Today we use a large number of various memory devices. And it often happens that data from a drive can be accidentally deleted or lost due to system errors and various malfunctions or simply wrong actions.

And here is a clear example of how you can accidentally lose data from your removable media. I decided to take a closer look at the system Windows functions and try their capabilities. Since my laptop is imported and the system is on English language, certain difficulties arose. And out of ignorance and partly involuntarily, I started formatting my flash drive. But when I realized what exactly was happening, it was already too late and the formatting process had already begun. Fearing for the safety of my data, I turned off the flash drive without waiting for the end of the process, in the hope that the data would remain intact, but I was mistaken ...

So, during the formatting of the flash drive, the device was removed. After this, the computer system does not recognize the data that was on the device and requires formatting.

This is how it looks on my computer. Since the computer is running Windows 7, and the machine is from America, the window is in English. The system says this: “You need to format disk I: before you can use it. Do you want to format the disk? " and offers two options: formatting or undo. We are formatting the disk.

To do this, we agree with all the presets that relate to your device (if you are not familiar with its properties and the system that is on it). If you know the main characteristics of your device, set it manually. This is how a normal disk formatting process looks like. Fast and without special efforts... But it happens that when you work, or you are in a very hurry somewhere, the process remains incomplete until the logical end.

That's how I found out about this program. First of all, I checked if the program is compatible with my operating system because my machine is still dear to me. After reading the description of the program, I learned that the program is compatible with any version of Windows, from XP and Vista to the latest 7 and 8, which are now very common on new computers.

I downloaded the program - it's quick, since it takes only 15 MB, and began to figure out how to use it. It turned out that there is absolutely nothing complicated. The program interface is somewhat reminiscent of a regular Windows Explorer. On the left we see the listed memory devices (both removable and virtual, and internal disks of the computer ( HDD). WITH right side you can see a preview of the files that will be restored and a list of all files that are available for recovery.

When the program starts, we see the File Recovery Wizard. It's kind of step-by-step instruction to the application of the program. Also, the wizard can be called manually from the main screen of the program. To do this, you can press a special button -

At the first stage, we see a welcome window, and the program also provides the ability to open the wizard each time the program is launched. We ourselves choose whether we need it or not by putting a tick in a specially designated place.

When we have decided whether we need the services of the Master - click "Next". We will follow the advice of the Master.

At the second stage, information about the devices becomes available to us. So, we see the hard drives of the computer, removable disk and physical disks. I need to recover exactly a removable disk named HELLO.

On this disk, I kept photographs, audio performances and music, documents and presentations necessary for study, and also textbooks in pdf format, and a couple of archived files. In general, I really need these files. If the loss of music and photos is not so terrible, since I made backups, then the documents are very important, I made them directly on the USB flash drive (in some ways, this is my mistake). But the work that was done took a very long time, and there is no desire to do it all over again. Here is a wonderful program that helped me.

So. It was a lyrical digression, now we will continue through the stages of restoration. Select the device from which we will recover data (in my case, this is a device with removable media HELLO), and click "Next".

The program offers two types of scans - quick scan and full analysis. In doing so, we see that a quick scan will help recover recently deleted files.

It is worth telling why I can recover files from a flash drive. The operating system does not actually delete files. When a delete operation occurs, either to the trash or from the trash in general, information about any file remains on disk until it is overwritten by a new one. This information is called a signature. This is, in essence, the name of the file and its physical address, that is, the place where the file was saved earlier. The program will search for recently deleted files and suggest for recovery. We select quick scan and click "Next".

In just 5 seconds, the analysis was completed and the results were displayed in the recovery wizard window. So, the program shows that one disk was found that is available for recovery. Click "Finish". The window displays a folder called deep analysis. We can open it and see what happens.

