Find and search for your lost files with this superb recovery tool
iolo Search and Recover 5
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10 Sep 2008, Chris Wiles , V3
Verdict
Search your drives and locate lost or accidentally deleted files with this full commercial application, worth $39.95! Make sure you get your serial code. See above for info.Review Rating:
Type: Full commercial application
Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista
Manufacturer: iolo technologies, LLC
Size: 7.4MB
Number of Downloads: 6912
Price: $ Free commercial download worth $39.95
The Recycle Bin is a handy first line of defence against accidental file deletions, but it's not perfect. There are many situations where you can delete something and not have it show up in the bin later, which is why it's vital that you have a file recovery tool installed. And not just any random piece of undeleting freeware, either: only a professional solution like iolo Search and Recover will do.
It's always a very bad idea to carry on working with a drive that contains important deleted material, for instance, in case you overwrite them. Most undelete programs just warn you about this. Search and Recover also provides the ability to make an image of the drive, freezing its state at that point and ensuring you'll lose no more data. The program can compress this image to save space, then mount it in Explorer as a virtual drive and scan it for your lost files.
Search and Recover is more intelligent than most of the competition, for example recognising that files like TemporyJunk.tmp, stored in the \Temp folder, probably won't interest you. Sensible (though optional) filtering of results reduces all the usual clutter and means you see only the most important data.
The program can also scan hard drive sectors to recover damaged partitions or other files whose index data has been lost. It has specific scans for pictures and movies or sounds and sounds that can play previews of files before you undelete them. And an email undelete tool can recover messages deleted from Outlook (97 or later), Outlook Express (5 or later), Thunderbird (1.5 or later) and more, a surprising but very welcome bonus.
Note that Incisive Media and vnunet.com are authorised distributors of this full commercial download. This is not freeware. Do not host or distribute this software or mirror this promotion.
SERIAL CODE
Point your browser at www.iolo.com/casr to get your serial code.
UPGRADE OFFER - save 50% across the iolo product range
Your copy of iolo Search and Recover will expire 12 months after installation, but that's easily fixed. Click Options > Extend this Subscription and you can purchase another 12 month licence for only around £10. If you're looking to save money in the meantime, though, just check the iolo registration email for a special 50% discount deal on any iolo product: the rather superb PC maintenance toolkit System Mechanic, their System Shield security suite, powerful stand-alone firewall and more. Visit www.iolo.com to see what's on offer, and use the Loyal Customer Coupon Code in your registration email to qualify for the 50% discount.
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serial code
All you get is a blank page when you go to the page for serial code this always happens with free iolo products
vnunet.com comment: this is due to your security settings blocking the content on the page. You'll be using ad blocking software either within Firefox or through your security software. The ad blocking software is confusing the images on the pages for adverts.
Posted by robert lydon, 15 Sep 2008
Be Warned!
To get your serial code, you must go through the checkout process, i.e. give you demographic information, contact details and credit card details.
vnunet.com comment: you do NOT have to give your credit card information. If you are asked for your credit card information you have incorrectly followed the instructions. Try it again, use the URL provided and follow the information provided.
Posted by c hughes, 26 Sep 2008
search & recover 5 - cannot get it to work
I Keep getting the following error message "Search & recover has encountered a problem and needs to close, We are sorry for the inconvenience"
I have deleted and re-downloaded the Search and receovery progam and it still gets the same error message.
Posted by John, 01 Oct 2008
Key isn't being emailed.
Signed up for a second time today... No email with a key comes... Created an account With iolo and got an email to verify account within seconds.. Signed up for beta testing.. Poof.. email was there..
So.. Wheres The Key?
*Yes I did sign up through the www.iolo.com/casr link.. Got all the way to the end and it said key would be emailed.. Its not.
Posted by Gary, 05 Oct 2008
No serial number
RE: Your order has been scheduled for review by an iolo representative who will be contacting you via email shortly. Your credit card has NOT BEEN PROCESSED.
Over 24 hours and no contact with serial number - has anyone else received a serial number via email?
Posted by Larry, 19 Oct 2008
No serial code received.
I did everything according to instructions, reached the final page of the "purchase" process and waited patiently for the serial. Noting came for about an hour. Then I did the whole thing again, using a different email address. Again, the process was completed successfully yet no email for about an hour. Hmm, I guess there's something wrong with iolo's site.
Posted by Amir, 18 Oct 2008
Poor software.
Installed Search and Recover on my Vaio running Vista Home Premium and within minutes started uninstalling. Software wouldn't start and computer began running very, very slowly. Fortunately Your Unistaller 2008 managed to get it cleanly removed.
Posted by Ian, 09 Feb 2009
iolo Search and Recover 5 software download.
I found no problem whatsoever.
Of course I didn't put in my true identity or home address details as I value my privacy, but I did put down my correct email address to get the code.
The code arrived in less than a minute.
Posted by Maggie, 30 Mar 2009
marginally wrong description
my copy, which i downloaded this day, states it will stop working in 8 months, not 12.
Also, I did not receive a serial number, so when I was trying to install the program, I used the "I've lost my key" option, and in about 10 minutes, got the e-mail that allowed me to obtain the serial number. BTW, still no original e-mail, and it was not put in a spam folder, I have checked.
Posted by marc klink, 15 Dec 2009