Free File Recovery Software

Could somebody please point me to a free file recovery program. I deleted some important files and need to restore them. I permanently deleted them and not through the recycle bin.
Thanks

http://filerecoveryreview.com/
http://www.handyrecovery.com/ (not free)
http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm (not free)

Recuva is freeware and works very well. Have used it a few times myself.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Slingshot said:

Recuva is freeware and works very well. Have used it a few times myself.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

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I can confirm this. I needed the software over the weekend and it worked very well.

Free Software and Tools for File and Disk handling, maintenance, recovery and repair...

File Compression, Zipping and unzipping...
KGB Archiver
http://kgbarchiver.net/
7zip
http://www.7-zip.org/
FreeZip
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/

File Managers and Alternative Shells
FreeCommander
http://www.freecommander.com/

Formatting... to FAT32
SwissKnife is your all-in-one formatting tool! Also does large capacity FAT32 volumes... (seems to be limited to 500 GB)
http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm
For drives larger than 500GB, use this rather... can handle most interfaces...
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

Defrag...
JKDefrag lets you defrag your hard disk without worrying about it getting stopped by interfering services!
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
Power Defragmenter Gui...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Power_Defragmenter_GUI_d4647.html
UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition 1.72 also places the files in the best position on your hard disk...
http://freewaregeeks.com/UltimateDefrag_Free.html
DiskTune is an easy to use, on-demand, no frills disk optimizer and defragmentation utility for FAT, FAT32 and NTFS formatted drives...
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/DiskTune.htm
Auslogics Disk Defrag 3 – Defrag and Optimize Your Hard Drives...
http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/11/auslogics-disk-defrag-3-defrag-and-optimize-hard-drives/

Undelete...
Do not install those programs (or anything else) to the drive you want to recover from... or your lost files will be overwritten. Install them to a different drive or to a flash disk. Then run them and let them scan for the files that have been deleted.
Use this program first...
http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
or this one...
http://www.undeleteunerase.com/
Recuva Freeware...
http://www.recuva.com/
Recover my Files...
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/
NTFS Undelete...
http://lazybytes.com/2009/10/ntfs-undelete-recover-deleted-files-for-free/
and an article on the best ones...
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/collid,1295-order,1-c,downloads/files.html

File Recovery... straight from the Internet!!! Java Based... works on Windows, Linux and Mac.. any Java console...
http://www.jfilerecovery.com/page/com/jfilerecovery/Download.class
How to recover deleted files with Free Software...
http://lifehacker.com/393084/how-to-recover-deleted-files-with-free-software
8 Free Data Recovery Tools...
http://www.webtechdaily.com/2008/06/29/8-free-data-recovery-software/
Recover Data from CDs and DVDs...
http://www.technobuzz.net/recover-f...pted-cd-dvd-and-dvd-with-cd-recovery-toolbox/
Copy Cat Data Recovery...
http://www.vcsoftwares.com/cc.html
DiskDigger can recover files from any type of media that your computer can read.
http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger
f you have lost partition or strange problem with your hard disk partitions, you can try TestDisk...
http://www.blogsdna.com/3057/recove...-or-make-non-booting-disks-bootable-again.htm
To recover your lost digital pictures or lost files, try PhotoRec. Get it here...
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Main_Page
OpenSource NTFS Data Recovery Tools...
http://opensource.software.informer.com/download-opensource-ntfs-data-recovery/
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier... recovers from all types of Disks...
http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fix-unreadable-cds-or-dvds-in-windows/
Ten of the Best Data Recovery Tools...
http://www.techmynd.com/10-plus-best-free-data-recovery-tools-downloads/

File Sync Tools...
Allway Sync
http://allwaysync.com/
Ycopy
http://www.ruahine.com/
The Unstoppable Copier...
http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

5 Freebies to manage your files with Ease...
http://www.bizzntech.com/2008/03/02/5-freebies-to-manage-your-files-with-ease

HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash) The program can scan storage device for Bad-blocks, show S.M.A.R.T. attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc...
http://hddscan.com/

Free Partition Managers...

http://www.partition-tool.com/
http://www.ptdd.com/manual2.htm
http://findandmount.com/
http://www.cutepm.com/
http://www.partitionwizard.com/
more here....
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/partitioneditors.shtml

Disk Cloning is in the news...
http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iArticleId=4308383

that article is recommending Clonezilla...
http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/

But here is another article looking at the best of the disk cloning tools...
(Clonezilla is top of their list too)...
http://packratstudios.com/index.php...ghost-who-a-list-of-open-source-alternatives/

They are as follows...
Ping...
http://ping.windowsdream.com/
PartImage...
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
g4u...
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
linbox...
http://lrs.linbox.org/
and FOG...
http://freeghost.no-ip.org/

Free Disk Imaging/Cloning Software...
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
http://www.clonezilla.org/
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/xxclone.html
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm


Folder Size Utilities...
SpaceMonger = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceMonger (Ver. 1.4 is Freeware)
JDiskReport = http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
TreeSizeFree = http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Ten Great System Recovery Bootable CDs...
http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/10-great-tech-tools-boot-cd/

Protected Folders and Encryption...
Lockbox lets you create a protected folder on your hard drive...
http://www.fspro.net/my-lockbox/

File and Directory Information Printers - dirprinters... This one is simply the best!
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp

Analysing Crash Information....
http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-whocrashed/

File Backup...
DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program
http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

File Unlockers and Process Killers...
http://lockhunter.com/
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/