Recover all kinds of documents erased by accident.
Back2Life is a shareware file recovery app and system utility developed by GrandUtils for Windows. It's light on system resources and easy-to-use.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of Back2Life to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this file recovery program.
Handy tool to undelete and recover erased or unreadable files
Back2Life is a handy undelete and recovery tool for Windows. It was designed to be both easy in use and efficient in data recovery. Looking similar to Windows Explorer, it provides access to lost files and folders that got beyond the reach of the Recycle Bin because of accidental erasure, virus attack, disk corruption or reformat. Supported file systems are FAT, NTFS and CDFS. Evaluation version has no filesize limit!
Features of Back2Life
- Correctly undeletes files deleted on FAT volumes.
- Fast and Deep scan modes, Standard and Smart recovery algorithms.
- Features a fast scanning engine.
- IDE / ATA / SCSI hard disk recovery.
- Optional file HEX preview
- Recovers data from FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS drives.
- Recovers files from damaged or reformatted partitions.
Compatibility and License
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from PC utilities and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The Back2Life 2.9 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.
What version of Windows can Back2Life run on?
Back2Life can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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