The unregistered version of Back2Life restores files that are less than 64K in size. Select Help for registration information.
You can turn ON or OFF Tip of the Day at any time using the program menu Options.
One folder may contain several files with the same name. These files may have different content.
Disk defragmentation destroys information about all deleted files (except some in orphan folders), but it increases your chances for successful restoration of files erased after defragmentation.
0% damage doesn't guarantee 100% success because it is impossible to check how many times file clusters have been reused after deletion.
It is possible to recover data from formatted drives by using Orphans Scan.
You can find a specific file or group of files by name, size, content or other file attributes. Click the Find button in the toolbar.
If the file you were looking for was not discovered after scanning a disk, try to look for it in orphan folders.
In the View menu you can set the display of unrestorable files and crosslinks.
Files in the file list can be sorted by name, size, last modification date or damage. To do this click on appropriate column header.
It is highly recommended not to save files on the same disk they are restored from, especially to the same folder! To do so will decrease chances for successful recovery.
If the program was not able to determine the first letter of the deleted file or folder name, it will be restored with an "xxx" prefix.
The less time passed since the disk was defragmented, the more chance for successful recovery.
The sooner after deletion a recovery attempt is made, the more chance for successful recovery.
The smaller the size of the file to recover, the more chance for successfull recovery.
Files erased on the disk where Windows is installed can easily be destroyed by constantly created and erased temporary system files.
Unchecked errors on disks may halt the undeleting process.
Using "Search by file contents" slows the searching.
Scanning the entire disk in some cases gives more reliable results than scanning certain directories because of crosslink filtering.
To determine the file system of your disk right-click the Drive button in the toolbar and choose Disk Properties.
To see what exact file parts are damaged, use the Cluster-Use Map at File Properties.
Back2Life can restore an entire folder with all its files and subfolders.
You can restore files from Windows Explorer by right-clicking the folder of interest and choosing context menu item "Undelete with Back2Life" (this feature must be set in program Otions menu).
You can even restore pictures from some digital flash-card readers (if they are formatted with a supported file system).
Files deleted from removable media NEVER go to the Windows Recycle Bin, but Back2Life can recover them!
Files deleted by a virus NEVER go to the Windows Recycle Bin, but Back2Life can recover them!
Back2Life correctly supports filenames with non-English characters.
There's no time-limit for unregistered version of Back2Life.
Back2Life gives you access even to files on reformatted drives.
Files deleted on Windows 2000/XP with SHIFT-DEL may appear 100% damaged. This is because of some internal Windows 2000/XP features.
