User's Manual

How to Search for Deleted Files
1. To launch the TuneUp Undelete tool, in the Start Center under the Fix problems category, select All
functions followed by Restore deleted files.
2. Select the drives you want to scan for deleted files.
Even if you want to recover a file on an external storage medium (for example a USB flash
drive), this option will still be displayed.
If you can no longer remember where the files were stored, you can also browse all drives.
3. Restrict your search.
You can refine your search through the entry of search terms. This is recommended if you can remember
the name of the file or even just part of the name.
Search tip: Use the wildcards * and ?
When you enter search terms you can use wildcards. These function in exactly the same way as in many
standard search engines.
The use of wildcards when searching is useful if you cannot remember the precise name of the file or only
wish to search for a certain file extension.
* and ? can be used as wildcards, whereby * represents multiple characters and ? stands for an individual
character.
Examples for the use of wildcards
l A search using photo* will find all files whose name starts with photo, and of all file types i.e.
photo_01.jpg, photo.bmp, photo_paris.tif, etc.
l A search for photo.* or for photo (no wildcard) will find all files called photo and of all file types,
i.e. photo.jpg, photo.doc, photo.tif, etc.
l A search for *.doc will find all files with the extension .doc.
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