Recovering Files Deleted from USB Flash Drive 2

[4144]

By mistake I deleted a folder from my USB Flash drive and the folder contained a lot of Word and Excel files that I need.
I use Windows XP and Office 2003.
Would appreciate if someone can advise any way I can recover these deleted files.

 

[Andrzejek]

Have you tried this?

Have fun.

---- Andy

 

[kjv1611]

4144,

If you don't find what you need there, try this forum:
forum528

And when you post, specify what you have tried, and what results you've gotten from each attempt.

There are multiple data recovery programs out there - some paid, some free. Won't hurt to give different ones a try.

Here's a free one I've used with success on occasion:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.HTML

I've also used this, or at least the similar Active Partition Recovery (not free, but I think you can try it before buying to see if it will work):

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...sg=AFQjCNGP42jus9bf8g5bKFqAzUI0UO2g9w&cad=rja

And there are others. One that gets mentioned very frequently, but I can't seem to remember the name of it again. You should also try searching the forums, b/c MANY alternatives have been mentioned right here on tek-tips.

Also, if these files are valuable enough, you might want to consider a data recovery service - also mentioned in the forums.

 

[MakeItSo]

Have you tried this?

Have fun.

---- Andy

Nice one!

I recently had a similar probelm: I accidentally erased the entire chip of my digital camera instead of deleting only a few selected pics.

I could restore all pics with this:

http://undeleteplus.com/

Simple, effective, freeware.


Cheers,
MakeItSo


[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell

 

[kjv1611]

Hmm, I wish I'd of found that one about 4 months ago, when I had accidentally deleted all the pictures off our camera card... but I used the camera's format utility on that one, and read it was impossible to recover such. I did try about 10 different apps - free, trial-to-pay, anything I could get my hands on... or maybe touchpad/mouse on?

I'll have to take a look at that one just to see. Being it's freeware, wouldn't hurt to keep handy.

 

[4144]

Tried Undelete but it is not FREE or am I missing something?

 

[AnotherHiggins]

This might not help many people, but I have Compact Flash, SD, and micro-SD cards by SanDisk and each one has come with a mini-CD containing their recovery software, complete with a license key. I don't have a flash drive by them, but I'd guess that they'd include the software, too.

I've thankfully only had to use it once and it worked great.

I've also given a couple away since I only need one copy of the software.

Like I said, that might not help many folks, but I figured I'd offer it as an FYI.

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[MakeItSo]

Tried Undelete but it is not FREE or am I missing something?

You must be missing something. I downloaded it and it was free.
Perhaps this new version called "FileRestore" isn't free anymore.

You'll find the previous version called "UndeletePlus" here:

http://www.freeware-download.com/downloaddetails/14744.html

It IS free.

[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell

 

[4144]

It is only free to scan for deleted files. When you try to recover these files it asks you to register and pay $29.95 for 1 yr

 

[fumei]

However, makeitso's second posting link (to UndeletePlus) gets you the previous free version.

I just tried it on a USB drive with known deleted files.

It works very well.

Thanks MIS! It works so well, I think that gets you a star.


unknown

 

[MakeItSo]

Thanks, fumei.

Sorry for the confusion, 4144. I didn't know the latest version required licensing.
The old version does the job fine though - without any fine.


[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell

 

[fumei]

Well, it does have some limitations. I did a bit of testing last night. It does NOT work all that well with PSD (Photoshop) files. The larger they were (are?), the less it does the undelete. Also, it seems that if there is any disk I/O the failure rate goes up. Also if you try to restore to a different drive.

I/O + different drive makes the successful restore rate go down to...0%. Even though, UndeletePlus states it was successful, the files are there in the correct file size, Windows Explorer shows the correct icon for the files, but something is corrupted and Photoshop will not open ANY of them.


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[jges]

Just ran across this today:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20025450-58.html?tag=nl.e415

It's a data recovery program being offered for free until 12-25. I have not used it so I can't comment on its effectiveness, but thought some of you might like to try it out.