Notice: This version is obsolete. Version 3.1 is the latest version. However, you can still buy version 2.1 and receive full technical support if there are reasons to do so.

With File Scavenger®, files can be recovered from reformatted or corrupted volumes. This is even possible when a volume has been deleted and its original position and size are unknown. Using the unique "Defunct Volume Search" mode, File Scavenger® can scan an entire physical hard drive to look for traces of defunct volumes. Also in this mode, files can be recovered from broken striped volumes (i.e. RAID 0 or RAID 5) or spanned volumes (volume sets) provided that the component physical drives are still accessible individually. (For striped sets with parity or RAID 5, one drive can be missing.)

File Scavenger® has advanced algorithms to transparently handle disks with many bad sectors and badly corrupted partitions. The software can be installed on a hard drive or run from a floppy disk. To run File Scavenger®, you must log on as a system administrator to the computer where data recovery is intended.

Files can only be restored if the disk areas allocated to the files have not been overwritten by new data. When a file is restored, it is not guaranteed that the content of the recovered file is the same as the original. It is your responsibility to validate the integrity of the data prior to using it.

The determining factor of successful data recovery is that the volume (i.e. a drive letter such as C:, D:, E:, etc., also referred to as a "drive" or "partition") where the deleted data resided has not been modified. When modifications are made to the volume, the deleted data may be permanently overwritten because the disk clusters they occupied may be reallocated. Common scenarios when this may occur are:

• New files are created on the volume.
• Existing files are expanded.
• New software (including File Scavenger®) is installed on the volume.
• If the volume contains a network share, network users may unknowingly modify the volume when accessing shared files.
• Applications running on the computer may update the volume.
• If the volume is the system volume, Windows may modify the volume for internal housekeeping tasks.
• If the volume contains the Internet Explorer cache, it may be modified when IE is started
• If the volume contains the "TEMP" directory, it may be modified by installation software.

The safest way we recommend to recover files is as follows:

• First, stop any activities that may write to the volume to be recovered. Watch out for:
  • Network users accessing shares on the volume.
  • Applications on the local computer.
  • The Windows operating system if the volume contains the system folder or the page file. In this case you may have to shutdown the computer, remove the drive and install it on another computer for recovery.
• Download the floppy version of File Scavenger® onto a second computer.
• Extract and copy the executables onto a floppy disk.
• Insert the floppy disk to the computer with the volume to be recovered. Run File Scavenger® from the floppy drive. (Click Start, Run and type "a:\filescav.exe".)
• Once any files have been found by File Scavenger®, restore them to a different volume. (Recovering files to the same volume may cause deleted data to be overwritten and unrecoverable.)

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• In most cases, recovers both a file and the folder path leading to the file.
• Recovers files deleted from a network share.
• Recovers files deleted in a DOS command window.
• Recovers data removed from the Recycle Bin.
• Recovers files deleted from Windows Exporer with the SHIFT key held down.
• Recovers data from reformatted volumes.
• Recovers files from defunct volumes where the original position on disk and size are not known.
• Recovers files from broken striped volumes (RAID 0 and RAID 5) using a unique "Defunct Volume Search" mode. Note that this mode is only necessary if a striped volume is already broken. Working striped volumes can be scanned normally by their drive letters.
• Similarly, reconstructs broken volume sets (spanned volumes).
• Supports NTFS compression.
• Provides English and German versions. (Sales and technical support are only available in English.)
• Supports both basic and dynamic disks.
• Transparently handles bad sectors.
• Scans badly damaged partitions.
• Supports mounted volumes.
• Supports alternate data streams and sparse files.
• Can search for a file pattern, e.g. "*.doc", "*", "\data\*.txt", etc. or filetype. All registered file types are displayed for selection.
• Recovers multiple files in one operation.
• Can sort files by date, size, name, type, path, etc.
• Restores the original Create and Modified dates.
• Supports Unicode filenames.
• Scans very large volumes (hundreds of gigabytes).

Description	Price
Personal Use License	39.95
Personal Use 5-pack License	169.00
Personal Use 10-pack License	299.00
Personal Use License Upgrade from Version 1	21.95
Professional Use License	159.00
Professional Use 5-pack License	599.00
Site/Corporate License	Call

You can purchase Personal Use or Professional Use licenses. The program works the same with either license. However, the type of licenses you buy determines where the program can be run and technical support terms.

A Personal Use license is intended for individual use and can be used on a single computer. A Personal Use license can be transferred from the original computer to a second computer in the following scenarios:

• The original computer is being retired and replaced by the second computer.
• The license is bought for the original computer for testing. The actual use is intended for the second computer.

The right to transfer licenses is not intended to allow a Personal Use license to be used as a floating license among multiple computers.

A Professional Use license is intended for a computer support person who needs to use the software on other users' computers. A Professional Use license is registered to a named individual and can be used by the individual on any computer. A Professional Use license can be transferred to a second individual when the original licensee no longer intends to use the product, such as in the case of permanent change in job assignments. The right to transfer licenses is not intended to allow a Professional Use license to be shared among multiple users.

To request a license transfer, please click here.