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Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB nway memory stick, 32 GB FAT32 partition.
Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of $FAT, $FAT0, and $FAT1 were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged partition. After Show Files All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the Directory Intact section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found a mounted FAT32 partition of the correct size. After Disk Scan All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 5.5 | Immediately found an FAT32 partition. After Quick Scan Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 0.0 | A Partition () partition was immediately found after program start. After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 0.0 | After Disk Scan All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Summary: All but two programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. R-Undelete could do that without a long scan. DiskInternals Uneraser and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Goldentec Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors ($BOOT) were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in $FAT and $FAT0 were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged partition. After Show Files on that partition All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | An exFat partition of the correct size was immediately found. During Disk Scan Almost immediately, all files and folders were found, with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered without a long scan. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the Directory Intact section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | An exFAT partition of the correct size was immediately found. After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the Current files section and successfully recovered. Also, a second partition with the identical content was found. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 5.5 | An ExFAT partition of the correct size was immediately found. After Quick Scan Nothing was found. After All recovery methods All files and folders with correct names were found in their original place and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 0.0 | A Partition () partition was immediately found after program start. After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 0.0 | After Open Partition The command wasn’t performed. After Reopen Partition The command wasn’t performed. After Recover More Files Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
Summary: All but two programs could recover all files and folders with correct names, R-Undelete and Speed Data Recovery did that without disk scan. DiskInternals Uneraser and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The NTFS partition was immediately found after program start. After Show Files Nothing was found. After Deep Scan All files and folders were found in their original places and with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Disk Scan All files and folders were found in the Lost Files/ Directory Intact with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered after partition scan. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan An NTFS partition was found. It contained all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places on the found NTFS partition. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 4.5 | After All recovery methods Only some raw files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts, 12 mp3, 2 xls files (16 files) | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 0.0 | A RAW-Partition (no file system) partition was immediately found after program start. After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 0.0 | After Open Partition Nothing was found. After Reopen Partition Nothing was found. After Recover More Files Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
Summary: All but three programs could successfully recover all files and folder structure after disk scan. Disk Drill recovered only raw files with 16 files not recovered. DiskInternals Uneraser and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery didn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Western Digital WD800AAJS, 32 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged exFAT partition. After Show Files on that partition All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered without disk scan. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found on their original palaces in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Upon program startup, the mounted exFAT partition was immediately found. After Disk Scan All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 5.5 | Upon program startup, the EXFAT partition was immediately found. After Quick Scan Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods All files and folders were found with correct names on the EXFAT partition and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 0.0 | After Open Partition Nothing was found. After Reopen Partition Nothing was found. After Recover More Files Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 0.0 | A partition was immediately found after program start. After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found. | |
Summary: All but two programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. R-Undelete could do that without a long scan. DiskInternals Uneraser and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT ($FAT, $FAT0) were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged partition. After Show Files on that partition: All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Data Recovery and Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered, without deep scan. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Upon program startup, the mounted exFAT partition was immediately found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | Upon program startup, the EXFAT partition was immediately found. After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All recovery methods of this partition: All files and folders were found with correct names on the EXFAT partition and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found on their original palaces in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found on their original palaces in the Lost Partition. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 1.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only few raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 39 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6odt files. | |
Summary: All but one program could correctly recover all files and folder structure. R-Undelete and iBoysoft Data Recovery could do that without a long scan. Aiseesoft Data Recovery could recover only raw files. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Data Recovery and Disk Scan: An Unknown Type file system was found. It didn’t contain any folders or files. After Deep Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places on a found NTFS partition. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places on the found NTFS partition. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | A partition of Unknown format was found upon disk mounting. After Disk Scan: An NTFS partition was found. It contained all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in the Lost Partition section. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in the Lost Partition section. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 2.5 | After All recovery methods: Only some raw files were found in the Reconstructed labeled sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 2 xls, 2 mts, 12 mp3 files. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 2.0 | After Disk Scan: Only some raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mts, 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 1.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only few raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 3 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: Most programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder structure. Disk Drill for Windows, Aiseesoft Data Recovery, and iBeesoft Data Recovery were able to recover only raw files without their names and original folder structure. AiseesoftDataRecovery showed the worst results. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors ($BOOT) were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in $FAT and $FAT0 were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged partition. After Show Files on that partition: All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found and successfully recovered. Deep scan wasn’t required. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | An exFat partition of the correct size was immediately found. During Disk Scan of the found partition: Almost immediately, all files and folders were found, with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered without a long scan. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | An exFAT partition of the correct size was immediately found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Current files section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | An ExFAT partition of the correct size was immediately found. After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Current files section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Other Lost Files section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 1.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After a long Deep Scan: Only few raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 40 png, 22 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, mpeg, 4 mts, 2 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: All but one program could recover all files and folders with correct names, R-Undelete, Speed Data Recovery, and iBoysoft Data Recovery did that without disk scan. Aiseesoft Data Recovery recovered only raw files and only half of the original files. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Kingston DataTravel flash memory, 32 GB FAT32 partition.
Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of $FAT, $FAT0, and $FAT1 were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The program immediately found the damaged partition. After Show Files on that partition: All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | Immediately found an FAT32 partition. After All Recovery Methods for the found partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Data Recovery: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan for the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found a mounted FAT32 partition of the correct size. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 1.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only few raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 40 png, 22 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, mpeg, 4 mts, 2 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: All but one program could recover all files and folders with correct names. R-Undelete did that without disk scan. Aiseesoft Data Recovery could recover only half of the original files, only as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory stick, 32 GB FAT32 partition.Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structureFiles: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 6.0 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: Only 4 files from the root folder were found. They were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan of the entire disk: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | Immediately found a Lost Partition-3 partition of the correct size. After Advanced Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Lost Files/Lost Partition(FAT) section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan of the partition: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Recover Drives/Partitions – Drive/Partition Recovery: 2 FAT32 partitions were found, one with the correct size, the other of 4 GB. The partition of the correct size contained all files and folders with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program didn’t find any device and cannot perform the test. | |
Summary: All but one program could recover all files and folders with correct names, and R-Undelete did that without disk scan. Wise Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor: 1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found on their original palaces in the Lost Files/ Lost Partition(ExFAT). All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After short Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the exFAT partition was immediately found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the exFAT partition was immediately found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | Upon program startup, the EXFAT partition was immediately found. After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All recovery methods of this partition: Nothing was found. After All recovery methods of the entire disk: All files and folders were found with correct names on the EXFAT partition and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 4.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the More files and More files 2 section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure was not. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 4.0 | After Recover Drives/Partitions – Drive/Partition Recovery: 2 exFAT partitions were found with the correct size. Only raw files were found. Most of them were recovered successfully. After Smart Scan: Some remnants of the original folder structure were found, but these files appeared damaged after recovery. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 22 avi, mkv, 4 mp4, 1 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Summary: Most of the programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. R-Undelete and iBoysoft Data Recovery couldn't recover the data without a long scan. Wise Data Recovery and SFWare Data Recovery could recover only raw files, with SFWare Data Recovery showing the worst results. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the Unrecognized Space was immediately found. After Deep Scan of the Unrecognized Space: All folders and files with correct names were found. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in the Lost Files/ Lost Partition(NTFS) section. Files had two instances. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After short Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the NTFS partition was immediately found. After short Disk Scan: All folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All folders and files with correct names were found in their original places. All of them were successfully recovered Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: Only raw files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts, 12 mp3 files. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 4.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the More files, and More files 2 sections. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure was not. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Recover Drives/Partitions – Drive/Partition Recovery: 3 NTFS partitions were found, 2 with the correct size and one with incorrect size. Only raw files were found. Most of them were recovered successfully. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 22 avi, mkv, 4 mp4, 1 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Summary: Most of the programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. iBoysoft Data Recovery could recover the data without a long scan. Disk Drill for Windows, Wise Data Recovery, and SFWare Data Recovery could recover only raw files, with SFWare Data Recovery showing the worst results. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Lost Files/ Lost Partition(ExFAT) section and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found a partition without any file system. After short Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 2.5 | After All recovery methods for the partition: Nothing was found. After All recovery methods for the memory card: All files and folders with correct names were found on the EXFAT partition. Only some of them were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found as raw files in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, only few files were successfully recovered, most as raw files, and the original folder structure was recovered. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Recover Drives/Partitions – Drive/Partition Recovery: 4 exFAT partitions were found of the correct size. Only raw files were found. Some of them were recovered successfully. Overall, only some files were recovered, and as raw files, and the original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 4 mp4, 4 mts, 10 pdf, 6 docx, 4 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program didn’t find any device and cannot perform the test. | |
