Puran File Recovery for Windows Review – Is Free Recovery Enough?

Puran File Recovery has a very small installer, and the installation process is simple. After downloading the program from the official Puran Software website, you only need to launch the setup file, accept the license agreement, choose the installation location, and complete the installation.

A portable version is also available. This can be a better choice for data recovery because it allows you to run Puran File Recovery without installing it on the drive from which you need to recover files.

When you launch Puran File Recovery, the main window displays the storage devices and partitions detected by Windows. Select the volume you want to recover data from before configuring the scan.

Puran File Recovery gives you several options that affect how thoroughly the selected drive will be searched. Deep Scan performs a more extensive search, while Full Scan searches for files based on their contents and can be used when the normal scan doesn’t find what you need.

The program also lets you select which file formats should be included in a Full Scan. This is a useful addition if you are looking for a particular type of data and don’t want the scan to search for every supported format.

Once the source and scanning options are configured, click Scan to begin.

Puran File Recovery provides only basic information while a scan is running. You can see its progress and the number of files being found, but the program doesn’t display how long the scan has already been running or estimate how much time remains.

Another limitation is that scan results aren’t available until the process is finished. Unlike recovery applications that populate their results in real time, Puran File Recovery doesn’t let you browse found files, preview them, or begin recovering data while the scan is still running.

As a result, you need to wait for the entire scan to complete before you can determine whether the files you need have been found.

Once scanning is complete, Puran File Recovery displays the discovered files in its main window. You can browse the results and use the available search and filtering options to narrow them down instead of manually going through every item.

The program also provides file previews for supported formats. This makes it possible to inspect a file before recovery and can be particularly helpful when filenames or folder information are missing.

Result management is functional, but relatively basic compared with modern commercial recovery software. The interface relies heavily on lists and traditional Windows controls rather than providing a more visual way to browse large numbers of recovered photos and other media.

After locating the files you want to restore, select them and click Recover. Puran File Recovery then asks you to choose a destination for the recovered data.

You should save recovered files to a different storage device rather than the same drive being scanned. Writing new data to the source drive can overwrite other deleted files that haven’t yet been recovered.

Once the recovery process is complete, you can open the destination folder in File Explorer and check the recovered files. Puran File Recovery doesn’t include many additional post-recovery tools, so further organization and verification of the recovered data needs to be done manually in Windows.