How to recover deleted files with Tenorshare 4DDiG

Have you accidentally deleted files from your PC, USB stick or SD card and are desperate because you don’t know how to recover them? I understand you, but the last word has not yet been said! If the portion of memory your data was hosted on has not yet been overwritten by other information, you may be able to get all your precious files back; the important thing is to rely on software that is up to the task. An example? Tenorshare 4DDiG .

Tenorshare 4DDiG is a program for recovering deleted files for Windows and macOS that makes ease of use and effectiveness some of its main strengths. It works in just three steps – selecting the drive from which to recover data, scanning and recovering files – and is capable of recognizing over 1,000 different file types, including Office documents, PDFs, photos, videos, music, compressed archives and much more. In addition to the computer disk, it also allows you to recover data from USB sticks, cameras, SD cards, external hard drives and SSDs and many other devices formatted with the most disparate file systems. It is even capable of recovering files after a system crash.

All of this is offered at affordable prices and with the ability to test the effectiveness of the software before purchasing it, with the option to preview recoverable files as well. If you want to know more and want to find out in detail how to recover deleted files with Tenorshare 4DDiG , continue reading: you will find everything explained below in this review of the program.

Index

• Tenorshare 4DDiG features and pricing
• How Tenorshare 4DDiG works on Windows
• How Tenorshare 4DDiG works on Mac

Tenorshare 4DDiG features and pricing

Before explaining in detail how Tenorshare 4DDiG works , it seems appropriate to illustrate the main features and prices of the program in question.

As mentioned above, Tenorshare 4DDiG is a data recovery software compatible with both Windows (from Windows 7 onwards) and macOS (from macOS 10.10 onwards) which offers the user a highly effective but simple solution. use to restore data from various types of drives.

It supports more than 1,000 types of files , including images
JPG / JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PSD and RAW; AVI, MOV, MP4, M4V, TS, VOB, MTS and DV videos ; MP3, AIF / AIFF, M4A, WMA, WAW, APE, MID / MIDI, VQF, OGG, AAC, WAV, FLAC and DTS audio files ; Office documents (DOC / DOCX, XLS / XLSX, PPT / PPTX); documents in RTF, EPUB and PDF; emails (MSG, PST, OST, EML , EMLX, MBOX etc.), compressed archives and image files such as those in 7Z, ZIP, ISO, IMG, TAR, GZ, TAZ format and much more.

It also supports all major file systems (NTFS, FAT, APFS, HFS +, HFS X etc.) and devices, such as internal and external hard drives and SSDs , flash drives , memory cards , digital cameras and many more.

Like all programs of this kind, it does not work “miracles”. As mentioned, if the portion of memory on which the data to be recovered was hosted is overwritten by other information, there is not much to do, but it ensures a very high success rate and avoids excessive overwriting of the data on the unit to be controlled. All this results in the ability to recover files as they were before their accidental deletion very often.

Tenorshare 4DDiG also supports a Deep Scan mode , which thoroughly scans the drives to enable more data to be recovered than the standard (faster) scan, and a file recovery mode that specializes in recovering data after system crashes. .

The program can be tested for free, with the ability to analyze any drive and preview recoverable files; to carry out the actual data recovery, however, it is necessary to register your copy of the software. The license has prices starting from 60.99 euros / year for 1 PC with free updates to subsequent major releases or 73.19 euros for the lifetime license for 1 PC (valid only for the current version).

For more information, please consult the official website of Tenorshare 4DDiG ; to know in more detail how to use the program, however, read on.

How Tenorshare 4DDiG works on Windows

To download Tenorshare 4DDiG on a Windows PC , connect to the official website of the program and click first on the button for Windows and then on that to start downloading the application.

At the end of the download, start the .exe file obtained and click on the Yes and Install buttons . Wait, therefore, for the progress bar to reach 100% and press the Start button to start the program. If you do not want to send anonymous usage statistics, in the first setup screen click on the Install Setting item and uncheck the Agreed to participate in the customer experience improvement plan! .

When you are ready to recover your files with Tenorshare 4DDiG, all you have to do is start the program, which will welcome you with a very intuitive interface, divided into sections: Devices and Drives with the list of disks and partitions to be scanned ; Common Location with shortcuts to search for files deleted from the desktop , from the Recycle Bin or from folders selected by you ( Select Folder option ); and the Advanced Repair section to recover data from crashed computers.

