There are probably around two dozen different data recovery tools in existence. Most of these are specialized software built to deal with sets of circumstances particular to specific problems. For example, if you have an Apple Mac laptop and downloaded onto it 1000 digital photographs from a Minolta camera you would look for a Mac photo recovery program. Or, if you accidentally deleted one-hundred songs or videos from your iPod, you would be looking for a digital media recovery program. Perhaps you accidentally reformatted a USB flash drive causing the files on it to be lost. There is a software tool exactly suited to this purpose. In fact, there are data recovery tools for every possible data recovery problem.
However, some data recovery tools are better than others
A pair of very common data recovery problems are accidental deletion of files and loss of files due to a crashed hard drive. In this case we are referring to files lost on a computer running any version of Windows. Most data recovery tools available for this problem require you to remove your computer’s hard drive and connect it by use of cables to another computer on which has been loaded the data recovery program. For the average computer user dismantling their computer and attempting to plug components of the computer into another computer’s motherboard is an impossible task. Even simple recovery of accidentally deleted files using a downloadable data recovery program presents a problem. That problem being that downloading data recovery tools onto a hard drive from which you hope to recover deleted files generally creates a risk that you will download the recovery program right on top of the files you want to recover. Doing this destroys any chance of file recovery.
A data recovery tool that won’t destroy your files
For these two data recovery problems there is one very simple solution. And that solution is File Finder. In order to use File Finder for data recovery all you need to do is download the installation file onto a friends or other second computer. Use that computer to burn the simple CD or DVD that holds the File Finder recovery program. Then load that disk into any computer from which you wish to recover deleted files. File Finder will start your computer on its own and allow you to search every bit of your computer’s hard drive for files. File Finder will locate and recover all deleted and non-deleted files from your hard drive. With File Finder you can even scan and recover files from other hardware connected to your computer.
So, if you did delete 100 songs from your iPod, or accidentally delete a collection of digital photos while you are downloading them from a camera smart card, File Finder can easily recover them for you.
No, there isn’t one data recovery tool that will recover files on Apple computers, Linux netbooks, and Windows PCs but for 99% of the data recovery problems on computers and accessories running Windows, File Finder is a fast and easy solution.
