So this week we learnt about open source software...
Sourceforge.net is an excellent site for downloading open source software, with numerous options for specific software needed. As i had recently lost some photos and documents off my memory stick i decided to go for a data recovery software. I downoaded fileExtractor from www.sourceforge.net which is a open source software app that is designed to recover documents that were lost off memory sticks and other hardware devices.
When I first attempted to download the fileextractor the website froze and had to be restarted. After it was restarted there still seemed to be some technical issues with either the website or my internet, so it took forever to try and download the software
When i first downloaded this I had a few dramas getting it to work properly... when I opened the software there was a four step process to recover the lost data, but the software kept freezing on the second step of the process. I had to uninstall the software and redownload it again.
Once I redownloaded the program it worked better. The program took a few minutes to search and analyse my memory stick, but it did come back with positive results.
The software managed to not only find lost and corrupt photo's, but it also found some documents that were also once on the memory stick. Overall I found the program very useful, apart from the technical programs at the begining the program was very simple and self-explanatory to use. I will keep this software for the future incase I need to recovery anything else or I'll pass it on to other people in need of a software of this type. My experience with this specfici software was very pleasing.
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