O&O FormatRecovery 4 guides users through an onscreen assistant to recover deleted or formatted partitions or hard drives, restoring file and directory information to their pre-deletion state.

Compared to O&O UnErase 4 and O&O DiskRecovery 4, O&O FormatRecovery 4 can restore files with missing directories and configuration information. The advanced search algorithms in O&O FormatRecovery 4 can first detect and then ignore the defective sectors. The special algorithm also supports the recovery of hidden or system files with their corresponding attributes, making possible the recovery of empty file systems to reconstruct a whole storage medium.
O&O FormatRecovery 4 can recover data from all Windows-supported data storage media. It includes internal and external hard disks (IDE, SATA, SCSI, etc.), digital cameras, MP3-Players, USB and Memory-Sticks, memory cards, CDs, DVDs, and diskettes.
Moreover, a data storage medium need only be recognized by Windows for data recovery to be possible. Therefore, there is no need to check compatibility in Windows to see if a certain medium is compatible. The software can wholly compensate for the absence of a system back-up, and the rescued data can then be saved on any windows supported storage medium, except the medium from which the data was just recovered.___Overall, O&O FormatRecovery 4 is an excellent data recovery software that can retrieve deleted or formatted partitions or hard disks with ease, thanks to its advanced search algorithms. Regardless of the type of storage media, this software can recover data without the need for a system back-up. The software's ability to restore files with missing directories and configuration information is impressive, making it stand out from its competitors in the market.
Version 4: Recovery of hidden or system data including file attributes
Version 4.0.727: N/A