Most programs could recover all files and folders with correct names, R-Undelete and iBoysoft Data Recovery did that without disk scan. Disk Drill for Windows recovered all files, but only as raw files. SFWare Data Recovery could recover only some few raw files. Wise Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the Unrecognized Space was immediately found. After Deep Scan of the Unrecognized Space: All folders and files with correct names were found. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the Unrecognized partition was immediately found. After Disk Scan of the Unrecognized partition: The damaged NTFS partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Deep Scan: The damaged partition #1 NTFS was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Upon program startup, the partition with Unknown format was immediately found. After Disk Scan: A damaged NTFS partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found with correct file names in the NTFS Folders section. All of them were successfully recovered. The scan took extremely long time. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.3 | After Advanced Scan and Smart Scan on the partition: Nothing was found. (No files were found, please try again.) After Advanced scan on the entire hard drive: Only raw files were found. They were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: Most of the programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. Premium Recovery Software and Disk Drill for Windows could recover only raw files, Recuva could not perform the test because it constantly threw error messages. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor: 1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: An EXFAT partition was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: An EXFAT partition was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | After Advanced Scan and Smart Scan of the partition: Nothing was found. (No files were found, please try again.) After Advanced scan on the entire hard drive: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. After Smart Scan of the entire hard drive: No new results were found. Files that could not be recovered: mkv, 2 mov, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 flv, 1 m4v, 1 mpeg, 10 mp3, 2 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. The mkv files was recovered partially. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Ontrack EasyRecovery and Premium Recovery Software could recover only some raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Recuva could not perform the test because it constantly threw error messages. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory stick, 32 GB FAT32 partition.Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structureFiles: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Fast Search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names. They were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names in the Lost Partition Files and successfully recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.0 | After Deep Scan of the partition: Only 4 files with correct names from the device root folder and 4 mp3 files as raw files in the Reconstructed section were found. They were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan of the entire memory card: All files and folders were found with correct names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 4.0 | After Advanced scan on the partition: Nothing was found. (No files were found, please try again). After Advanced Scan on the entire memory card: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found in the . section, they were recovered successfully. After Smart Scan of the entire hard drive: No new results was found. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 0.0 | The program showed the size of the partition as 0 KB. After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Nothing was found. After Recover Lost Partition: Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found and recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Raise Data Recovery, and Disk Drill required disk scan to recover data. Premium Recovery Software could recover only some raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Ontrack EasyRecovery and Recuva could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: All files and folders with correct file names were found on the Lost Partition Files section. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | After Advanced scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “No files were found, please try again” After Advanced scan on the physical storage device: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. After Smart Scan of the entire hard drive: No new results were found. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 0.0 | The program showed the size of the partition as 0 KB. After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Nothing was found. After Recover Lost Partition: Nothing was found. Overall, nothing was found and recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Raise Data Recovery, and Disk Drill required disk scan. Premium Recovery Software could only recover some raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Ontrack EasyRecovery and Recuva could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan Lost Partition1(EXFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After All-Around Recovery: An Unformatted partition was found containing all files and folders with correct names. Everything was successfully recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Advanced Scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “No files were found, please try again” After Advanced Scan on the physical storage device: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found, all but 2 mp3 files were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | Immediately found an Unformatted partition of the correct size. After its Quick Scan, only some raw files were found and some of them were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. After Deep Scan: The results were the same. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. Oher programs required disk scan. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery and Seagate Recovery Suite could only recover some raw files, that is, without their names or original folder structure. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Deep Scan: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Scan for Partitions: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: The damaged partition was found. The Before format/ NTFS0002 folder contained all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.0 | After Advanced scan on the partition: Nothing was found. After Advanced scan on the entire hard drive: Only raw files were found. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 2.0 | After All-Around Recovery of the partition: Nothing was found. After All-Around Recovery of the entire hard drive: A FAT32 partition was found. It contained some docx and xlsx files with correct names in the Lost Location section. All were successfully recovered. Some more docx files were also found as raw files after deep scan. Overall only 14 files were recovered. | |
Summary: Most of the programs could correctly recover all files and folder structure. Seagate File Recovery Suite and Wondershare Data Recovery could recover only raw files, Wondershare Data Recovery showing the worst result. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 GB exFAT partition.Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor: 1. The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | mmediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(exFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After All-Around Recovery: An Unformatted partition was found containing all files and folders with correct names. Everything was successfully recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Advanced scan on the partition: Nothing was found. After Advanced scan on the entire hard drive: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick scan: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, some of them were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 2 avi, 1 mkv, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. After Deep Scan: The same results were obtained. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery and Seagate Recovery Suite could only recover some raw files, that is, without their names or original folder structure. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory stick, 32 GB FAT32 partition.Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structureFiles: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. The partition was damaged in a hex editor:1. The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.2. The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Fast Search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(FAT32) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.0 | After Advanced scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “No files were found, please try again”. After Advanced & Detailed scan on the entire physical storage device: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found, all but 2 mp3 files were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 3.5 | All-Around Recovery of the partition: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan of the device: Only some raw files were found and some of them were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 zip, 4 mts, 62 mp3, 1 doc, 1 docx, flv, mpeg, 2 pdf, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | Immediately found an Unformatted. FAT32 partition of the correct size. After its scan (Quick and Deep), only some raw files were found and some of them were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery, Seagate Recovery Suite, and Wondershare Data Recovery could recover only some raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 20 GB Samsung SP0812C, 20 GB NTFS partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Scan for Partitions: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with almost all folders and files with correct names. There were duplicate folders and files. All files and folders were correctly recovered, the duplicates were renamed. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.0 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. Recover deleted files could not be performed either. After recover files detected by their signatures: Most files were found with incorrect file names. All of them were successfully recovered. 22 files could not be recovered: 13 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Disk Scan: Only Deleted files – Extra Found Files were found with incorrect file names. 37 files could not be recovered: 1 flv, 1 m4v, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 7 docx, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 0.5 | After Advanced & Detailed scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “(No files were found, please try again)” After Advanced & Detailed scan on the hard drive: Only raw files were found. Some of them could be viewed in the program viewer. However nothing was recovered when the program had finished the process and given the message about successful recovery. The output folder was empty. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could correctly recover all files and folder structure. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard also recovered all files, but the output folder structure wasn’t quite correct. Active@ UNDELETE and Raise Data Recovery recovered only raw files, that is, without their original names and folder structure. Recuva and Seagate File Recovery Suite could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(exFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. After Disk Scan: An exFAT partition was found. All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Advanced & Detailed scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “(No files were found, please try again)” After Advanced & Detailed scan on the hard drive: Only raw files with incorrect names (several mp3 files) were found, they were recovered successfully. 27 files were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Seagate Recovery Suite could recover only some raw files, that is, 1without their names and original folder structure. Recuva could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition.
Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After File Search: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | Recover files from a damaged partition, Recover deleted files, and Recover files from a formatted partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. After Disk Scan: An exFAT partition was found with all files and folders with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan Lost Partition1(EXFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Advanced & Detailed scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “(No files were found, please try again)” After Advanced & Detailed scan on the physical storage device: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. 27 files were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Seagate Recovery Suite could only recover several raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Recuva could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory stick, 32 GB FAT32 partition.
Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Show Files: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After Fast Search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(FAT32) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. After Disk Scan: A FAT32 partition was found, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Advanced & Detailed scan on the partition: Nothing was found. The program threw the message “(No files were found, please try again)” After Advanced & Detailed scan on the physical storage device: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. 26 files were not recovered: 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 0.0 | After Deep Scan: Could not find and recover anything. The program threw an error message: “Failed to scan the following device: Unable to determine file system type.” | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Seagate Recovery Suite could recover only some raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Recuva could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 32 GB exFAT partition. Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it had not delivered appropriate results, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After fast search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After file search: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 5.5 | After search for lost partitions: An exFAT partition was found. Then it was scanned and all folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. Recover deleted files: An exFAT partition was found. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: Lost Partition1(exFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 5.0 | After explore volume: Nothing was found. After deleted files recovery: Volume (0 (0.0B), TExFATVolumeItem) partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered, except 1 mkv file which appeared truncated. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | After quick scan: Nothing was found with the error message: This partition is damaged After extensive scan and file trace: Nothing was found After quick scan with use existing partition info: An empty NTFS partition was found. Nothing could be recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scan. Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition. Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The exFAT boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it had not delivered appropriate results, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After fast search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After file search: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 5.5 | After search for lost partitions: An exFAT partition was found. Then it was scanned and all folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: Lost Partition1(exFAT) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | Recover files from a damaged partition, Recover deleted files, or Recover files from a formatted partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details, although it found this partition as exFAT. After disk scan: An exFAT partition was found with all files and folders with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 5.0 | After explore volume: Nothing was found. After deleted files recovery: Volume (0 (0.0B), TExFATVolumeItem) partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered, except 1 mkv file which appeared truncated. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | After quick scan: Nothing was found with the error message: This partition is damaged After extensive scan and file trace: Nothing was found After quick scan with use existing partition info: Nothing could be recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scans. Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 20 GB NTFS partition. Data on the disk: 293 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over a certain file/folder structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The NTFS boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in MFT and mirror MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it had not delivered appropriate results, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After disk scan: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After detailed scan for lost files: The damaged partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with almost all folders and files with correct names. There were 2 duplicate folders. All files and folders were correctly recovered, the duplicate folders were renamed. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After disk scan: Only Deleted files – Extra Found Files were found with incorrect file names. 37 files could not be recovered: 1 flv, 1 m4v, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 7 docx, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 5.5 | After quick scan: Nothing was found with the error message: This partition is damaged After extensive scan and file trace: Nothing was found After quick scan with use existing partition info: An NTFS partition was found with all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.0 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. Recover deleted files could not be performed either. After recover files detected by their signatures: Most files were found with incorrect file names. All of them were successfully recovered. 