Recently there is a discussion in forum about data recovery. I am quite surprised to know that many people don’t think that data recovery software works. In my experience, it does work and it saved my @$! many times after accidentally deleting important files or after formatting a hard drive and forgot to backup some files. There was only once, I wrongly formatted my external hard drive and somehow I wasn’t able to get back all my files. I have 3 external hard drives, all same casing and no label. I guess the reason I wasn’t able to get back my files is because I might have copied some files to the hard driveWhen recovering data from accidental deletion, there are some rules to follow.
1. Stop using the hard drive you want to recover as main hard drive (Windows has disk and registry activity in background. Don’t believe? Run RegMon, FileMon and DiskMon)
2. Do not Install
l the data recovery software on the hard drive that you want to recover.
3. Do not save the recovered files on the hard drive that you’re recovering.
These are the following best 10 free soft wares
1-Recuva-Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important when your computer crashed? No p
roblem! Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player. And it's free!
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2-PC INSPECTOR File Recovery
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems
Here are some of the new features in PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x:
Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged
Recovers files with the original time and date stamp
Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives
Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available. Competition products cannot recover such files. The "Special Recovery Function" supports the following disk formats:
ARJ | AVI | BMP | CDR | DOC | DXF | DBF | XLS | EXE GIF | HLP | HTML | HTM | JPG | LZH | MID | MOV | MP3
PDF | PNG | RTF | TAR | TIF | WAV | ZIP
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x is so-called FREEWARE. This means that the software does not cost you a single penny.All you have to do is go to our download area to download the latest version of PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x.
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x cannot help if you have mechanical problems with the disk drive Download File Recovery 4.xPhotoRecPhotoRec is a companion program to TestDisk, also included in this
Hive Five. Like TestDisk, this app is also devoid of a GUI, but likewise i

s quite powerful at file recovery. We're including PhotoRec independently of TestDisk because many users distinctly prefer PhotoRec as a safer alternative when deep
disk recovery isn't necessary. This recovery tool won't mess with your partitions or help you rebuild your master boot record; it will, however, dive into your disks in a safe, read-only mode and ignore partitions and file systems in an effort to seek out your missing files. PhotoRec focuses on file types, is operating-system agnostic, and despite its name, isn't relegated to just photos. Overall, PhotoRec is a powerful tool for quickly and safely copying your deleted files to another disk
Download New Version4-Power Data RecoveryPower Data Recovery is my top pick as it proved to be way ahead of the competition. It comes with very intuitive interface which is suitable for all users. It has recovered 1 Gb in 85 seconds and managed to rec

over all 106 files after the disk was formatted.
I found MiniTool very easy to use with superb results. Help files are very good explaining most of the recovery methods step by step. A must have for any computer.
Download Free New Version5-Data Recovery Wizard
Advanced and Best data recovery software to do format recovery, unformat and recover deleted files emptied from Recycle Bin or lost data due to partition loss or damage, software crash, virus infection, unexpected sh
utdown or any other unknown reasons under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2003/2008/7. It will do an amazing job when the data loss disaster strikes, especially when you want to recover data from formatted drive. Data Recovery Wizard supports hardware RAID and hard drive, USB drive, SD card, memory card, etc. It provides the comprehensive data recovery solution for computer users to recover lost dataDownload New Version (Free Ware)