Need decent undelete utility for Windows
- by Michael Chermside
So I get the phone call from a friend or relative or client:
"Looks like I accidentally deleted 4 years worth of accounting data. Oh, and I don't have any backups. Can you help?"
What I need is a good Windows tool (for NTFS I think) that scans blocks marked as deleted and attempts to recover the file. And I need one that can be run from a thumb drive or since installing new software has a decent chance of overwriting the data before it can be recovered. Googling for such tools turns up mostly carefully-crafted advertisements for moderately expensive products with a "Free! Demo! Version!" which is not exactly reassuring.
Any recommendations for a good tool?