Cinder Recovery & Test Pro — Windows
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1. Unzip this folder anywhere (Desktop is fine).
2. Double-click "Cinder Recovery Pro.exe".

FIRST LAUNCH: WINDOWS WILL WARN YOU
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You will see a blue box: "Windows protected your PC".

  -> Click "More info"
  -> Click "Run anyway"

This is SmartScreen, and it appears because the app is not yet code-signed
with a paid Authenticode certificate. It is a reputation check, not a virus
detection. You only have to do this once.

RECOVERING ALREADY-DELETED FILES
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For deep, raw-sector recovery, right-click the app and choose
"Run as administrator". Reading a disk at sector level requires it.

Scanning a normal mounted drive works without administrator rights.

WHAT'S FREE
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Scanning any drive, previewing every recoverable file with its real
filename, and the Drive Integrity & Capacity Test are free forever and
need no account. A licence only unlocks saving recovered files to disk.

REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 10 (1803 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit.
Nothing else to install — Python is bundled inside the app.

HELP
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support@cinderdatarecovery.com
https://www.cinderdatarecovery.com/faq
