It was developed by Piriform, the makers ofCCleaner, another outstanding product.

Comes in both installable and portable versions.

Contains a simple wizard and advanced options.

Deleted files found by Recuva Free

Supports a wide range of Windows operating systems.

Setup might make a run at add other programs to your machine.

It hardly ever updates anymore.

The Recuva Wizard with All Files selected for the file recovery type

Installing Recuva

To get started,visit the Recuva download pageto get the software.

This allows you to avoid installing anything after discovering that you better recover a file.

Every time something is saved or installed, the chance that your file will be recoverable decreases.

The Recuva Wizard File Location screen with In the Recycle Bin selected

Using the portable version of Recuva prevents it from overwriting anything during installation.

If you download the portable app, you’re gonna wanna extract the program from theZIParchive.

Or, chooseAll Filesto have Recuva search for all file types so that it doesn’t limit the results.

The Deep Scan option in Recuva Free

SelectStartto begin the file recovery search.

After a quick scan, you’re presented with a list of recoverable files.

Recovering one of the deleted files is as easy as selecting it and clickingRecover.

A list of deleted files discovered by Recuva Free