Obviously, if a file is Lost, you won’t be able to recover that file.

You get immediate feedback after a scan indicating whether a file is Good, Poor, Very Poor, or Lost. What is unique about Wise Data Recover is that it will indicate the condition of the file to recover. Wise Data Recovery ( Figure D) allows you to recover Word documents, photos, email, audio, video, archives, and much more. Recuva also has an easy-to-use quick start wizard, can do deep scans, and can securely delete files. With it, you can undelete files, recover data from a damaged disk, recover deleted iPod music, and restore unsaved Word documents. Piriform’s Recuva ( Figure C) offers tons of features for a portable app of this nature. TestDisk can fix a partition table, recover a deleted partition, rebuild or recover NTFS, FAT boot sectors, fix MFT, and undelete and/or copy files from NTFS, FAT, ext2, ext3 file systems. However, the success of the tool depends upon how badly damaged the partitions are. This is one of those tools you hope you never have to use, but when you do have to use it, you’ll be glad you have it and hope it works.

TestDisk ( Figure B) is a partition recovery tool that can help you recover lost partitions and make bootable non-bootable drives. Figure A Portable Data Recovery 2: TestDisk When you recover data, make sure you recover to a drive other than the one the data is recovered from. Portable Data Recovery also includes a wipe tool that will allow you to permanently delete a file to protect deleted sensitive data. It’s less than 500K and can recover some compressed and encrypted files. Portable Data Recovery ( Figure A) is one of the Pendrive Apps and does a great job of recovering data from FAT, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS partitions. Note: This list is also available as a photo gallery. All these tools are free and can be placed on a flash drive for portability. Here are five tools that can help you with partition recovery and file recovery.

But you can’t always rely on an installed tool and have to make use of a portable tool. No matter how the data gets lost, you’ll need a reliable tool to get the recovery job done. People lose data, either by accidental deletion or thanks to problematic partition tables. Sooner or later, recovery will be a necessary task for every IT administrator.

Undelete files, recover data, and fix damaged partitions with the help of these handy portable apps.

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