All you have to do is select the option that suits you best (in my example I chose to recover deleted files from the Windows Recycle Bin ), check the appropriate item, and press the Start button to start searching for data. recoverable.

Wait, therefore, for the list of data to be recovered to gradually populate (you can start browsing the files found by the software even before the scan is finished) and use the left sidebar to choose whether to consult the scan results in based on the folder tree ( Tree View option ) or on the type of file ( File View option ): the latter allows you to view the recoverable files based on the type and extension, eg. documents , photos or exe files .

At the end of the scan (which you can also stop or pause manually, using the appropriate buttons at the top), you can choose the file display mode (details, large icons or previews) by clicking on the icon of the window located at the top of right; you can search for a file by name using the adjacent search bar (knowing, however, that in some cases the deleted files that can be recovered are not associated with their original names) and you can filter the search results by clicking on the Filter button (the funnel icon) and setting your preferences in the file status drop-down menus, Type , size , creation date , and modification date .

For some files you can also view previews before actual recovery, by double clicking on their icons or by activating a display mode between large icons and preview .

When you have identified the files of your interest, to recover them by exporting them to a folder of your choice (option available only in the registered version of Tenorshare 4DDiG), check the relevant boxes and press the Recover button located at the bottom right; then choose the destination to save the data and that’s it!

How do you say? Did your scan not allow you to find the files you were interested in? Don’t throw in the towel yet! Click on the entry related to the Deep scan you see below and let Tenorshare 4DDiG perform a deeper scan (therefore even a little slower) of the disk, in order to find a greater number of recoverable data.

For the rest, the procedures for filtering the results and saving the found data are the same as I have just indicated for the standard scan (faster).

How Tenorshare 4DDiG works on Mac

If you use a Mac , you can download Tenorshare 4DDiG by connecting to the official website of the program and clicking first on the button for the Mac and then on that to start the application download .

Once the download is complete, open the .dmg file you obtained and drag the Tenorshare 4DDiG icon to the Applications folder on your Mac, in order to complete the installation of the program.

Now, before starting to recover your files, you must perform a very important preliminary operation: you must know, in fact, that starting from macOS 10.13 , Apple has introduced a security system called  System Integrity Protection (SIP) that prevents you from running some advanced operations on the operating system and, among other things, it prevents programs like Tenorshare 4DDiG from scanning the disk to recover deleted files .

Therefore, if you intend to recover data from your Mac’s internal drive, you must first disable SIP by booting your Mac in recovery mode . If you don’t know how to do it, proceed as follows: if you have a Mac with an Intel processor , restart the computer and hold down the cmd + r keys   on the keyboard until the Recovery menu appears; if, on the other hand, you are using a Mac with Apple Silicon chip , turn off the Mac completely , hold down the power button until the Recovery menu appears, click the gear icon and select the Continue option .

At this point, go to the Utility menu   located at the top, select the Terminal item  and give the command  csrutil disable; rebootin the Terminal. Later, to reactivate the SIP, you will have to repeat the procedure giving, however, the command  csrutil disable; enable.

You are now ready to use Tenorshare 4DDiG to recover your data! At the first start of the program, answer Open to the warning that appears (to confirm the start of the software); then type in the Mac administration password (to allow the software to run with the right permissions) and answer affirmatively to all the warnings that appear in relation to access to the disks.

The Tenorshare 4DDiG home screen is divided into various sections: Hard Drives with the list of Mac disks and partitions; External with external devices connected to the computer (eg USB sticks and external hard drives); Other Location with some common locations that may contain deleted files to be recovered, for example the macOS Recycle Bin ; and finally ‌Recover Data from Crashed System , in case you need to recover data from the Mac after a system crash.

Therefore, put the check mark next to the option you prefer and click on the Scan button to start the search for recoverable data.

From this point on, you can follow the instructions I have already given you for the Windows version of the program , as the interface is structured in the same way and the steps to be taken are therefore the same.

Again, you can pause, resume, and stop scanning at will, preview files, and filter the results however you like. The only small difference compared to the Windows version of the software is that at the top you will find quick links to view files by type (photos, audio, video and others) and that the viewing options ( large icons or details ) are in bottom right. By clicking on the arrow on the right side of the window, you can activate or deactivate the panel with the previews and details of the selected files.

To perform the actual data recovery, you will need to register your copy of Tenorshare 4DDiG (by going to the Tenorshare 4DDiG> Register menu , top left).

If after the first scan you cannot find the files of your interest, remember to try a Deep Scan by clicking on the appropriate item that appears below.