While filenames are not preserved, metadata within files is preserved. It’s not perfect, but this feature alone has made FileSalvage the first tool I use for this job. Text and word processing files typically get named with first few words in the file. This yields mixed results but is worth trying the resulting filenames are not the originals but rather get recreated from data within files that FileSalvage can read. One nice bonus with FileSalvage: after recovering files the program asks if you would like to attempt to rebuild filenames. Other than opening and renaming each file individually, what are the options?
This outcome can be anything from a minor inconvenience to a major headache, depending on how many files you have. FileSalvage will recover your files to the folder of your choice but the specific folders they were in and placement will not be the same. As soon as the file is deleted, the information will be removed and the space recycled and overwritten. SubRosaSoft: The file names will not be included as they are not actually stored in the file but rather in the system’s catalog/ b-trees. Some programs embed metadata (in the case of MP3’s, they are called ID3 tags, in the case of camera images, it’s called EXIF data) which may contain the name of the file, but that does not hold true for each and every file type. A lot depends upon the type of file and the program which created it. ProSoft: It’s most likely a problem resulting from the reformat which wiped out the old file catalog.
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