After trying to open the folder, the following window appeared:

We see that the files that have been deleted need to be scanned using deep analysis. Thus, we can choose to either scan all files or certain formats that were on the disk and require recovery. I want to recover all files, thereby checking the capabilities of this program. Hetman Partition Recovery also warns that the process may take some time, which makes it clear that this will not last 5 seconds. But the files are important. You can use the "All files" function, but since I remember exactly which files were stored there, I choose the ones that I need: archives, audio files, documents and images. In this case, you can choose which formats you want to restore. In my case, these are documents in * .pdf, * .pptx, * .docx formats and just in case I mark * .xls, because I don’t remember exactly whether there were spreadsheet files there, which is very likely.

But the program will recover not only documents from Adobe programs Microsoft Office... You can also recover documents created in the Open Office suite, Star Office, and Libre. Various audio and video formats, in general, all the most commonly used document and file formats.

After we have decided what documents need to be restored, click "OK". The deep window disappears, and we see the interface of the Hetman Partition Recovery program, only at the bottom of the window appears the status bar of the recovery process, which looks like this:

So we can track the progress. This line displays the amount of time left for scanning, as well as the number of files found at each point in time. We are awaiting the completion of the in-depth analysis process.

When the program has finished scanning, we see folders with files that we can recover. There are 8 folders in total, files are grouped by format. I open the first folder with documents in Adobe format. In the preview window, I can preview each document page by page. Also note that the files are displayed by time. That is, the most recent files are on top, and the oldest deleted files are below. Here is my tutorial on practical personnel management. An important book, and I haven’t had time to copy it to my computer yet. Add to the recovery list. We do the same operations with the rest of the files, adding them to the list (just drag them with the mouse) and see that the list is replenished with files. Do not be alarmed that all files have standard names. Thanks to the preview function, you can view everything and select only the ones you need. We have selected all the necessary files and are ready to restore them. To do this, press the "Restore" button:

After the program reports on the completion of the recovery process and that all the necessary files have been saved to the specified path. That is, now I can find my files in the "Recovered files" folder, which I myself specified when saving the files. Click done and use the files.

After the recovery, I made sure that each of the files was completely recovered, not damaged and its quality was not affected. All photographs and audio recordings have retained their clarity and quality, all their parameters. Textbooks and files with reports and documents have been preserved in full, exactly the same as they were deleted. The presentations also retained all the effects that were made for each slide, the formatting and design remained the same, the settings were not reset.

By the way, we have completed the procedure for recovering files from a USB flash drive. But progress does not stand still, and it can be not only a flash drive, but also a computer hard drive, both internal and portable, memory cards of cameras, mobile phones, tablets, and even DVRs. All of these devices are very popular, and important data can be lost at any time.

I will also say that I read that data can be recovered not only from devices with the FAT 32 system type, which is used on my media. It can also be any other FAT file system, as well as NTFS, when working with which several more data recovery functions become available that are not stored on devices with the FAT 32 system.

In general, I can say that I am very pleased with the results and work of the program. The recovery procedure went quickly, no special knowledge in the field of IT technologies was needed, there were no super complex questions or operations that I would not have figured out on my own. Everything is extremely simple. Therefore, I recommend this utility for recovering important documents - Hetman Partition Recovery.

A step-by-step wizard makes it easier for the user to recover data. All the complexity and technical details of the way to recover data from hard disk remains inside and does not touch the user. It will not be difficult for you, following the instructions of the wizard, to find, restore and save important information for you from the disk

Step 1: Selecting a drive for data recovery

You must specify the logical drive from which the data was deleted. Choose a physical storage medium or use "Search for sections" provided that data from the disk was lost as a result of deletion, creation of new logical partitions or formatting of the disk.

Virtual image

In order to protect yourself from unintentional overwriting of deleted files, and restore data to the same disk, you need to create a virtual copy of the disk and restore data from the created virtual image.

Create an image

In the main menu of the program, find the "File" item and select the item "Create virtual disk"... In the dialog box that opens, you will need to choose either to create an image of the entire media as a whole, or specify the starting sector and size of the disk, depending on how much data you want to recover. To save disk space the program can compress data on the disk. You should enter the name of the file with the future image and click on the "Save" button.

