File recovery performance
Deleted files
Recovery test results for files deleted without recycle bin on different file systems including exFAT, NTFS and FAT32.
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Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted were permanently deleted by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, and the large mkv file, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. The found files were successfully recovered. Those 1 mkv, 1 avi, 2 jpg files were found with incorrect names in Extra found files (raw files) and successfully recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, and the large mkv file, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. The found files were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan: Those 1 mkv, 1 avi, 2 jpg files were found with incorrect names in the Reconstructed и Reconstructed labeled sections (raw files) and successfully recovered. | |
Recuva | 5.0 | After Simple Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All found files were successfully recovered, except the large mkv file. It had zero size. Also, the mkv file was not recovered. After Deep Scan: Those 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root were found in the ? section with incorrect names and successfully recovered. The mkv file could not be recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 5.0 | After Simple scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, and the large mkv file, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All found files were successfully recovered. After Advanced scan: Those 2 jpg files from the disk root were found in raw files with incorrect names and successfully recovered. The avi file was also found, but with an incorrect file name and extension (wav). It was successfully recovered. The mkv file could not be recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After Quick Scan: All files, from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. The found files, except the large mkv, 2 jpg, and one avi files, had 2 instances. All, but one avi file, were successfully recovered. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 5.0 | After Deleted File Recovery: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. The large mkv file had zero size. All were successfully recovered except those files. After Raw Files Scan: The mkv, avi, and 2 jpg files from the disk root were found with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered, except the mkv one, which was truncated. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered all files with correct file and folder names. Raise Data Recovery and Disk Drill recovered all files, too, but several files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their correct file names. The rest of the programs could not recover 1 file at all. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory card, 32 GB FAT32 partition.Data on the disk: 292 files (approx. 9 GB total size) scattered over 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: All files were found in their initial place. The files and folders have correct names, except that some files and folders had the ? character at the beginning of their names. Those files were successfully recovered, with the following exceptions: 1 xls, 4 png, 1 avi files appeared damaged. After Deep Scan: The same files were found. The exceptions were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: All files were found in their initial place. The files and folders have correct names, except that some files and folders had the ? character at the beginning of their names. Those files were successfully recovered, with the following exceptions: 1 xls, 4 png, 1 avi files appeared damaged. After Disk Scan: The same files were found. All files, including the exceptions, were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files were found in their initial place in the Deleted files section. The files and folders have correct names, except that some files and folders had the # character at the beginning of their names. All files were successfully recovered. The following files had two instances, one was recovered successfully, the other not: 2 ods, 6 odt, 1 mp3, 1 mpeg, and 1 mts. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ~ character instead of their first letters. There were two same instances of some pdf, jpg, mov, and avi files. All files were successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 4.5 | After Simple scan: All files and folders were found in the original places with correct names, except that many files and folders had the _ character instead of their first letters. All files, except, 1 mov, and 2 jpg, 1 avi, 1 pdf from the device root folder were successfully recovered. After Advanced Scan: The same results were obtained. The following files could not be recovered: 1 mov, and 2 jpg, 1 avi, 1 pdf . | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 4.0 | After Disk Scan: All files were found in their initial place. The files and folders have correct names, except that some files and folders had the X character at the beginning of their names. Almost all files were successfully recovered. The following files were not recovered: 2 ods, 6 odt, 72 mp3, flv, mpeg. After Deep Scan: The unrecovered files were not found. The following files were not recovered: 2 ods, 6 odt, 72 mp3, flv, mpeg. | |
Recuva | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Files from the device root folder were found, 2 jpg files having the _ character instead of their first letters. Those files appeared damaged after recovery. After Deep Scan: Some raw files were found in the ? section. Many appeared damaged after recovery. The following files could not be recovered: 1 pdf, 1 mp4, 15 mp3, all png, all mpeg, all mov, and all mts. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 2.5 | After Deep Scan: The program found several folders like Orphan/Lost6/ Lost179701, Orphan/ Lost179701, etc. Some files had correct names, some incorrect, but all of them appeared broken. Only some raw files with incorrect names could be found in the Reconstructed labeled/ Pictures/ jpg and Reconstructed labeled/ Pictures/ png. They were successfully recovered. Overall, only some picture files could be successfully recovered: 87 jpg and 40 png. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard and Raise Data Recovery successfully recovered all files with correct filenames. Disk Drill for Windows could not recover a lot of files, the worst result in this test. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Deep Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 5.5 | After Recover Deleted Files: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Raw Files Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All, but one, files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, 1 avi from the disk root folder was not found and therefore could not be recovered. | |
