Magic Uneraser Makes File Recovery Simpler

By Author: Stas Ermolov
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Important information can disappear in several different ways. Accidentally deleted files, flushed Windows Recycle Bin, formatted memory cards and corrupted hard disks are just a few reasons to name. In many cases, however, the files are not lost forever. Algorithms and utilities to recover lost and deleted files have existed for many years. However, only in recent years these products became not only available to general public, but actually usable.


In general, file recovery products make use of the fact that deleted files do not disappear without a trace. Erased files are not wiped off the hard drive, and space on the disk they used to occupy is not cleared when they are deleted. Instead, Windows jut marks that disk space as free, and assigns the "deleted" mark to the record in the file system. This, in turn, has allowed tools such as "unerase" to reverse the operation and recover the original file.


While employing a viable approach, these simple unerase products ...
... cannot handle situations where a disk is corrupted or formatted. If time has passed, and the record about the erased file is removed from the file system, these products cannot locate deleted data and cannot restore it.


New-generation data recovery tools such as Magic Uneraser take this into account, and can actually recover data from formatted, corrupted, and badly damaged disks. By employing newest data recovery algorithms that read the entire hard drive, memory card or storage media to recover, Magic Uneraser is able to correctly identify and recover documents, compressed archives, emails, audio and video files that the simpler unerase programs could not even see. The algorithm detects file signatures, and works similar to modern anti-virus software by scanning the disk and detecting patterns typical for certain types of files. Once a familiar pattern representing the beginning of a supported file is detected, Magic Uneraser analyzes the file's header and figures out its exact length and other attributes. This allows restoring files that no longer show up in the file system, and makes it possible to undelete data from significantly damaged disks and formatted flash cards.


Despite its advanced data recovery algorithms, Magic Uneraser is ultimately easy to use. Employing convenient Explorer-like interface, the data recovery tool makes everyone instantly familiar with its user interface and features.


The included full-size preview views recoverable files without writing anything onto the damaged disk. The pre-recovery preview is a safe and convenient way to decide which files should be restored, and which should be left out.


Free evaluation version of Magic Uneraser with full disk scan and preview capabilities is available at www.magicuneraser.com/recovery_software/