File Rescue

File Rescue is a lightweight piece of software that enables you to restore deleted files from a wide variety of devices, including miniSD, microSD, floppy disks and Flash drives.

It is worth mentioning that the program does not require a setup per se and that you can start using it right after the download. The app comes with a clean and organized interface that consists of two main sections. While the left region is dedicated to specifying the drive you stored the files, the right panel enables you to preview the directories and files that you can recover in more detail.

In spite of the fact that the tool is user-friendly, you should know that scanning the system file and mounting images could take some time. As you probably hinted, a longer duration of the scan usually entails there are more deleted files to locate. It would have been nice if the app allowed you to select the folder you want to scan so that you can reduce the time of the processing.

One of the reasons why the scanning could take up to a few hours is the algorithm the utility employs to match the data with the metadata and help you recover files in their original state. The feature can come in handy when you intend to restore RAW images, videos or audio files that you accidentally deleted from your digital camera for example.

Even though the program allows you to recover data and text files from numerous types of gadgets, it is optimized to work well with FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. The using it to recover erased data from your computer is bound to provide the best results.

In the eventuality that you are interested in restoring files with their metadata intact from local and external drives, then perhaps File Rescue could lend you a hand.