The unregistered version of Back2Life will noly recover files that are less than 64K in size. Select Help for registration information.
You can turn ON or OFF Tip of the Day at any time using the program menu Options.
One folder may contain several files with the same name. These files may have different content.
Disk defragmentation destroys information about all deleted files (except some in orphan folders), but it increases your chances for successful restoration of files erased after defragmentation.
0% damage doesn't guarantee 100% success because it is impossible to check how many times file clusters have been reused after deletion.
It is possible to recover data from formatted drives by using Deep Scan.
You can find a specific file or group of files by name, size, content or other file attributes. Click the Scan Filter button in the toolbar.
Yau can look for a file of interest within the scan results by using Find toolbar button.
If the file you were looking for was not discovered after scanning a disk using Fast Scan, try to use Deep Scan.
In the View menu you can set the display of existing files and folders.
Files in the file list can be sorted by name, size, last modification date or damage. To do this click on appropriate column header.
It is highly recommended not to save files on the same disk they are restored from, especially to the same folder! To do so will decrease chances for successful recovery.
If the program was not able to determine the first letter of the deleted file or folder name, it will be restored with an "xxx" prefix.
The less time passed since the disk was defragmented, the more chance for successful recovery.
The sooner after deletion a recovery attempt is made, the more chance for successful recovery.
The smaller the size of the file to recover, the more chance for successfull recovery.
Files erased on the disk where Windows is installed can easily be destroyed by constantly created and erased temporary system files.
Unchecked errors on disks may halt the undeleting process.
Using file content filtering slows the searching.
While using a file content filtering, it is recommended to set a file size limit to reduce search time.
Scanning the entire disk in some cases gives more reliable results than scanning certain directories.
To determine the file system of your disk right-click the Drive button in the toolbar and choose Disk Properties.
To see what exact file parts are damaged, use the Cluster-Use Map at File Properties.
Back2Life can recover an entire folder with all its files and subfolders.
You can recover files from Windows Explorer by right-clicking the folder of interest and choosing context menu item "Undelete with Back2Life" (this feature must be set in program Otions menu).
You can even recover pictures from some digital flash-card readers (if they are formatted with a supported file system).
Files deleted from removable media NEVER go to the Windows Recycle Bin, but Back2Life can recover them!
Files deleted by a virus NEVER go to the Windows Recycle Bin, but Back2Life can recover them!
Files deleted from Recycle Bin will have a changed name, but valid extention (e.g. Home.jpg may become something like DC142.JPG), so you may need to check them all.
Back2Life correctly supports filenames with non-English characters.
There's no time-limit for unregistered version of Back2Life.
Back2Life gives you access even to files on reformatted drives.
Files deleted on FAT under Windows 2000/XP with SHIFT-DEL may appear 100% damaged. This is because of some internal Windows 2000/XP features.
For files deleted on FAT under Windows 2000/XP it is recommended to use "Perform file type matching" in scan dialog
For files deleted on FAT under Windows 2000/XP you may check "Save all variants of uncertain files" in recovery dialog to manually select a needed file data.
"Perform file type matching" feature compares file data with almost a 1000 of know file formats!
HEX preview is available for both files and folders.
HEX preview of folders shows folders content in exact binary way it is stored in the filesystem.
HEX preview is not available for files and folders over 64K in unregistered version.
The missing parts of huge erased folders on FAT disks may be found in Deep Scan within Folder Fragments.
On Windows NT-2000-XP you need to have Administrative priviliges to scan sertain disks.
