Retrieving RM Files

RealPlayer is one of the most common and popular media player for music lovers, well known for its convenience whose default file format is .rm (Real Media). RM file format is developed by Real Networks to play audios, videos and live audio / video streaming. These Real Media files have awesome audio and video quality; but what if your system hard drive containing .rm files gets formatted accidentally?? You will feel annoying, Isn’t it?? Yes, loss or deletion of RM files will be the common problem often occurred with many users and make them frustrating.

Let us discuss some of the reasons behind loss or deletion of RM files:

  • Mistakenly deleting the .RM files and emptying the Recycle Bin
  • Unintentional shift deletion of RM files while deleting some unwanted files
  • Interruption while transferring RM files from computer to other storage devices
  • Virus infection to system drive containing your Real Media files
  • File system corruption, operating system crash or hard drive failure can also contribute in loss of RM files

In case, you encounter with loss or deletion of RM files on Windows system and don’t have backup of those lost Real Media files, then don’t worry. You can still restore RM files from Windows system, because when you delete a RM file only its index entries get deleted from file system and OS marks its storage space as free. However, its data remains on original location until it gets overwritten by any new file. One can perform RM file recovery successfully using any media file recovery software such as Yodot Photo Recovery on Windows system.

RM file recovery software:

Yodot Photo Recovery is the finest media file recovery software, which helps you in restoring deleted or missing RM music / video files from Windows system. Other then RM audio / video files, the program supports recovery of wide variety of audio / video files (MP3, MP4, AVI, MOV, M4V, WAV, WMA, MIDI, etc), photos (JPG, JPEG, GIF, TIF, PSD, IMG, PGN, etc) and RAW images on Windows system. The apps recovers RM files and media files not only from system HDD, but also from other storage devices like pen drives, portable hard drives, memory cards, music players, etc. This tool easily runs on various Windows operating systems including Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and 2003.

Simple procedure to restore deleted or lost RM files:

  • Download and install Yodot Photo Recovery software on Windows system
  • Open the application and stick to the main screen guidelines
  • From main screen, use “Deleted Photo Recovery” option to obtain back deleted RM files or “Lost Photo Recovery” option to rescue lost RM files
  • The tool scans and shows all partitions or drives present in the system
  • Choose the partition from which you have to recover RM files and click on “Next” button
  • The tool scans the selected drive or partition and displays all the deleted / lost Real Media files from it
  • At last, browse for the desired location to save your retrieved RM files on system. However not to the same location from where you have recovered them
  • You can even save rescued RM files on external storage device such as pen drives, external hard drives as well as CD’s & DVD’s

Valuable Instructions:

  • Backup your favorite RM video / audio files on external storage devices
  • Do not store any new data on Windows partition or drive after loss or deletion of RM files
  • Have conscious about maintaining quality anti-virus software on system

Other Popular Software

Yodot Photo Recovery (Windows)

Recover and restore deleted photos lost from your digital camera memory card or the images from your Windows PC. The software can recover all popular image types including popular audio and video files.

Yodot Mac File Recovery

The only undelete application for Mac that can recover deleted files from HFS+, HFSX partitions on Mac. The software also has the ability to recover lost files using RAW signature method.