Unlike some of the other recovery tools we've looked at, however, Glary Undelete was unable to handle the USB device. Importantly, the drive was previously unmountable. This was plugged into a Dell 5505 laptop running Windows 10. To test Glary Undelete, files accidentally deleted from a 16GB SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB thumb drive were initially targeted. The utility prompts you for a destination for recovery, then completes the process. To recover one or more files with Glary Undelete, check the corresponding boxes, then Restore. 'Good' and 'Medium' are also used, both of which have about a 50-50 success rate.

Those labelled 'Very Good' can be almost wholly saved those labelled 'Poor' or 'Overwritten', meanwhile, are lost.

You can sort the search results by State to find those suitable for recovery. Not all uncovered files can be recovered, however – some are largely gone for good, overwritten by later data. You can also filter by file type, or simply use the search tool to find a specific file. The results are displayed in the main pane, while the contents can be browsed using the folder tree. Simply launch the software, select a drive in the drop-down menu and click Search. Glary Undelete includes information about deleted files detected during a scan (Image credit: Glarysoft) Finding files

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