22 files could not be recovered: 13 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 0.0 | After explore volume: Nothing was found. After deleted files recovery: An empty exFAT partition was found. Many raw files were found with incorrect names. Some files were recovered, but the program constantly crashed while recovering raw files, and the test was quit. After formatted media recovery: An exFAT partition, raw files, and Unknown (0 (0.00B), TNTFSVolumeItem) partition were found. Unknown (0 (0.00B), TNTFSVolumeItem) contained all folders and files with correct names, but they could not be successfully recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 0.0 | After search for lost partitions: Nothing was found. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate could correctly recover all files and folder structure. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard and Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could recover all files, but the folder structure was not fully correct. Ontrack EasyRecovery could find files but recovered them incorrectly. In addition it regularly crashed while recovering raw files. Auslogics File Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit 32 GB Transcend Memory Card, 32 GB FAT32 partition. Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approximately 9 GB total size scattered across a certain file/folder structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
The partition was damaged in a hex editor:
- The FAT32 boot sectors were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
- The first 10 sectors in both copies of MFT were damaged by overwriting it with zeros.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it had not delivered appropriate results, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After fast search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. No scan was required. After fast search for lost files on the partition: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found a FAT32 partition of the correct size. After its scan, all files and folders were found in the $Folder00000005 folder with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: Lost Partition1(FAT32) was found with all files and folders with correct file names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | Recover files from a damaged partition could not be performed with the error message: Inconsistent volume integrity. See volume properties for details. Recover deleted files: A FAT32 partition was found. After its scan, all files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. The scan froze and had to be manually interrupted, but files and folders still were found. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 5.0 | After search for lost partitions: Two FAT32 partitions were found with states OK and Corrupt. The FAT32 – OK partition was scanned (Scan and Deep Scan) nothing was found The FAT32 – Corrupt partition was scanned and all folders and files were found with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | After quick scan: Could not found anything. The program said that this partition is damaged. After extensive scan and file trace: Nothing could be found. After disk scan (quick scan, extensive scan, and file trace): Nothing was found. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. The other programs required disk scanS. Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File search on the partition: Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep disk scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered | |
Seagate File Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.5 | Immediately found the partition as unformatted. After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered. Successfully recovered: all doc, docx, xls, xlsx files, avi file, 4 pdf files, 100 jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): flv, 2 pdf files, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 4.5 | After automatic Deep scan: Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system. File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered. Successfully recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 doc and 6 xls files, 6 mp3 files with correct file names, 5 pdf files, 100 jpg files, avi, mov, 10 mp4. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): m4v with an incorrect file extension mp4, mpeg (with an incorrect file size, but playable), parts of mts. Not recovered (files damaged): flv, all xlsx and docs, one pdf, didn’t find any ods and odt files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.5 | After selecting Damaged Partition Recovery: Could not open the partition. After Full scan: Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system. File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered. Successfully recovered: all doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pdf, ods, and odt files, 100 jpg files, avi file, 2 mts files, 6 mp4 files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 3 mp4 files with an incorrect file extension m4a, flv (with incorrect file size, but playable), mp3 files (split in pieces). Not recovered (files damaged): m4v, mpeg file, 2 mov files (damaged), 1 mp4 file from the root folder, and the pseudo-random file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 1.5 | After deep scan: The Lost Partition1 (exFAT) partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All file and folder names only. Not recovered (files damaged): No files were successfully recovered. Even raw file search didn’t help. | |
Undelete360 | 0.0 | After Searching the partition: Nothing was found. | |
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit STORAGE MEDIA: 64 GB Transcend Memory Card, 64 GB exFAT partition. Data on the disk: Folders: Files (total: approx. 8 GB) root: 2 mp4 files, and a large pseudo-random file (3 GB) doc/docx: 6 doc and 6 docx files Video: 2 mts and 2 mov files mp3/video: 6 mp3 files, 12 video files (flv, m4v, 8 mp4, mpeg, avi) ods_odt: 1 ods and 1 odt files pdf: 6 pdf files pictures: 100 jpg files xls_xlsx: 6 xls and 6 xlsx files The partition was damaged in a Hex Editor:
