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Good: The location of the file on the disk does not appear to be occupied by any
other files. The chances are good that the file can be successfully recovered.
Bad: Part of the file has already been overwritten by other files. It may be
possible to recover at least part of the file.
Please note that these are only estimates. It can never be determined with
complete certainty what has happened with any specific location on the hard disk
since the file was deleted.
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.
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.
Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way
Use TuneUp Shredder to permanently delete confidential files. This module
ensures that files that it deletes cannot be recovered with TuneUp Undelete, by
the military or professional data recovery companies.
If you have already deleted a file by “normal” means, the only way to reliably
destroy it is by using a special tool that overwrites all free space on your drives.
Tip: When you defragment a drive, any deleted files are normally overwritten in
the process and cannot be recovered afterwards.
Valuable tips for
better results.
Make sure that
even Undelete
can’t recover your
sensitive files.