File Scavenger Version 3 is a file "undelete" and data recovery utility for Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows ME/98/95.
File Scavenger can recover files that have been accidentally deleted (including files
removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows
Explorer with the SHIFT key held down) provided that recovery is attempted before the
files are permanently overwritten by new data. File Scavenger supports both basic and
dynamic disks, NTFS compression, alternate data streams, sparse files, Unicode filenames,
etc. Except in severe cases, both the file and the folder path leading to the file can
be recovered.

File Scavenger can also recover files from a reformatted or corrupted volume even when
the volume has been deleted and its original position and size are unknown.
File Scavenger can scan an entire physical hard drive to look for traces of defunct
volumes.

File Scavenger uses advanced algorithms to handle disks with bad sectors and badly
corrupted partitions. It can be installed on a hard drive or run from a portable storage
device such as a memory stick, removable drive, CD or floppy disk. To run File Scavenger,
you must log on as a system administrator to the computer where data recovery is
intended.

Files can only be restored if the disk areas allocated to the files have not been
overwritten by new data. All recovered files should be validated for the integrity of
the recovered data.