Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

v1.16.333
- Added ability to search for non-deleted files (for recovery from damaged or reformatted disks only).
- Added support for .rtf, .pdf, .mp3 and .tif files to deep scan.
- Fixed bug that would limit file size of .avi files to 1GB after deep scan.
- Various UI tweaks.
- Performance improvements.

http://www.recuva.com/

Will this work on a thumbdrive???

yes, just select the thumbdrive and press scan button

TQ

Thanks Unker.

Recuva 1.20.361
Recuva is a new file recovery tool that will unerase files that you have mistakenly deleted from your computer. It's fast, small and will run from a USB drive. It also supports most digital cameras card formats, so you can restore those images you accidentally deleted!

Turn off any applications you don't need, if you are trying to recover files from a media card, stop using that card immediately. Ideally install Recuva before you need it, as just browsing the internet and downloading the installer creates a huge number of temporary files and any one of them could over write the file you are trying to recover. When you need it, just Scan the drive the file was on.

Changes in Recuva v1.20.361:
- Improved detection of encypted files.
- Optimized Windows 2008 Server deep scan routines.
- Added 'Run wizard' button to Options dialog.
- Scanning engine improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.

Homepage - http://www.recuva.com