PhotoRec has powerful file recovery capabilities and support for a wide range of platforms. Download PhotoRec User Experience. In reality, this open-source data recovery software can recover more than file extensions about file families from hard drives, memory cards, CD-ROMs, USB flash drives, and other storage devices.
PhotoRec is known for scaring inexperienced users away with its text-only user interface, but we found the data recovery process to be reasonably self-explanatory. In terms of performance, PhotoRec can measure up to many paid data recovery software applications. It uses a non-destructive data recovery method, which prevents it from writing to the same storage device the user is about to recover from.
In certain cases, PhotoRec can successfully recover even fragmented files scattered all over the place. One of the best data recovery programs in its price range, Wondershare works flawlessly with a wide range of storage devices, including camcorders, hard drives, memory sticks, and USB flash drives. Download Wondershare Recoverit User Experience. The company behind this data recovery software has been around for many years, and it has successfully earned the trust of millions of home users and many large companies.
Just like all other software applications from Wondershare, Recoverit is really easy to use, and we had to go through just three simple steps to recover our files. During the last step, we were able to preview recovered files before retrieving them with a single click.
The only problem is that the free version of Wondershare Recoverit can recover only up to MB of data. System requirements: Windows 10, 8. Recuva is a small freeware program you can use to recover pictures, music, documents, videos, or any other types of files on your hard drive, memory cards, floppy disks, iPod or MP3 player, or USB sticks. Download Recuva User Experience. We like Recuva for its low cost, its clear interface, and its ease of use, but it only recovered two-thirds of the deleted files on my test drive, and that kind of performance may not be good enough in a crisis.
While nothing is ever guaranteed, of course, you can go a long way toward protecting yourself with backup software. Simplicity is what Data Rescue 6 is all about, but its steep price makes it prohibitively expensive for most home users, the demographic that would ironically most appreciate its clean and simple user interface. Download Data Rescue 6 User Experience.
Data Rescue 6 is a somewhat confusing data recovery software application because its clean and simple user interface the main screen features just three large buttons with colorful icons and detailed descriptions suggests that its target are regular home users, but its steep price tag and website tell a completely different story. If you can afford to pay such a large amount of money for Data Rescue 6, you can look forward to fast scan and recovery speeds, improved RAID recovery, and additional disk tools for byte-to-byte disk copies and secure file deletion.
System requirements: Windows 7 or later or macOS This comprehensive data recovery software solution is geared toward more experienced users who are able to appreciate its extensive options and powerful features.
Download R-Studio User Experience. Whereas most data recovery products on the market target regular home users, R-Studio is intended primarily for professionals who already understand the ins and outs of data recovery. It provides support for all commonly used file systems and partition layout schemes and handles even damaged or deleted partitions.
Instead of guiding users through the recovery process step by step, R-Studio gives them the freedom to start multiple data recovery jobs at the same time in separate tabs. Recovered files can be sorted by their extensions, creation time, modification time, access time, and other parameters. You can preview many supported file types or view files using the built-in hex editor to assess their integrity or perform partial recovery.
When buying R-Studio, make sure you get the right version. DiskGenius is an all-in-one data recovery and partition management solution aimed at professional and home users alike. You can use it to solve many unpleasant disk problems and try it for free before spending money on one of the two paid versions.
Download DiskGenius User Experience. Partition and data loss issues often go hand-in-hand, which is why the people behind DiskGenius decided to create an all-in-one data recovery and partition management solution that lets you recover lost data from deletion, formatting, RAW drive, partition loss, OS crash, and many other data loss situations.
While the user interface of DiskGenius is nothing to write home about, the actual data recovery process is simple and boils down to just three steps. First, you select a partition or drive, then you scan for lost data, and, finally, you preview all listed files and select those that you want to get back.
Stellar Data Recovery is a professional-grade data recovery software for Windows and Mac that can deal with completely crashed and unbootable systems that many lesser applications of its kind would deem unrecoverable. Except for the missing recovery features, the two versions are identical and equally easy to use.
You can retrieve file types from videos to archives and documents. The first thing you notice when you open Data Rescue is that this tool features modern and attractive graphics. ProSoft Engineering also made sure to create an intuitive interface so that the newbies will find their way around easily.
You can choose to scan the desired drive. After selecting that, it will be easy to scan for lost files. You can choose between a quick and deep scan. Go with the latter option for reformatted partitions and files deleted from the recycle bin. Browsing the results and selecting the files to retrieve is easy. Hard drive cloning can also be useful if you have problems with your HDD. The demo version comes with some limitations, and the full version is required to unlock all features.
If speed is your primary concern, you will find this the best free data recovery software for Windows out there. You will need at least Windows 7 to run the tool, so forget about using the app on older systems. The program is powerful and capable of recovering data from multiple storage media. That includes external media, but also inaccessible and damaged hard drives. MiniTool Power Data Recovery is fast at scanning the system.
You can preview up to 70 different file types. That covers the needs of most users and includes videos, photos, audios, e-mails, etc. Apart from removing the limit on files you can restore, the premium version offers access to the last scan results and creating bootable media. Remo Recover Windows is a versatile tool capable of recovering files from all hard drive types. The file system support is comprehensive, too, which secures the necessary versatility.
