 Recover4all Help Index

Introduction

How to register

Commands

File menu

View menu

Recover menu

Help menu


Introduction

Stop working with the disk where your deleted files are. Don`t install any software and don`t save anything to the disk.

Recover4all can bring back deleted files that are not in the recycle bin. It does not show files that are still in the recycle bin.

How is it possible that a file that was removed from the recycle bin is still on the disk?

When a file is deleted, the space where it was located on the disk is labeled ´free´. Next time you save a file, it might be put at this location of the disk. But as long as no file is saved to this place, the deleted file can be undeleted.

 This is a deleted file. Select it, and click [image]. Then choose a destination directory, where the file(s) will be saved. The first character of the filename of a recovered file will be "_", if the original character is unknown. To prevent the deleted files from being overwritten, you cannot save them to the drive where they were located.

 Yellow directories represent directories that are actually on your disk. Only those directories are displayed that contain deleted files.

 This is a deleted directory. To recover the deleted files in a directory select the files inside.

Features:

Recover4all supports the following file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32. All files that can possibly be recovered by the program show up in the unregistered version.

Additional information:

When the recycle bin is emptied, the disk space of the deleted files is marked as free. This space will sooner or later be overwritten by other files. Recover4all can of course only recover those files that were not overwritten by other files meanwhile. The sooner you try to undelete, the better are your chances of success.

The information, where the data of a file is exactly located on the disk, gets lost when a file is deleted. That's why a recovered file might contain nonsense, even if the original data has not been overwritten.

So you can never be sure that a file that shows up in Recover4all can be recovered to its original state, even if the recovery chances are considered "good". By rule of thumb one can say that:

- Your chances are the best, if you use Recover4all as soon as possible after deleting the files.

- Small files are easier to recover than large files.

- If the disk is nearly full, files are harder to recover.

- If you need to recover a large number of files, it is unlikely that you can recover all of them.

But if you use Recover4all soon and a deleted file shows up in the program, you have a good chance to recover it.


How to register

To recover files that are larger than 10 kb you need to register. Please note: Recovery chances tend to be lower for larger files (see Introduction ).The registration fee for the program is 25 US$.

With a credit card the program can be registered  through RegNet - The Registration Network. You will get your personal registration key directly from RegNet. Enter this key into the program in the Register Menu. Files of all sizes can then be recovered. After online ordering you will receive your key within a few hours by e-mail.

To register online go to http://www.reg.net/product.asp?ID=2450

RegNet can also be reached by calling 1 800 WWW2REG (1 800 999-2734) or (805) 288-1827 for international orders (24 hours / 7 days a week). The registration number for Recover4all is #2450.

RegNet also accepts cash, check or money orders. Make checks (drawn on a US bank) payable to RegNet and send to:

 	RegNet

24303 Walnut Street, Suite 200

     	Newhall, CA  91321-2900

 	U.S.A.

_________________________________________________________

Alternatively, you can print the form below, include cash or check (made payable to Steffen Kaus) and send it to:

Steffen Kaus

P.O. Box 420 327

68282 Mannheim

Germany

Yes, I would like to register the program.	0.3

I pay the registration fee of 25 US$ by:

 [ ] Check:  included with this form. Please note:

     -checks must be made payable to Steffen Kaus.

     -Europe: EuroCheques must be for 40 DM and must be

       in German Mark (DM)

     -USA and rest of world: personal checks are accepted, but

      they must be drawn on a US bank (in US$).

 [ ] Cash:   included with this form. Please note:

     -25 US dollar or 40 Deutsche Mark.

Please send me the registration information by (one option):

 [ ] Mail  [ ] FAX  [ ] e-mail

 Registration name:__________________________________________

 Postal address:	__________________________________________

                	__________________________________________

 Country:       _________________________________

 E-mail:        __________________________________

 Fax:           ___________________________________

 I got this program from:_______________________________________

 Comments/Bugs: ___________________________________________

 ____________________________   _____________________________

 Date                           	Signature


Technical Information


Limitations


File menu commands

Files menu commands

The File menu offers the following command:

Exit	Exits Recover4all.


View menu commands

The View menu offers the following commands:

Toolbar	Shows or hides the toolbar.
Status Bar	Shows or hides the status bar.


Recover menu commands

The Recover menu offers the following command:

Select all	Select all items in the right pane.
Recover selected items	Recover the selected items in the right pane.


Help menu commands

The Help menu offers the following commands, which provide you assistance with this application:

Help Topics	Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help.
About	Displays the version number of this application.


File Exit command
Exit command (File menu)

Use this command to end your Recover4all session.

Shortcuts

Keys:	ALT+F4


View Toolbar command
Toolbar command (View menu)

Use this command to display and hide the Toolbar, which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in  Recover4all. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Toolbar is displayed.

See Toolbar for help on using the toolbar.


Toolbar

The toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window, below the menu bar.  The toolbar provides quick mouse access to many tools used in Recover4all.

To hide or display the Toolbar, choose Toolbar from the View menu (ALT, V, T).

Click	To

Recover the selected files in the right pane.

Search for deleted files on drive C:

Search for deleted files on drive X:


View Status Bar Command
Status Bar command (View menu)

Use this command to display and hide the Status Bar, which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button, and keyboard latch state. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed.

See Status Bar for help on using the status bar.


Status Bar

The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the Recover4all window.  To display or hide the status bar, use the Status Bar command in the View menu.

The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus.  This area similarly shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them, before releasing them.  If after viewing the description of the toolbar button command you wish not to execute the command, then release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button.

The right areas of the status bar indicate which of the following keys are latched down:

Indicator	Description

CAP	The Caps Lock key is latched down.

NUM	The Num Lock key is latched down.

SCRL	The Scroll Lock key is latched down.


Recover selected items command (Recover menu)

Use this command to recover (undelete) the items that you selected in the right pane. You can select multiple items.


Select all command (Recover menu)

Use this command to selected all items in the right pane. Selected directories will be ignored when you press "Recover". To recover files in a directory you must select the files themselves.


Index command (Help menu)

Use this command to display the opening screen of Help.  From the opening screen, you can jump to step-by-step instructions for using Recover4all and various types of reference information.

Once you open Help, you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen.


About command (Help menu)

Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of Recover4all.


Modifying the Document

<< Write application-specific help here that provides an overview of how the user should modify a document using your application.

If your application supports multiple document types and you want to have a distinct help topic for each, then use the help context i.d. generated by running the MAKEHELP.BAT file produced by AppWizard.  Alternatively, run MAKEHM as follows:

makehm IDR_HIDR_,0x2000 resource.h

If the IDR_ symbol for one of your document types is, for example, IDR_CHARTTYPE, then the help context i.d. generated by MAKEHM will be HIDR_CHARTTYPE.

Note, AppWizard defines the HIDR_DOC1TYPE help context i.d. used by this help topic for the first document type supported by your application.  AppWizard produces an alias in the .HPJ file for your application, mapping HIDR_DOC1TYPE to the HIDR_ produced by MAKEHM for that document type. >>


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Credit card registration

No help is available for this message box.

<< If you wish to author help specific to each message box prompt, then remove the AFX_HIDP_xxx values from the [ALIAS] section of your .HPJ file, and author a topic for each AFX_HIDP_xxx value.  For example, AFX_HIDP_INVALID_FILENAME is the help topic for the Invalid Filename message box. >>