Recuva | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. It could not be successfully recovered. After Deep Scan: The same results were obtained. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Deep Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | After Simple Scan: It was disabled. After Advanced scan: Only raw files were found: 87 jpg, 42 png, 6 doc, 6 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt, 10 pdf, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 1 flv, 2 mov, 6 mp4 (initially one was m4v), 75 mp3 (2 were damaged), 21 wav (they were avi), zip. They were successfully recovered. After Smart Scan: The same results were obtained. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Summary: All programs, except Premium Recovery Software, could recover all but one of the files. Premium Recovery Software could recover only some raw files. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Deep Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. It could not be successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Deleted Files Recovery: All files and folders were successfully recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After All-Around Recovery: The avi file could not be successfully recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Advanced Scan: Only raw files were found: 87 jpg, 42 png, 6 doc, 6 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt, 10 pdf, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 1 flv, 2 mov, 6 mp4 (one was an m4v file), 75 mp3, 21 wav (they appeared the avi files), 1 zip file. All of them (except 2 mp3) were successfully recovered. The following files could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Only some raw files (Files by content) were found with incorrect file names: 21 avi, 87 jpg, 10 pdf, 41 png, 2 xlsx, 1 zip. Some of them were damaged. After Deep Scan: Almost the same results were obtained. The following files could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 2 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Summary: All programs, except Seagate File Recovery Suite and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery, could recover all files (except 1 avi). Seagate Recovery Suite and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could recover only some raw files. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery recovered the least number of files. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory card, 32 GB FAT32 partition.Data on the disk: 292 files (approx. 9 GB total size) scattered over 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Files from the disk root folder were found in their correct place. 2 jpg files had the ‘?’ character at the beginning. The avi file was recovered correctly, but the jpg and pdf file appeared damaged. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in the correct places. Their names were generally correct, although many files and folders had ‘?’ as their first character. It was changed to ‘$’ during recovery. All files were recovered successfully. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Files from the disk root folder were found in their correct place. 2 jpg files had the '?' character at the beginning. The avi file was recovered successfully, but the jpg and pdf file appeared damaged. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found in the correct places. Their names were generally correct, although many files and folders had ‘?’ as their first character. It was changed to ‘$’ during recovery. All files were recovered successfully. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders (except 2 mov) were found in their correct places. Their names were generally correct, although many files and folders had ‘#’ as their first character. All of them were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in the correct places, including those unrecovered 2 mov files. Their names were generally correct, although many files and folders had ‘#’ as their first character. All files were recovered successfully. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ‘~’ character instead of their first letters. There were two same copies of pdf and jpg files, 10 png, 11avi, 1 mov. All were successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.5 | External Devices Recover All files and folders were found in their correct places. Their names were generally correct, although many files and folders had ‘_’ as their first character. All files were recovered successfully. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.5 | After Simple scan: All files and folders were found in the original places with correct names, except that some files and folders had the ‘_’ character instead of their first letters. All files, except those from the device root folder and 2 mov files, were successfully recovered. After Detailed Scan: The same results were obtained. All files from the device root older and 2 mov file could not be recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: All folders from the disk root folder were found, but they appeared empty. Files from the device root folder were also found, 2 jpg files hving the ‘_’ character instead of their first letters. Those files appeared damaged after recovery. After Deep Scan: In addition to the results of Quick Scan, some raw files (Files by content) were found. Several appeared damaged. The following files 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: Raise Data Recovery, R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard and Wondershare Data Recovery successfully recovered all files with correct file names. Seagate File Recovery Suite could not recover 6 files. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could not recover a lot of files, the worst result in this test. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 zipThe contents of the disk root folder were deleted were permanently deleted by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files, except 1 avi file from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan: The avi file was found with an incorrect name in the More Lost Files (Raw) section and successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Also, the mkv file was not recovered. All found files were successfully recovered. Those 1 mkv, 1 avi, 2 jpg files were found with incorrect names in Extra found files (raw files) and successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Deleted Files Recovery: All files were found in their original locations with incorrect file and folder names. All were successfully recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.5 | After Quick Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Also, the mkv file was not recovered. All found files were successfully recovered. After Deep Scan: Those 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root were found in the Files by content (raw files) folder with incorrect names and successfully recovered. The mkv file could not be recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.5 | After Simple Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, and the mkv file, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All found files were successfully recovered. After Detailed Scan: The 2 jpg files from the disk root were found in raw files with incorrect names and successfully recovered. The avi file was also found, but under an incorrect file name and extension (wav). It was successfully recovered. The mkv file could not be recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered all files with correct file and folder names. Wondershare Data Recovery could recover all files but with incorrect file and folder names. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and Raise Data Recovery recovered all files, but not all recovered files kept their original names. Seagate Recovery Suite and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could not recover 1 file. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GB Transcend memory card, 32 GB FAT32 partition.
