Free Hard Disk Utilities: Recover Deleted Files and Lost Data

Recover deleted data or delete tenacious files that you can't otherwise eliminate. For more recent programs, see Downloads to Recover Your Files and Save Your Bacon and 10 Best Free Hard Drive Utilities.

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Recover files that have been deleted, formatted over, or lost due to repartitioning.

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Recover data lost from almost anything short of a sledgehammer accident.

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Recover deleted files--or delete them for good--with this small program.

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