User's Manual

File recovery and Destruction
The table shows the file name, the original location, the file
type and the condition of the file.
Don’t worry if the first letter of the file name is missing for
the files on FAT drives, Windows always deletes the first
letter when deleting files on drives with this file system.
Recovering Files
If you find a file that you wish to recover in the list, click it to
select it. You can select more than one file by holding the Ctrl
key while clicking. Then click Restore, and the program will
attempt to return the file to the normal Windows environment.
Once the files have been recovered, try to open them in the
corresponding program. If the file can be opened, the
recovery was successful. If not, then part of the file was
already overwritten by another file. And that can often happen
sooner than you think.
Data Recovery 101
As deleted files have a rather short life expectancy under
Windows, especially on the system drive where the paging
file and many temporary files are located, you should
normally attempt to recover an accidentally deleted file with
TuneUp Undelete right away. The sooner you try, the better
the chances that you will be able to recover the file.
Valuable tips for
better results
Please do not install software for the recovery of deleted files
on your computer when you have already deleted the file!
When you install the software, you may overwrite the lost file
forever. Even if you install the software on a different drive,
temporary installation files may be written over the files you
are trying to recover.
For this reason, data recovery software such as TuneUp
Undelete should already be installed and operational. This
way you have all the tools you need should something go
wrong.
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