Using the image

To add a saved image to the folder tree, you need to select the "Service" item of the main menu, and then the item "Mount disk"... Next, specify the full path to the file with the saved image. After you see that the utility has added the image to the folder tree, you can start working with it, namely, to analyze and search for deleted information. You also have the opportunity to use it on a laptop or any other computer.

Recovering deleted partitions

The utility finds logical drives that were deleted, and makes it possible to continue searching for files deleted from them and recovering the necessary data. This allows you to significantly save time on hard disk analysis. To search for partitions, select a device in the folder tree and select the item "File" - "Find disks" in the main menu. Next, you need to specify the type file system section to search, as well as its estimated location on the device. We recommend that you analyze the disk thoroughly and search for all possible file systems. If no search parameters are specified, the program will start a quick search for sections by default. In order to find more partitions, you will need to run a full analysis of the device at the end of the disk analysis. All sections that will be found as a result of the search will be added to the directory tree and will be available for the next scans.

Step 2: Choosing a disk recovery method

To recover data that has been deleted, you must select a recovery method. The program supports two different ways data analysis for recovery. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let's take a closer look at these methods.

Fast scan

Way "Quick Scan" speaks for itself. Its advantage is that it can be used to analyze a disk in a matter of seconds. This method is applicable to search for files that have been deleted using the Shift + Delete keyboard shortcut, or if the Windows Recycle Bin has been emptied. The second method - "Full analysis" takes much more time. The larger the disk capacity, the longer the "Full Analysis" will take. Nevertheless, it is recommended to use the "Full analysis" method, if the data was not deleted by the methods indicated above.

Complete analysis

"Full analysis" - this method uses all possible algorithms for finding lost data, embedded in the program, and makes it possible to recover data that was deleted by the most different ways... This method can be used to recover files from damaged disks, data lost as a result of formatting, information lost as a result of creating new logical partitions and any other reason.

Step 3: Finishing the recovery process

The program starts searching for lost files. The data recovery process takes some time. The utility calculates the time until the end of the recovery process and indicates the number of disks, files and folders found. It is required to wait until the end of the analysis of the lost data and click on the "Finish" button.

Analysis process

The program will display all found files and folders on the disk as a result of the search. The files will appear in the same folders in which they were located before they were deleted. The data will be displayed in the same way as in the Windows Explorer program. Objects that have been deleted will be marked with a red cross. All available types of information display, namely: large and regular icons, page thumbnails, table, list, tile, are supported by the program. The recovered files can be sorted by name, size, creation date or editing date, as well as by file type. After the end of the analysis, the user has the opportunity to repeat the search for files by name, size, date of creation or modification of files.

Folder "$ Deleted and Found" and Folder "$ Deep Analysis"

As a result of the end of the procedure, two sections are created: section "$ Removed and Found" which contains files and folders with undefined location and section "$ Deep Analysis", which will contain files that meet certain search criteria. A few words about this criterion... The utility searches for deleted files not only from file tables, but also searches for files by their contents. As a result of a comprehensive analysis of the contents of the disk, the program finds the signatures responsible for the beginning and end of the file (for example, the beginning of the file with the PSD extension will be a combination of bytes "8B PS"). Into the folder "$ Deep Analysis" all files found in this way are included. If you did not find files in the place of their original location, it is recommended to check the section "$ Removed and Found".

Preview

The program interface displays the files found for recovery in the same form as you are used to seeing them in Windows program"Conductor" . The user sees them in the same folders in which they were located before they were deleted. Using the utility, viewing the contents of files, you can select and save only those data that you need for recovery.

View file contents

For a final decision on data recovery, you can view the contents of the file before recovery. The program supports the display of data in various formats. You can view the contents of compressed archives, text format, spreadsheets and images, video and audio, and even executable files... In total, the program supports viewing over 200 different formats. The fact that you were able to view the contents of the file in the preview guarantees data recovery after registering the program.

