Undelete Utility for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP NTFS

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The most complete NTFS undelete for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Notice: This software has been superseded by File Scavenger Version 2.0. Only Windows NT 3.51 users should use version 1.4.

Windows NT 4.0, 2000 or XP users please click here.

Q: Can I undelete files that were emptied from the Windows^Ž Recycle Bin?

A: You can undelete files that were emptied from the Recycle Bin just like any other files. The only difference is that the Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Recycle Bin may have changed the filenames. For example, if you are looking for "test.doc", you may need to specify "*.doc" as your search criteria because the file may have been renamed to, say "du0.doc". Use other information such as size, date, etc. to look for your files among the list of returned files.

Q: What are the strengths of File Scavenger as a Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP undelete product?

A: File Scavenger was designed as a high-quality commercial product. The many strengths include:

Meticulously designed to undelete files in many cases.

Optimized to scan large disks.

Support for the standard Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP compression engine.

Flexibility in switching between standard and exhaustive search mode. In standard mode, you can quickly undelete recently deleted files and recover complete directory paths leading to the files. In exhaustive mode the entire disk is searched for any trace of files that can be undeleted. Exhaustive searches may succeed where standard searches fail with the limitation that no directory information will be recovered.

Simple and powerful user interface. Menus and buttons are easy to use. Files can be sorted by date, size, name, etc.

File pattern matching. You can search for specific filetypes (e.g. *.doc), all files in a folder (e.g. "\folder1\*"), etc.

Undeleting multiple files and entire folders in one operation.

Q: Can I undo a format operation on an NTFS disk partition?

A: File Scavenger cannot undo a format operation on an NTFS partition. However, it can undelete individual files on the partition under mormal conditions. You need to know the cluster size of the original partition and will need to specify exhaustive search mode. Even though file contents may be recovered, directory path information will not.

Before File Scavenger can search for files on the partition, you need to redefine and format the partition. The new partition must reside at the same disk location and have the same size as the deleted partition.

Q: When undeleting files on large disks, what can I do to speed up scanning of the disk?

A:Searching is faster with more specific search patterns such as "a*.txt", compared to, for example, "*.doc", or "*.*".

Q: What is the licensing policy for File Scavenger?

A: File Scavenger is licensed per computer. Once you have downloaded and installed the software, you can search for deleted files on a disk. However, in order to undelete files, you need to provide a license code that can be bought by credit card from our web site http://www.quetek.com. The license code bought for one computer can be transferred to a second computer provided that the software is completely removed from the first computer.

Q: Can File Scavenger recover compressed files?

A: Yes. File Scavenger can undelete files that were compressed using the standard Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP compression engine.

Q: Can File Scavenger cause any harms to my files or disk partitions?

A: Absolutely no. When you search a partition, File Scavenger accesses the partition with READ ONLY permissions. When you recover a file to a new location, data are read from the partition. Then they are written to the new location using normal file I/O operations.

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