However, this doesn't mean it will always recognise the files that you are looking for because if they've been corrupted, the structure or format may also have been changed. The program works courtesy of a ‘Raw File Recovery’ feature that can recognizes & recovers more than 300 file types including documents, spreadsheets, web content & images. It's also pretty useful if you want to partition your drive to install alternative operating systems. The program has been designed with ease of use in mind - the software has a very simple GUI that includes a find file option, file mask and file filter so that you can target specific file types. Most Windows users are now on NTFS which is considerably quicker and doesn't fragment as much although older systems, such as those using Windows 2000. However, this particular version is only for those with FAT formatted drives - if you're not sure what type of drive you have then right click on your hard drive and select 'properties' to see whether you're using a FAT formatted drive.