due
to viruses such as CIH
- Recover data after file information has been damaged due to viruses such as
Worm or Love virus.
3. User-friendly
- Interface is similar to Windows Explorer
- 3-step easy file recovery
- Recover deleted directory structure
4. Supports the recovery of files with long file names
Precautions
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1. Please keep in mind that when you install RecoverLost Data on the drive you wish to
recover data from, the installation process might overwrite your previously deleted
data. Therefore, it is recommended that RecoverLost Data be run from the CD-ROM drive
or be installed on a different hard disk.
2. If your computer has only one hard disk and Windows is unable to start, recover data by
attaching that disk as a slave to a separate system (master) with RecoverLost Data already
installed. RecoverLost Data can only be run in a working operating system.
3. If the hard disk is not recognized by the system BIOS the hard disk may have physical
damage due to fire, flood, or the mishandling of hardware. Recovering data from a
physically damaged drive is beyond the capabilities of RecoverLost Data 2.0.
4. RecoverLost Data 2.0 may not be able to completely recover data that has been overwritten
or fragmented.
5. RecoverLost Data 2.0 is designed to not save recoverable data to the same disk drive where
the damaged/deleted data resides. Since saving the files in the same drive might overwrite
the original data and put at risk any future recovery attempts, the hard disk containing the
data you wish to recover must have at least two partitions. Otherwise, you must save files
to a network drive, a removable drive, or a CD-R.
6. If unknown characters are displayed after the recovery of a file, this could indicate that the
original data was fragmented or portion(s) of data may have been overwritten before recovery.
7. RecoverLost Data can only be installed and used on the same number of machines as the number
of licenses. Recovering data from other systems other than the system that RecoverLost Data
was purchased for is strictly prohibited. Unless the license allows, RecoverLost Data cannot
be used on other computers across a network or a workgroup. A network recovery license must
be acquired to handle this type of recovery.
8. To use RecoverLost Data on multiple systems within a company or organization, multiple licenses
must be acquired. The installation and use of a personal software license on multiple systems
within a company or organization is illegal and strictly prohibited.
9. RecoverLost Data cannot recover data from UDF 1.5 formatted CD/DVD in all cases.
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