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richlevy · 10-02-2005, 09:33 AM

I bought Search and Recover by Iolo last month from Compusa. I picked up version 2.0 with a rebate and got a free upgrade to 2.5. They are at version 3.0 now.

The good news is, it does appear to work on a lot of files, provided they have not been overwritten. It actually ranks files based on the possibility of recovery.

My one complaint is that I did not see anything in the 'My Documents' folder. I'm not sure if that is because there wasn't anything or that it doesn't know how to restore to a 'System' folder.

With rebates, I got the 2.0 version pretty cheap, although I might actually break loose the $20 for 3.0.

That and my USB external drive constitutes my backup plan. Even with a DVD-burner, full backups are hard to do when you're 'stuff' is in the tens of gigabytes.

BTW, the program can also create a Disk Image for recovery, which can be compressed. My issue is that if you want to back up a 30 gig drive to a 20 gig partition with compression, the program still will not make the attempt, insisting that you have a full 30 gig of space available. I'm hoping version 3.0 will at least try and fail instead of not even making the attempt.

BTW, I'm not too sure about their support. The site shows 3.0 and upgrades but does not have any easy to find links to version 2.0 and upgrades. I'm hoping it isn't one of those operations that scraps support for the last version as soon as the new one comes out.

10-02-2005, 09:33 AM	#10
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I bought Search and Recover by Iolo last month from Compusa. I picked up version 2.0 with a rebate and got a free upgrade to 2.5. They are at version 3.0 now. The good news is, it does appear to work on a lot of files, provided they have not been overwritten. It actually ranks files based on the possibility of recovery. My one complaint is that I did not see anything in the 'My Documents' folder. I'm not sure if that is because there wasn't anything or that it doesn't know how to restore to a 'System' folder. With rebates, I got the 2.0 version pretty cheap, although I might actually break loose the $20 for 3.0. That and my USB external drive constitutes my backup plan. Even with a DVD-burner, full backups are hard to do when you're 'stuff' is in the tens of gigabytes. BTW, the program can also create a Disk Image for recovery, which can be compressed. My issue is that if you want to back up a 30 gig drive to a 20 gig partition with compression, the program still will not make the attempt, insisting that you have a full 30 gig of space available. I'm hoping version 3.0 will at least try and fail instead of not even making the attempt. BTW, I'm not too sure about their support. The site shows 3.0 and upgrades but does not have any easy to find links to version 2.0 and upgrades. I'm hoping it isn't one of those operations that scraps support for the last version as soon as the new one comes out. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 10-02-2005 at 09:41 AM.