| Version | 1.53.1087 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Piriform |
| Release date | Aug 17, 2020 |
| Date added | Aug 17, 2020 |
| Os requirements | Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
| Requirements | None |
| Total downloads | 1 686 452 |
| Downloads per week | 364 |
| Price | Free |
Description
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses.
Key details
- Recover files deleted from your Windows computer
- Last updated on 08/17/20
- There have been 1 update within the past 6 months
- The current version has 0 flags on VirusTotal
Review
Recuva undeletes files; recovers data from corrupted, damaged, and reformatted discs; restores unsaved Word documents; and securely deletes files so they're unrecoverable, even by Recuva. Fast, focused scans find just the files you want and deep Scans find lost, damaged, and deleted files anywhere in your system, including portable, removable, and unmounted drives and even CDs and DVDs.
Pros
Wizard: The Recuva Wizard dialog let us scan All Files or just Pictures, Music, Documents, Video, Compressed, or Emails. We could also scan by File Location ranging from "I'm not sure" to CD/DVD and enable the Deep Scan option.
Context menu integration: The Advanced Options include adding "Scan for deleted files" to Explorer and Recycle Bin context menus.
Portable version: Recuva includes a fully portable version that fits on a USB drive. It runs without an installer, so it can find and recover files in damaged systems.
Cons
Advanced Mode switchback: The Advanced Mode shows file paths, info, and headers in a list view instead of thumbnails, which is fine, except there's no way to toggle back to the normal view.
Online help file: Recuva's Web-based Help file supposedly keeps the download smaller, but including a Help file would take up less space than the portable version that's supposedly useful when Internet connections are down. To us, that seems like a good time to have a local copy of the Help file.
Bottom Line
Like CCleaner, Recuva is fast, reliable, and delivers a lot for freeware. Try it before buying a recovery tool.
