(Recuva File Recovery: Lesson 1)

{ How to Download and Install Recuva }

• What is Recuva?
  • Is free software that allows you to recover deleted files even when they have been deleted from the recycle bin.
  • After personally testing over 20+ file recovery tools, only Autopsy and Recuva have been able to retrieve deleted files from not only physical machines, but also VMware platforms.

   

• Overview 
  • In this lab, we will show you how to do the following:
    1. Download Recuva File Recovery software.
    2. Install Recuva.

1. Booting up WindowsVulerable01
   • Instructions:
     1. Start up VMware Player
     2. Select WindowsVulerable01
     3. Play Virtual Machine
   • Note:
     • WindowsVulerable01 is a Windows XP machine running SP2.
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2. WindowsVulerable01 Authentication
   • Instructions:
     1. Login as administrator
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1. Open a Internet Explorer
   • Instructions:
     1. Start --> Internet Explorer
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2. Click on the Download link
   • Instructions:
     1. On Your WindowsVulnerable01 Internet Explorer, Go To http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download
     2. Click on the Pinform.com link.
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3. Information Bar Message
   • Instructions:
     1. Click OK.
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4. To help protect message
   • Instructions:
     1. Click on the "To Help Protect Message"
     2. Click on Download File.
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5. File Download - Security Warning
   • Instructions:
     1. Click on the Save Button
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6. Save As
   • Instructions:
     1. Navigate to C:\tools\Recuva
        • You will need to create this directory, since it will most likely not exist.
     2. Click the Save Button.
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7. Download complete
   • Instructions:
     1. Click on Run
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8. Internet Explorer - Security Warning
   • Instructions:
     1. Click on Run
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9. Installer Language
   • Instructions:
     1. Select English
     2. Click on OK.
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10. Recuva Setup
    • Instructions:
      1. Click Next.
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11. Recuva Setup
    • Instructions:
      1. Click I Agree.
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12. Recuva Setup
    • Instructions:
      1. Click Install.
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13. Recuva Setup
    • Instructions:
      1. Do not check (1) run Recuva or (2) View Release Notes.
      2. Click Finish.
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1. Open a Command Prompt
   • Instructions:
     1. Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Command Prompt
     2. dir "C:\Program Files\Recuva\Recuva.exe"
     3. date
     4. Press <Enter> Twice
     5. echo "Your Name"
        • Replace the string "Your Name" with your actual name.
        • E.g., echo "John Gray"
   • Proof of Lab Instructions:
     1. Do a PrtScn
     2. Paste into a word document.
     3. Upload to Moodle.
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