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Seagate File Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard could recover only file names, the recovered files appeared damaged. Undelete 360 couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (exFAT)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Seagate File Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File search on the partition: Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep disk scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: The Lost Partition1 (exFAT) partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.5 | After selecting Damaged Partition Recovery: Could not open the partition. After Full scan: Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system. File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered. Successfully recovered: all doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pdf, ods, and odt files, 100 jpg files, avi file, 2 mts files, 6 mp4 files. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 4 mp4 files with an incorrect file extension m4v, flv (with an incorrect file size, but playable), mp3 files (split into pices). Not recovered (files damaged): m4v files, mpeg file, 2 mov files (damaged), and the pseudo-random file. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.5 | Immediately found the partition as unformatted. After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered, Successfully recovered: all doc, docx, xls, xlsx files, avi file, 4 pdf files, 100 jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): flv, 2 pdf files, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 4.5 | **After automatic Deep scan: ** Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system. File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered, except for mp3 files. Successfully recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 doc and 6 xls files, 6 mp3 files (with file names), 5 pdf files, 100 jpg files, avi, 2 mov, 10 mp4. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): m4v with an incorrect file extension mp4, parts of mts files, mpeg file (with an incorrect size, but playable). Not recovered (files damaged): flv, all xlsx and docs, one pdf, didn’t find any ods and odt files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
Undelete360 | 0.0 | After Searching the partition: Nothing was found. | |
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit STORAGE MEDIA: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 32 GB exFAT partition. Data on the disk: Folders: Files (total: approx. 8 GB) root: 2 mp4 files, and a large pseudo-random file (3 GB) doc/docx: 6 doc and 6 docx files Video: 2 mts and 2 mov files mp3/video: 6 mp3 files, 12 video files (flv, m4v, 8 mp4, mpeg, avi) ods_odt: 1 ods and 1 odt files pdf: 6 pdf files pictures: 100 jpg files xls_xlsx: 6 xls and 6 xlsx files The partition was damaged in a Hex Editor:
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Seagate File Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. Data Rescue PC3, MiniTool Power Data Recovery, and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could recover files only from raw files after disk scan. Undelete 360 couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (FAT32)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File search on the partition: Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep disk scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered | |
Seagate File Recovery | 6.0 | Immediately found an exFAT partition of the correct size. After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.5 | After selecting Damaged Partition Recovery: Could not open the partition: After Full scan: The previous FAT32 partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the Lost Files with correct names. The files from the root folder were found in the $Dir2 folder. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: The Lost Partition1 (FAT32) partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.5 | Immediately found the partition as unformatted. After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered. Successfully recovered as raw files (without file names): all doc, docx, xls, xlsx files, avi file, 4 pdf files, 100 jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): flv, 2 pdf files, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 4.5 | After automatic Deep scan: Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system. File and folder structure: No file and folder names were recovered, except for mp3 files. Successfully recovered as raw files (without file names): all doc and xls files, all mp3 files with file names, 5 pdf files, avi, mov, all mp4 files, 100 jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mpeg (with incorrect file size, but playable), m4v with an incorrect file extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, 1 ods, 1 odt files, all xlsx, and docx files, flv, 2 mts files and the pseudo-random file. | |
Undelete360 | 0.0 | After Searching the partition: Nothing was found. | |
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit STORAGE MEDIA: 8 GB Kingston Memory Card, 8 GB FAT32 partition. Data on the disk: Folders: Files (total: approx. 7 GB) root: 2 mp4 files, and a large pseudo-random file (3 GB) doc/docx: 6 doc and 6 docx files Video: 2 mts and 1 mov files mp3/video: 6 mp3 files, 12 video files (flv, m4v, 8 mp4, mpeg, avi) ods_odt: 1 ods and 1 odt files pdf: 6 pdf files pictures: 100 jpg files xls_xlsx: 6 xls and 6 xlsx files The partition was damaged in a Hex Editor:
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Seagate File Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names without disk scan. Data Rescue PC3 and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could recover files only from raw files after disk scan. Undelete 360 couldn’t recover anything. |
Damaged partition (NTFS)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Seagate File Recovery | 5.5 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 5.5 | Immediately found the partition as unformatted. After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File search on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep disk scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the previous NTFS partition with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.5 | After selecting Damaged Partition Recovery: Could not open the partition. After Full scan: 2 NTFS partitions were found. One of the correct size, the other was 8 GB. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found on the first partition with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After deep scan: The Lost Partition1 (NTFS) partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names. A duplicate mp4 file was found in the root partition. Its size and name coincided with those of one mp4 file in the root folder, but its content coincided with one mp4 file from the mp3/video folder. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 4.5 | After Deep scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all xls files and doc files, avi, 2 mov files, 10 mp4 files, 5 pdf files, all jpg and mp3 files (with their file names). There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): m4v with an incorrect file extension mp4, mpeg (5 times larger, but playable). Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, ods, odt, all xlsx and docx files, flv, 2 mts files, the pseudo-random file. | |
