Recover deleted files from memory card, hard disk and USB

USB disks, memory cards and hard disks are very easy to use and operate. But they are very prone to accidental data loss and damage. The use of an online or offline backup solution would disasters associated with accidental data loss from hard disks. But memory card and USB disks usually contain files that we change frequently. Few of these  devices store data in magnetic medium and memory elements that we can recover using file recovery softwares. We earlier shared a method to get get full version of one such software, Iolo search and Recover. This promotional offer is no longer available. So here we have few free alternative applications that could help you to recover deleted files from memory devices and hard drives.

File recovery applications are useful  if the deleted files are recent and the space is not replaced with new files.

Recover deleted files from memory card and USB using Disk Digger :

Disk Digger is a free application that can recover deleted photos, documents and other files from USB flash drives, memory cards, memory stick, and hard drives. It can scan formatted and damaged memory devices and recover dispersed and hardly readable data. It has two operation modes dig deep and dig deeper. The first mode is really fast, but recovers only very few amount of files. Second mode takes it time to scan deep and get maximum possible data. The application  doesn't require any installation as it runs completely in the system memory. Preview of the recoverable files will be provided as sown above. Click the required one and save.

Download Disk Digger.

Recover deleted files from memory card and USB using PC inspector File recovery 4:

PC inspector will recover file formats that are not recoverable by other free applications. Supported formats includes ARJ AVI BMP CDR DOC DXF DBF XLS, EXE GIF HLP HTML HTM JPG LZH MID, MOV MP3 PDF PNG RTF TAR TIF WAV and ZIP. After scan, the application will list the deleted images, programs, photos and archives in a brows able window as shown above. Browse through the files and folders and select the files that are to be saved 

Download PC Inspector File Recovery.

Trial versions of popular recovery softwares like Undeleteplus , Recover my Files are also useful for minor recoveries.

Check free full versions of Ashampoo Winoptimizer and TuneUp utilities. These applications  includes software modules to recover deleted files from USB, memory cards and hard disks, and to delete files in a manner that is not recoverable by any means.

Related: Recover files from scratched CDs and DVDs.