Selecting files to save

The stage of saving recovered files requires careful attention. If you save files that were deleted from the same folder, you should go to this folder, select required files from the general list of files and then go to the main menu "File" - "Restore". If you save files from different folders, you should drag and drop all the data that you are going to restore with the mouse to "Recovery basket". Recovery Basket located in the lower right corner of the program. And for the final data recovery, you should use the "Recover" button located in the Recycle Bin.

Step 4: Saving data recovered from the hard drive

The recovered files can be saved in any way convenient for you. The program provides the ability to save data to a folder on your hard disk, burn it to CD or DVD media, and you can also upload the saved data to an FTP server or create an ISO image of the data.

Saving the recovered data to the hard drive

To save the recovered files to your hard drive, you must specify the folder on the drive where you are going to save the data. If you want to leave the current folder structure unchanged and save the recovered data in the folders in which they were previously located, you should enable the corresponding check boxes. The program also allows you to perform ADS saving (from the English Alternate Data Streams) and replace those characters that were lost in the file name when it was deleted. Usually, when deleting a file, the first letter in the file name is destroyed, but there are times when it is lost and large quantity characters in the title.

Burn CD or DVD

If you decide to save the recovered data by writing it to CD or DVD media, then in this case the program provides a convenient interface for this procedure. You will be able to choose the disk label, speed and file system for recording the recovered data. Next, you will need to select the drive through which the recording will be carried out, as well as specify the parameters that are necessary for recording, or agree with the parameters offered to you by the program by default. Then click "Next". The program has support for multisession disc recording. You can save files in the same folders from which they were deleted by selecting the option "Restore folder structure"... If this option is not selected, then all files will be saved in one directory.

Creating an ISO image with files

If you decided to save the recovered data using a virtual ISO image, then you will need to specify the full name of the image file, disk label and disk file system. To preserve the folder structure and replace unknown characters in the names of the recovered data, you will need to select the appropriate menu items responsible for these options. Before completing the creation of the image, the program allows you to view the folders and files selected for saving again, and, if necessary, make changes to the file names. To complete the creation of the ISO image, click on the "Create" button.

It is also possible to save recovered data to a remote FTP server using Hetman Partition Recovery. This can be done using the FTP protocol. You can leave the original directory tree structure unchanged. You will need to specify the address, FTP server port, username, password and remote directory. Both passive file upload mode and work through a proxy server are supported. In order not to enter the password every time, you can remember it. The password will be stored in clear text in the settings file. At this stage, you can view the files and folders selected for saving and, if necessary, make changes to the file names. To finish uploading files to the FTP server, click the "Create" button.

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Screenshots of the program

RS Partition Recovery

Screenshots for RS Partition Recovery will help you appreciate the simplicity and convenience of working with this software. So, download and install RS Partition Recovery to get started recovering your lost data. Please note that the software cannot be installed on a disk or in a partition that contained the recoverable information.

Download Registration

After installing the software, in the main program window, select the disk from which you want to recover files. If the program needs to scan large amounts of information, this may take some time.

In the window that appears, select the type of analysis you need. In most cases, a quick scan will be enough - the bulk of the lost information will be restored almost instantly. In the event of extensive damage to the file system, it is advisable to perform a complete analysis of the system.

When the scanning of the specified disks is completed, all the files found in them will be displayed in a window with the standard Explorer interface. By selecting the required folder, you will be able to view its contents. Deleted files and folders will be marked with a special red cross.

To set specific search parameters for deleted files or find and restore only some of the lost documents, you can use the search form via the Edit-Search menu.

If you have deleted any data from a disk but are unable to recover it immediately, you can create and save a virtual image of the current disk.

This will allow you to work with the section, which contained important information, as usual, without fears that information from it cannot be recovered due to newly saved files in the section. Use the "Recover Disk" function and in the window that opens, specify the parameters for creating a disk image. Later, using the "Add Disk" button, you can open the saved disk image and, having added it to the general list, work with it as with an existing one.

