Frequently Asked Questions: Auslogics Emergency Recovery

Question:

Some files were restored incorrectly. Why?

Answer:

Emergency Recovery works by trying to restore the original file contents. The moment the file is deleted, its data on disk is not physically deleted, but rather marked as free. Chances are that newly created files can partially overwrite that space occupied by the deleted file. In this case, it's not possible to restore the file completely. And, although the file might look like it was restored, the contents of the file can differ from that of the original.

Usually the best chance to restore the files is when the files are not on disk C: and when they are restored as soon as possible.