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Lost or deleted files or data? You need our Top 5 free file recovery tools.
Whether it’s due to a virus, hardware failure, or just good old human error, it’s all too easy to lose vital files. That critical report you’ve got to deliver tomorrow; the huge end of year paper; your massive music collection; or those precious family photos… nightmare! But don’t worry, help is at hand! When a file is deleted, it isn’t actually erased immediately. Instead, the space it occupies is marked as available to be overwritten, which means it can (in most cases) be restored using recovery software. Phew!
So, without further ado, here’s our list of the five best free data recovery software titles – that might just save the day. And don’t forget, you can download them all now, here on FileHippo.
Paragon Backup & Recovery
Paragon Backup & Recovery is a great piece of software, that generates a backup of your data including operating system, application and personal files. Its ‘Set & Run’ technology makes it a doddle to use, and we’re big fans of neat features like the option of quick ‘stand-alone/single time’ backups and define scenario-based backup jobs. The backup target can be another internal hard-drive, external storage, network storage, or even secured hidden partitions. A boot-sector copy within the backup makes it easy to move files to a new hard-drive, as the operating system doesn’t need to be re-installed. Clever, eh? We also really like the feature that allows users to set-up an email alert to receive the latest updates about the status of backup or recovery. Finally, Paragon Backup & Recovery wins points for supporting SSD Drives and hard-disks larger than 2TB.