To save the necessary data, use the "Restore" button (or the corresponding menu item). In the "Save Files" wizard window, select one of the methods for saving the recovered files. It is better if the data is not saved on the same disk from which the recovery is taking place.

Hetman Partition Recovery Review | Introduction

Losing data is not difficult at all, and there can be many reasons - from hardware failure to virus or accidental activity. Those who lost their data on the disk are first greeted by the phrase "it was necessary": it was necessary to install an antivirus or update its databases, isolate the computer from playful / crooked hands, make backup and store it on a flash drive or in the cloud. But, if such a nuisance has already happened, there are computer services that restore data for a fee, and special utilities, with which you can try to restore what was lost on your own.

Editors tested the app Hetman Partition Recovery 2.2... The program allows you to recover files of any type (text documents and spreadsheets, presentations, images, audio recordings, video recordings, files compressed into archives, vector graphics, CAD drawings, etc.) from almost any source - external media or built-in hard drive.

Let's consider these two areas separately to talk about the "pitfalls". The first case is built-in storage. Hetman Partition Recovery can recover data from a standard hard drive or solid state drive connected using a SATA interface or any other (SAS, PATA, SCSI, etc.).

The application works with file systems of the FAT and NTFS families. Hetman Partition Recovery allows you to recover not only deleted data, but also lost after formatting or deleting the entire logical partition.

It is important to note that Hetman Partition Recovery intended only for computers running systems of the family Microsoft Windows(XP or later, including the unreleased Windows 10). Work on other operating systems is not expected both from the point of view of the compatibility of the distribution kit, and in terms of support for file systems. That is, this application cannot be used under MacOS X, Linux and other alternative operating systems.

The second option is external media and storage devices. It can be a USB flash drive, external HDD or memory card of any of the common standards (SD, microSD, SDHC, Compact Flash, Memory Stick) with the FAT or NTFS file system.

In addition, as the developer notes, the program can work with "any other device connected with a USB cable to the computer." Here, obviously, a reservation should be made that the device should be recognized exactly as external storage... Some devices with a closed operating system (for example, under iOS control or Windows Phone 8) cannot act as a source for data recovery by the program, since they do not provide direct access to their file system.

You can download the program to recover deleted data for free from the developer's site... The size of the distribution kit is small - only 14.2 MB. During installation, input license key not required, but after installation, a limited functionality version is launched, which allows you to analyze the storage medium and make sure that the necessary files can be restored. As usual, in the case of programs that recover data, you will need to purchase a license for full operation.

Hetman Partition Recovery Review | Why can data be recovered?

From the point of view of the file system, any file is a sequence of bytes located in data storage locations. The file is stored, as a rule, not as a single block, but in fragments (in the process of using the drive, files are deleted many times, and a new piece of data is written to the freed space over time). The file system table is responsible for the file reading process. When deleted from the "Recycle Bin", the corresponding place in the table is marked as "free", but the memory cells of the media themselves still store what was saved on them - until a new piece of data is written to them.

That is why after deleting a file from the "Recycle Bin" or if the structure of the file table is damaged, you can restore the lost file using a utility that scans the media and finds the corresponding data fragments.

The success of the recovery depends on how heavily the drive is used and the capacity of the drive. For example, the chances of recovering a photo deleted right in the process of shooting from a small memory card are much less than recovering Text Document stored on your hard drive. Sometimes a file can only be partially recovered (for example, if the drive has been physically damaged). In more common cases (accidental deletion, virus infection, erroneous deletion of a partition or other violation of the file structure) and with prompt identification of the problem, you can count on full recovery the "lost" file.

Although the principle of operation of all recovery utilities is generally the same, this does not mean that all programs are equally effective.

Firstly, file recognition algorithms are being improved, and in the case of Hetman Partition Recovery the user gets one of the most modern "engines" responsible for recognizing data fragments based on their content (the developer calls his method "signature analysis").

