Characteristics of data recovery in FAT 32 file system

Abstract

This article describes questions related to recovery of deleted files in FAT 32 file system. Most
of utilities for data recovery cannot fully manage this kind of tasks because of characteristics of
the file system. The second part of the article is dedicated to the analysis of the most common
errors of the utilities and advises an effective algorithm of recovery, which allows to restore files
manually if needed, and can lay the basis for a future program as well.
FAT 32 file system will remain actual for some time period, and therefore it’s necessary to
conduct researches aimed on exploration of the optimal ways of data recovery and create software products based on them. This technique, in the first place, can be of a great help in recovery of single deleted files.