Undelete360 | 0.0 | After Searching the partition: Nothing was found. | |
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit STORAGE MEDIA: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 10 GB NTFS partition. Data on the disk: Folders: Files (total: approx. 8 GB) root: 2 mp4 files, and a large pseudo-random file (3 GB) doc/docx: 6 doc and 6 docx files Video: 2 mts and 2 mov files mp3/video: 6 mp3 files, 12 video files (flv, m4v, 8 mp4, mpeg, avi) ods_odt: 1 ods and 1 odt files pdf: 6 pdf files pictures: 100 jpg files xls_xlsx: 6 xls and 6 xlsx files The partition was damaged in a Hex Editor:
Summary: All programs (except Undelete 360 and Data Rescue PC3) could recover all files and folders with correct names. R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, Seagate File Recovery, and MiniTool Power Data Recovery has the best performance. Data Rescue PC3 could recover files only from raw files, and Undelete 360 couldn’t recover anything. |
A damaged NTFS file system
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | The programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the original folder. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the original folder. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files and the original folder. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the original folder. | |
Recover My Files | 4.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, doc, xls, zip, pdf, avi, exe Files split in several parts: mp3, txt | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 4.0 | The program could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
Handy Recovery | 3.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the original folder. | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. The program crashed during the attempt to scan the disk. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. The previously tested version could find the partition and recover all files and the original folder. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 2 GB File system damage: The signature FILE was deleted using a hex editor. Windows couldn’t recognize that file system. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. Summary: All programs, except Orion File Recovery, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home, and Recover My Files, could successfully recover all files and the original folder with the file and folder names. Recover My Files could recover some files using raw file search. We could not find and recover any files using Orion File Recovery and Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home. |
A damaged FAT32 file system
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | The file system was immediately recognized without disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | The file system was immediately recognized without disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The file system was immediately recognized without disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | The file system was recognized only after a disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.0 | The file system was immediately recognized, but the program crashed after an attempt to open it. After a disk scan, all files were found and successfully recovered. We could not recover the name of the original folder. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 4.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi | |
Recover My Files | 4.0 | The file system was immediately recognized after disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
Handy Recovery | 3.0 | We could not find anything even after a disk scan, except only several pieces of the mp3 file among raw files. | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. The program crashed during the attempt to scan the disk. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files even after a disk scan. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 512 MB partition on a USB memory stick File system damage: Bytes per sector and Sectors per cluster were deleted using a hex editor. Windows couldn’t recognize the file system. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe Summary: Most programs could successfully recover files with their original file and folder names. Restorer Ultimate, R-Undelete, and Active@File Recovery could do that even without disk scan. We could not recover any files using Handy Recovery, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home, and Orion File Recovery. |
A damaged NTFS file system
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.0 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 4.0 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
Handy Recovery | 4.0 | All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 2 GB. File system damage: The signature FILE was deleted using a hex editor. Windows couldn’t recognize the file system. Files stored on the disk doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. |
A damaged FAT32 file system
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The file system was immediately recognized without disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | The file system was immediately recognized without disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | The file system was recognized only after a disk scan. All files were found and successfully recovered with the original folder. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.0 | The file system was immediately recognized, but the program crashed after an attempt to open it. After a disk scan, all files were found and successfully recovered. Couldn’t recover the name of the original folder. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 4.0 | Didn’t find anything even after a disk scan. | |
Handy Recovery | 4.0 | Didn’t find anything even after a disk scan, except several pieces of the mp3 file among the raw files. | |
Test description: Disk: a USB memory stick Partition size: 512 MB. File system damage: Bytes per sector and Sectors per cluster were deleted using a hex editor. Windows couldn’t recognize the file system. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. Brief conclusions: Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete showed the best results. They could recover all files with their original file and folder names. |