- 2016
Overall Product Rating: 3.5
The program showed a good file recovery performance for NTFS and FAT32 file system. However, it doesn’t support the exFAT file system, which seriously limits its recovery capabilities. Also, no built-in previewer and extremely severe demo mode restrictions (actually, no file recovery or preview is possible) made its overall rating so low.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 4.0Compare
Search parameters: individual file search, file mask search, file search for date, file sorting by mask and status.
Deep analysis of disks (disk scan): 3.5Compare
Some scan parameters (file systems to search for, type of disk objects, scan area, etc.) can be specified. Scan results may be stored in a file during the scan and loaded later.
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 4.0Compare
This feature exists with a pre-defined file signature set.
Disk imaging and copying: 6.0Compare
Image types: byte-by-byte. There’s a special clone module that allows the user to copy any file, partition, or disk to another file, partition, or disk.
User interface: 4.0Compare
Good wizard interface but only a few recovery parameters can be specified.
Localization support: 4.0Compare
Languages supported: English only.
Localized file name recognition: Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.
Demo mode restrictions: 1.5Compare
The following options don’t work in the Demo mode: raw data cloning, recovery from internal & external drives (HDDs, SSDs, media cards, USB drives, RAIDs), recovery of deleted, formatted, or inaccessible data.
File recovery performance
Emptied Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 3.0Compare
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: 6 doc and 6 docx files, 6 mp3 files (with original file names), 5 pdf files, 100 jpg files, mpeg, avi, 10 mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): flv, m4v, 1 pdf, didn’t find any ods or odt files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails).
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system): 3.0Compare
After Quick scan: A FAT32 partition was found, but No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: A FAT32 partition was found. File and folder structure: All folder and files were found. The folder names were assigned names such as Found.103514 instead of their original names. The file names were correct, except the first character for the names of the jpg files, which was #. Successfully recovered: 2 mp4 files from the root folder. Not recovered (files damaged): all files from the subfolders. The pseudo-random file appeared split into 2 pieces (2 and 1 GB). Recovered as raw files (without file names): all doc and xls files, 5 pdf files, all jpg files, all video files, except the flv and m4v files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails).
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 3.0Compare
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 names): 5 doc and 6 xls files, 6 mp3 files, 5 pdf files, mpeg, avi, 9 mp4, 100 jpg files. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, 1 doc file, 1 mp4 file from the root folder, flv, m4v, the pseudo-random file, any docx, xlsx, ods and odt files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails).
Emptied Recycle Bin (NTFS file system): 4.0Compare
After Quick scan of the partition: File and folder structure: All file names in the subfolders were correctly recovered. Subfolder names and file names in the root folder (2 mp4 files) were not recovered. Successfully recovered: 2 mp4 files, 6 doc and 5 docx files, 6 mp3 files, 6 video files, 6 pdf files, first 53 jpg files. Not recovered (files damaged): All xls and xlsx files (appeared damaged), 1 docx file, the last 47 jpg files.
After Deep scan: None of the unrecovered files were found, even among the raw files.
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to FAT32): 5.5Compare
After Quick scan: _File and folder structure:_No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the Found.5 folder with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Partially recovered: the pseudo-random file was split into 2 files (2 and 1 GB).
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT): 3.0Compare
After automatic Deep scan. Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system.
After Deep scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all xls files and doc files, 5 pdf files, avi, 2 mov files, 9 mp4 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, and parts of mts files. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, ods, odt, all xlsx and docx files, 1 mp4 (from the root folder), flv, the pseudo-random file.
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS): 4.5Compare
After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. Recovered as raw files (without file names): all xls files and doc files, 5 pdf files, avi, 2 mov files, all mp4 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 (damaged), ods, odt, all xlsx and docx files, flv, all mts files (damaged), the pseudo-random file.
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS): 3.5Compare
*After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all jpg files, 5 pdf files, all xls files, all 6 doc files, avi file, 2 mov files, all mp4 files, all mp3 files (with their file names). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mpeg file (5 times larger, but playable), 1 m4v file with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts files(damged), 1 pdf file (damaged), all docx, xlsx, ods, odt, flv and the pseudo-random files.
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT): 3.5Compare
After automatic deep scan. Only Found files (raw files) were found. This program does not appear to support the exFAT file system.
After Deep scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all xls files and doc files, avi, 2 mov files, 9 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,), parts of mts files. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, ods, odt, all xlsx and docx files, 1 mp4 (from the root folder), flv, the pseudo-random file.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 4.5Compare
**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.
Damaged partition (FAT32): 4.5Compare
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.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 4.5Compare
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.
Damaged partition (NTFS): 4.5Compare
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.
Deleted partition (NTFS): 5.0Compare
After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the found NTFS partition with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Partially recovered: the pseudo-random file was split into 2 files (2 and 1 GB).
Deleted partition (exFAT): 4.0Compare
After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
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, parts of mts. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 pdf, ods, odt, all xlsx and docx files, flv, the pseudo-random file.
Deleted partition (FAT32): 5.0Compare
After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the previous FAT32 partition with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Partially recovered: the pseudo-random file was split into 2 files (2 and 1 GB).
Deleted partition (exFAT): 5.0Compare
After Quick scan: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found.
After Deep scan: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in the previous FAT32 partition with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Partially recovered: the pseudo-random file was split into 2 files (2 and 1 GB).
