Scenarios for O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 - Who is O&O DiskRecovery meant for?

The following scenarios are examples of when you can use O&O DiskRecovery. This gives you an overview of how O&O DiskRecovery can help you with your work at the PC.

I have accidentally deleted a file on my computer and I cannot find it in the Recycle Bin. How can I recover this file?

Use O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 immediately. Search for the file and recover it!

A user deleted a file on our file server. Is there a chance of getting this file back?

Yes, as long as the data clusters have not been overwritten. Install O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 on a partition different from the one where the deleted file stored before, search for this file and restore it onto any other partition.

Several important files where deleted by a virus. How can O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 help me to recover these files?

For O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 it is not important how a file was deleted: it can even bring back files erased by viruses. IMPORTANT: Only files that are not overwritten can be restored. Removing a virus initiates many disk drive accesses. Therefore you should recover your files first and immediately thereafter remove the virus using your favorite anti virus solution.

Please note: Removing the virus before restoring the files is safer for your system, but the chance of a successful restoration of your files becomes smaller.

How good are chances to recover a file?

This depends on the other data that has been written after the deletion. Maybe only parts of the file can be recovered. Overall, O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 can recover more files than other tools and therefore save you more time, effort and money.

I have a digital camera with Compact Flash Card / Memory Stick. I accidentally deleted a picture of my girl- / boyfriend. Is it possible to get it back?

Yes, it is. If the software which came with your memory card, shows it as a new drive when you connect it to your computer you can use O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 to recover your picture. Simply attach your cam or the memory card reader to your system, start O&O DiskRecovery V4.0, search for your picture on the drive and recover it.

I have accidentally deleted a file on my computer and I cannot find it in the Recycle Bin. I had not enough time to install O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 before. Can I recover this file?

Yes you can. O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 uses a very special method to bring back you files without installing the software on your hard disk. Download O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 to a second computer and install it onto a floppy disk. Move the floppy to the machine where you want to recover data, start a:\ooue.exe and restore your lost data. The O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 product CD already includes the O&O InstantDiskRecovery feature, so you may also start O&O DiskRecovery V4.0 from this CD.