Undelete Wizard

Regardless of your intentions, files stored on your computer are not always completely save. A simple accident can happen which can mean losing some important files, or a specific drive gets corrupt, leading to the same result. Luckily, specialized applications like Undelete Wizard lets you scan and recover lost files.

The visual design makes sure you quickly get the hang of it. This is because it’s much designed like a classic File Explorer window, even with the side panel that provides quick navigation to common places, as well as related controls, depending on the section you’re in, or step of the process.

There’s the possibility to recover from both NTFS and FAT file system, either from a fixed drive, or removable one. Needless to say that a scan needs to be performed before access is granted to detected drives.

A neat thing is that the application comes with a wizard-driven process to take you through the whole recovery, as an alternative to manual scan. Going through the steps, you get to pick the target drive, destination, while the scanner takes care of the rest. However, along the way, there’s also the possibility to configure file filters to narrow down results to files of interest.

It can take some time for Undelete Wizard to finish scanning the drive you point at, but this only depends on the complexity and amount of space. Result is shown in the same file explorer style. As such, it’s easy to select files you want to recover. There’s an additional search field in case you know file parameters.

Bottom line is that files are always at risk, especially with an active Internet connection. External storage devices are also sensible, and applications like Undelete Wizard come in handy, and can be one of the tools you want to have around at all times. The explorer-like interface makes sure you quickly get familiar with the set of features, while the wizard-driven process ensures an effortless recovery.