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Free Data Recovery, File and Partition Recovery, Undelete and Unformat Software

Have you ever deleted a file, deleted a partition or formatted a disk only to realize that it was a crucial mistake? The data recovery utilities on this page allow you to undelete erased files, recover or restore a deleted partition, restore deleted pictures from your CF card, SD card, MMC, Memory Stick or USB drives, and so on. Some of the tools below can even reconstruct portions of a deleted file (namely, the file header) that have been destroyed or overwritten by some other file.

Note that undeleting a file is an "iffy" business at best, since modern operating systems tend to access the hard disk behind your back while you use it, possibly overwriting portions of hard disk that contain your deleted files, making it impossible for you to unerase them. If you know that you have deleted a file by accident, you should immediately stop using that computer. Use a different computer to download the tools below. If possible, detach the hard disk (if it's a hard disk we're talking about) from the computer and attach it as a secondary drive in another computer and perform the recovery from that computer.

The best file undelete tool / data recovery utility is a regularly backed-up system. If you back up your data at regular intervals, your ability to recover your data improves tremendously. If you do not back up your system regularly, you should check out the Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities page for tools that you can use.