The premium version is available in four different editions, depending on your needs. The Pro edition is for advanced users, and it supports data recovery from re-partitioned drives, lost partitions, etc.
If you have problems with bad sectors, you can create disk images to get around that. Remo Recover Windows seems to be a popular tool since the developers mention it has more than 10 million downloads up to this point. You can focus on recovering files, drives, or target photo recovery. Although the interface is not that difficult to navigate, things could be more intuitive.
Puran File Recovery is a part of the utility tool that carries the same name. It is a free data recovery software for Windows that is surprisingly versatile. The interface is uncomplicated, and even beginners will feel right at home. You can choose the drive to scan and pick between Quick, Deep, and Full scans.
The program can detect various format files based on patterns of data, and you can scan both physical and RAW drives. You can preview files in the small window on the right. Apart from the classic version, Puran File Recovery also comes with a portable edition. Overall, it is a simple but powerful tool that can do a decent job of retrieving data. Furthermore, the last one was in , which is over four years ago.
And although the app supports Windows 10, we would feel more confident in the program if it had a more recent update. Glary Undelete comes from a company that created Glary Utilities, which is an all-around optimization tool for Windows.
As for this software, it focuses on data recovery and does plenty of things right. For starters, the interface is intuitive. It only takes a few seconds to figure out how everything works and initiate the scan. Glary Undelete supports both HDDs and removable media. All that is important because it will secure comprehensive results after the scan.
The scanning results will be available in two sections. You can browse folders and file types in the section on the left. After you access a particular type, you will see a list in the central part of the screen. You can also filter by size, name, date, and recovery state.
The recovering algorithms are powerful, and Glary Undelete is suitable for various file loss scenarios. We hope that the next version will be coming soon. Wise Data Recovery is a convenient utility that comes in free and pro editions and supports most Windows systems, including the latest Windows The installation file weighs only 5MB, which makes this a lightweight app.
This is largely to test reliability and hardware compatibility, but we time two: an approximately GB system image two partitions , and a roughly 50GB image created from a set of smaller files and folders.
We also test the USB boot drives created by the programs. Acronis True Image R-Drive Image. Backupper 6 Standard.
ToDo Backup Home Cobian Backup Iperius Backup. CloudBerry Backup Desktop. EaseUS isn't overstating the 'Wizard' part of this software's title — it really is 'wizard' in the sense of being good at something.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is straightforward to use, taking you step-by-step through the recovery process. Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro quickly enough after disaster has occurred and it'll be able to resurrect just about everything, from inadvertently-deleted partitions to virus-ruined files.
The full package is still one of the more affordable solutions we've seen for resurrecting crashed RAID setups — certain packages hide this functionality away in their premium versions. While there are definitely more advanced recovery packages out there, and certainly some cheaper ones, this is the one we'd keep on our shelf for those not-so-special occasions.
There are various pricing options, from monthly to yearly, or alternatively a Lifetime upgrades license. Upgrading to a paid license is a little expensive, but the vast number of features you get for that investment means that in reality it represents great value for money. And, when you add to this the app's great performance, EaseUS's responsive customer support, and a tidy user interface, you have a clear winner.
Disk Drill's website boasts that any lost data file type can be recovered, from almost any data loss scenario you can think of. Disk Drill's complete collection of features for every imaginable platform and scenario are impressive enough. It's ability to effortlessly mount and read a previously unmountable USB flash drive and to recover the data from it within a comparatively small timeframe proves that Disk Drill is a recovery tool that you should be considering. Pricing for the PRO version isn't ideal for home users, sadly, but this aside, Disk Drill is an excellent recovery option for Windows.
Read our full Disk Drill data recovery review. Once the darling of free backup solutions for the home user, CrashPlan has since shifted its focus to the enterprise arena with its CrashPlan for Small Business offering. And CrashPlan is certainly a favourite around here — in fact our official company machines here at TechRadar all run Crashplan , and it's saved our bacon on more than one occasion. It's not quite the same as the traditional file recovery apps that we've covered in this article — it's a backup service first and foremost — but it's so comprehensive that it almost counts.
Crashplan, you see, stores absolutely everything. It chugs away in the background and makes full, detailed backups of your entire machine starting with the newest files first. It then sifts everything into virtual buckets so you can get quick access to the files that matter most. Critically, though, Crashplan even stores files you've deleted.
You can switch this feature off, but we wouldn't: your backups are fully encrypted, so even those deleted files will be safe from prying eyes, and you never know when you might need to retrieve that long-discarded or virus-removed file. Read our full CrashPlan review. Ontrack EasyRecovery comes in a number of different options, all intended to help provide the complete recovery of data under a range of different data loss conditions.
A free version allows you to recover up to 1GB, so isn't going to be particularly helpful except as for a tester for most people. The Home edition allows for the recovery of files and folders that have been accidentally deleted, though it can also recover them after a virus infection.
The Technician and Toolkit editions are even more powerful, allowing for lost or reformatted RAID volumes, but also come with commercial licensing for commercial use, working across Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.
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