I liked the DiskDigger un-delete program. Out of the four un-deletion programs I recommended here, DiskDigger was my first choice.
Fast forward to now.
I stupidly deleted a temp file on a USB memory disk, and needed it back. So I downloaded a copy of DiskDigger.
Not very happy now.
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I like Defraggler, as it:
is free. is available as a 64-bit version. allows you to exclude specific files and folders, and has scheduling built-in.
Downsides? None that I can see of. Perhaps it could detect that the Windows Disk Defragmenter is running in the background, and warn you that running two [...]
If you followed my posts on un-deleting files, you now know that when you delete a file, you can often recover it. A reader asked in email
“So can you delete files forever, by formatting?”
No, and let me show you why. I’ll “Quick format” & “also “Format” a USB stick, and demonstrate that you can still recover files. Then I’ll show you what I do to wipe a disk clean.
“Quick” & Full Formatting
Quick formatting, or even Full formatting,
 
it makes no difference, you can still recover files.
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Only 3 that I would recommend, and 2 I didn’t test.
Found yourself in the “Oh crap, I’ve just delete some files by mistake” moment? I did recently, and it spurred me on to update this list I created in 2008.
Some terminology
| I’d use it |
Yes means it found all 19 jpg files I accidently deleted. No means it didn’t find all those files and/or the program crashed. |
| Free |
Free as in Free and/or Free, but the developer accepts donations. |
| Have to install? |
Do you have to install the program onto your computer. No is preferred. |
I’d use it
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And the reasons for not touching these programs would be for one of the following reasons:
- They crashed!
- They didn’t find any deleted photos
- They didn’t find all the 19 deleted photos.
(you can see the un-delete programs I would use here).
(Click here to continue reading 9 un-delete programs I wouldn’t use)
And I only just realised it now. * Now I’m not going to complain about Microsoft. If you have a valid license key, you should activate it.
But I don’t want to activate Windows as I’m just doing some tests, part of the Undelete series of posts. And before someone says “Dude, you [...]
Not that I’d actually WANT to, but if I had to, it’ll be one of these four three. And truth is, I would probably use several of these programs if I’ve really need to get the data back.
How I tested. Well I deleted 19 photos from mistake from a USB stick, and [...]
So, I deleted 19 photos off my USB stick that I shouldn’t have, it was one of those “oh crap!!!” moments. As soon as I deleted the files, waahhhhhhhhhhhh.
Seemed like a good opportunity to check out the programs I have listed in 10 free programs to recover deleted files. I’d be interested if you have any other recommendations. Here are the results of 3 programs I tried with Windows XP:
Restoration
Crashed on the scan of the USB stick, so I’d mark this as a fail. Program was last updated in 2004, so no chances of any support there.

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