Best Freeware for Lost Data Recovery Step by Step Guide

Best Freeware for Data Recovery Free Download

Free recovery software – iCare Data Recovery Free is able to recover pictures, videos, music, audio files, office files, etc from memory card, USB flash drive, hard drive, external hard drive, pen drive, digital camera, mobile phone, and more other devices. It supports to recover files lost due to deleting, formatting, not formatted error, RAW file system, bad sectors, virus attack and more.

Step by Step Guide to Recover Lost Files

Step1. Free download and install the software on your computer. If files are lost from external device, you need to connect the device to the computer. If files are lost from computer hard drive, you should avoid install the software to the partition where data is lost. Launch the software and go to the proper recovery module.

Step2. Select the device where data is lost and click "Recover" option.

Step3. Now, you can see the software is scanning the selected device. You only need to wait patiently in the scanning process.

Step4. You can preview the found files by clicking "Show Files" option when scanning is over. Select the files you want to recover and click "Save Files" option.

4 Recovery Modules on Free Recovery Software

The free recovery software iCare Data Recovery Free has 4 recovery modules, which are available for different data loss situations.

Lost Partition Recovery

This recovery module is available for recovering files from lost or deleted partition, partition not detected by PC, MBR damaged or corrupted, etc.

Advanced Files Recovery

This recovery module is to help users recover files lost due to mistaken deletion, system error, etc. It is also helpful in data recovery when files are deleted from Recycle Bin.

Deep Scan Recovery

This recovery module provides deep scan option when you run into RAW error, not formatted error, bad boot sector, etc. It is highly recommended you to use this recovery module when the other three recovery modules fail to help you recover lost files.

Format Recovery

This recovery module is available for data recovery after formatting or reformatting disk drive, memory card, flash drive other any other storage media.

Tips on Data Recovery

1. No matter files are lost due to what kind of reason, you cannot write new data to the original device before files are recovered successfully.

2. If the storage media shows not formatted error or other similar error, you cannot format it until data is recovered.

3. When you save the recovered files, you should not save them to the original storage media.