what is a great FREE data recovery program?

Question

I messed up and lost all my files - I want to get them back easy and free - please help

Answer 1

http://www.carbonite.com/ but if there already lost then there lost

Answer 2

There are 2 free programs I can think of which might help you, PC Inspector File Recovery and Recuva. Both programs can be downloaded from

http://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/

Install one or both programs on to a hard drive other than the one you want to recover data from. You need to install them on another hard drive because, if you install the programs on the hard drive which stores the data, there is a good chance the program files will write over the very data you are trying to recover. Be warn that you might not be able to recover all of your lost files.

To prevent this from happening again, you should considering a backup program. Windows XP and Vista both have a backup program built-in. Otherwise, you can use the free edition of SyncBack (http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html)

Answer 3

Hey there,
An "undelete tool" I used to recover my files is Wondershare data recovery. Free Download here http://bit.ly/1uUr7uC
It's a must have program.
Bye Bye

Answer 4

I just came across these website which may help you. A lot of info on hard drive data recovery :

http://the-hard-drive-data-recovery.blogspot.com