Besides, Hetman Partition Recovery pays close attention to the nuances that can affect the result. The utility operates in read-only mode, using a virtual image to create and then restore data. This is important because any write operation to disk can exacerbate the problem.

When working with worn out or unstable hard drives, another problem can arise - multiple freezes, as a result of which data retrieval can take indefinitely. To avoid this, Hetman software implements the principle of resuming an interrupted analysis process. The information obtained during the analysis can be saved as a separate file and subsequently download for future reference.

Note that the interface of the entire application and help files are in Russian. However, most users will hardly need to study the documentation for the program: the developers tried to make Hetman Partition Recovery as easy to use as possible.

Everyone always has a choice - to use a step-by-step wizard or a standard program interface.

The wizard is designed to simplify the recovery procedure. First, the user will need to select the drive, then the scan mode.

The "quick scan" mode lives up to its name: on a 250 GB hard drive, it took only 10 seconds. After that, a window opens that resembles a standard Windows Explorer, where deleted files are marked with a red cross.

The "in-depth" analysis takes noticeably more time than the "fast" one: it took us about 50 minutes.

Regardless of whether you use a simplified "Wizard" or a standard interface, the speed of analysis will depend on the size of the scanned area, the characteristics of the drive itself, but most importantly - on the selected scan mode. Is Deep Analysis justifying the investment of time? On the one hand, recently deleted files are easily recovered in "fast" mode. It's another matter when it comes about a difficult case (for example, the document was deleted a week ago or we are talking about a photo deleted from the camera's memory card). Here, signature analysis may be the only chance to recover something that cannot be recovered in "fast mode". During testing, we were able to locate and recover files deleted from the hard drive more than a month ago!

Again, a lot depends on how heavily the drive is used. When it comes to complex cases, it makes sense to try before purchasing a license. trial version programs, and in case of successful detection of the document, purchase a license.

After scanning, you can navigate the directory structure in much the same way as if you were using the usual Windows Explorer... Files found for recovery are displayed in the folders from which they were deleted. The preview function allows you to see digital images (in a separate "window" or as thumbnails).

The recovered files themselves can be saved to any available logical partition, burned to CD / DVD, or uploaded to a remote server via FTP without using additional software. For this task, the "File Save Wizard" has been implemented.

If you need a program that allows you to recover any file on almost any media, then you will hardly be able to find something free or almost free that would work as effectively as Hetman Partition Recovery.

Hetman Partition Recovery Review | Summarize

License cost Hetman Partition Recovery is 3000 rubles, which is on average lower than that of similar applications. For example, Data Rescue PC3 from the company Prosoft Engineering also works under Windows, supports FAT and NTFS file systems, can recover data both from a hard disk and from external media, and is a worthy competitor for Hetman, if you do not take into account the Russification and user-friendliness of the interface. Hetman Partition Recovery is strikingly superior to Data Rescue. But the main thing is that six months ago, the $ 99 that Prosoft asks for its product was comparable to the cost of a license for Hetman Partition Recovery and now the alternative version is twice as expensive.

The second well-known competitor is EasyRecovery from the company Kroll ontrack... The cost of the Professional version is $ 149, the Home version is $ 79. Both versions work with FAT, NTFS and even HFS (Mac) systems, allowing you to recover files of any type, including from external media. The differences between them are insignificant for most potential users (for example, the Pro version allows you to recover deleted postal items, virtual machines and hidden system files). But even in the EasyRecovery Home version, the application will cost almost one and a half times more than the flagship product of Hetman Software.

Note that the user can save money and purchase a more highly specialized utility from Hetman Software, for example, with support for one file system - NTFS Recovery or FAT Recovery. Or choose the option with support for only a certain file type (Photo Recovery, Office Recovery, Excel Recovery, Word Recovery). In the event that a crisis situation has arisen due to the loss of data of a certain type, this, obviously, will allow you to save money. However, if you are purchasing data recovery software, it is best to have the most functional version.

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