A new version of the program Handy Recovery has been released recently by SoftLogica. The program is designed to restore accidentally lost files. The new solution supports NTFS/NTFS 5, FAT 12/16/32 and HFS/HFS+ file systems including image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.

    Handy Recovery™ is an easy-to-use data recovery software created to restore files accidentally deleted from hard disks and floppy drives. The program can recover files damaged by virus attacks, power failures and software faults or files from deleted and formatted partitions. If some program does not use Recycle Bin when deleting files, Handy Recovery can restore such files. It can also recover files moved to Recycle Bin after it has been emptied.

    The new version, 4.0, uses an Explorer-like interface to browse the contents of your disk. The difference is that after analysis of your disk, you can see deleted files and folders along with the regular ones. The program shows the probability of successful recovery for each file. The recovered files can be saved to any drive accessible on your system. You can also restore the full branch of the folder tree that contains choosen files and folders. Along with the main file information, the program can recover alternate data streams, used on NTFS to store additional information about files.

Among the new functions that we can find in version 4.0, there are:

- Preview window to show the content of deleted files;
- Special folder for easy detection of files deleted from Recycle Bin;
- Optimized extended analysis takes less time.
- HFS/HFS+ file systems support;

    Handy Recovery has an function to define disk images for deferred recovery. You can create an exact image of a logical drive and save it to a special file in another location. It is later possible to open this image and recover files from it. The program is designed for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. It has a 30-day trial version with a full set of features (limited to 1 file per day) can be downloaded at http://www.handyrecovery.com/handyrecovery.exe. The program is priced at $39 (USD) per license. Volume discounts are available.

    For more information visit http://www.handyrecovery.com/.