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Undelete Plus - Quick Start Guide Following is a Quick Start Guide to using Undelete Plus. For more detailed information see the section in this help file titles "Working with Undelete Plus". Install undelete Plus or Run the Program from Floppy,CD,USB etc. The latest version of Undelete Plus is available for download from Download Page, or by clicking the "Update" button within the program. If possible, avoid installing Undelete Plus to the drive from which you are trying to recover deleted files. Form more information on installing Undelete Plus, click here. Step 1 - Select the Drive To Search When you run Undelete Plus a main screen will be opened and at the left you can find drive selection panel. This panel performs a scan to identify the devices (hard drives, digital camera, USB drive etc) that are connected to your computer. Select the device you wish to search by using your mouse to place a tick in the box next to the device name. Drive Panel - Selecting the device to search Step 2 - Running the Search When the "Start Scan" button is pressed the search is commenced. Start Scan Button Once the search is started the progress bar will display the number of files found and proportion of search remaining. Running the Search Step 3 - Managing the Results The result screen consists of four windows. - Types and Folders windows (left): This window shows you the number of deleted files that have been found (e.g. 2092 JPEG photos have been found in the screen shot below). You can also change to "Folders" and see in a folder structure the files that have been found. - Files window (top right): When a file type is selected in the left hand windows, the files found (in the case of the screen capture, the 2092 JPEG) are displayed in the Files window. Sort the files in this window by clicking on the column headings or selecting associated column in "Sort By" selection. When a file is selected in this window, by clicking on the file name, its contents are displayed in the Preview window below. - Status and Preview windows (bottom right): If a preview is available, the contents of the file are displayed. In the Status window you can find some overhead information. Files found are grouped by file type in the left hand column (any files that are found that do not belong to a known file type are placed in the "Other Files" folder). Click on the file type in the left and column to display the files found for that type in the right hand column. Click on an individual file in the right hand column to see preview of its contents (if available) in the bottom "Preview" window. The Results Screen Step 4 - Saving Recovered Files Select files to be saved in the Files window by placing a tick next to the file name. Also it is possible to select multiple files by using a combination of mouse clicks whilst holding down the SHIFT key. To save selected files click the "Start Undelete" button. Start Undelete Button Recovered files will be located in the folder specified by "Undelete selected file(s) to:" value. Undelete selected file(s) to

Last updated: July 18, 2008