Data on the disk: 292 files (approx. 9 GB total size) scattered over 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 contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ? character instead of their first letters. Almost all files were correctly recovered. Exceptions are: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi. After Deep Scan: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi were found and correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ? character instead of their first letters. Almost all files were correctly recovered. Exceptions are: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi. After Disk Scan: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi were found and correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: Almost all files, except 2 mov files, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the # character instead of their first letters. All found files were correctly recovered. After Deep Scan: Those 2 mov files were found in the correct folder with correct file names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Scan: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ~ character instead of their first letters. There were two same copies of pdf and jpg files. All were correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 4.5 | After Simple & Quick scan: All files and folders were found in the original places with correct names, except that several files and folders had the _ character instead of their first letters. All files, except those from the device root folder and one mov file, were correctly recovered. After Advanced & Detailed Scan: The same results were obtained. All files from the device root older and one mov file could not be recovered. | |
Recuva | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Only files from the device root folder were found, but they appeared damaged. 2 jpg files had the _ character instead of their first letters. After Deep Scan: 4 files from the device root were found, but they appeared damaged. The ? folder (raw files) contained the rest of files with incorrect names. 1 pdf, 1 doc, 1 docx, 1 odt, 1 zip, all png, all mpeg and mts files were not recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 0.0 | After Disk Scan: Some folders and files with partially incorrect names were found, but none of them could be successfully recovered. After Use advanced scan: The program froze while performing raw search. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard successfully recovered all files with correct file names. Raise Data Recovery could recover all files with correct names, except one file which content was recovered correctly but its name wasn’t. Seagate File Recovery Suite could not recover 5 files. Recuva was able to recover only several files and only with incorrect file names. Active@ UNDELETE could not recover anything and abruptly dropped disk scan. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 contents of the disk root folder were deleted were permanently deleted by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. After Deep Scan: Those 2 jpg files from the disk root were found with incorrect names in the Special Lost Files (Label) section and correctly recovered. Also, the avi file was found with an incorrect name in the Special Lost Files (Raw) section and successfully recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | After Recover Deleted Files: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. The mkv file has an incorrect name. All were correctly recovered except those files. After Raw Files Scan: The mkv, avi, and 2 jpg files from the disk root were found with incorrect names and correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. 1 mkv file had zero size. All were correctly recovered. Those 1 mkv, 1 avi, 2 jpg from the disk root were found with incorrect names in raw files. All were correctly recovered. | |
Recuva | 4.0 | After Disk Scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. 1 mkv file had zero size. All were correctly recovered, except those files. After Deep Scan: Those 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root were found in the ? folder with incorrect names and correctly recovered. The mkv file could not be recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.5 | After Simple and Quick scan: All files, except 2 jpg and 1 avi files from the disk root folder, and 1 mkv and 2xlsx files from elsewhere, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered, except those files. After Advanced and Detailed scan: Those 2 jpg files from the disk root were found with incorrect names and correctly recovered. The 2 xlsx, 1 mkv, and 1 avi files could not be recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered all files with correct file and folder names. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Active@ UNDELETE 12, and Raise Data Recovery recovered all files, but not all recovered files got their original names. Recuva could not recover 1 file, and Seagate Recovery Suite could not recover 4. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 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 contents of the disk root folder were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Deep Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Disk Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | After Recover Deleted Files: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Raw Files Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Analysis and Scan: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. It could not be correctly recovered. | |
Recuva | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: All files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names, except 1 avi from the disk root folder. After Deep Scan: The avi file could not be correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Advanced and Detailed Scan: Only raw files were found. 6 docx, 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 2 xlsx, 1 avi files were not found. 21 avi files had the wav extensions. The all other files were successfully recovered. | |
Summary: All programs, except Seagate Recovery Suite, could recover all files. Seagate Recovery Suite could recover only some raw files. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit, 32 GB Transcend memory card, 32 GB exFAT partition. Data on the disk: 292 files (approx. 17 GB total size) scattered over 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 contents of the disk root were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
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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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After quick scan: Almost all files, except 2 mov files, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the # character instead of their first letters. Almost all were correctly recovered. Exceptions are: 1 xls, 4 png, 3 mts, and 1 avi. After deep scan: Those 2 mov files were found in the correct folder with almost correct file names (the # character instead of their first letters). They were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After disk scan: All files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names, except 1 avi file. Some files and folders had the ~ character instead of their first letters. All were correctly recovered. The avi file was found in raw files (with a wrong name) and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.0 | After file search: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ? character instead of their first letters. Almost all were correctly recovered. Exceptions are: 1 xls, 4 png, 3 mts, and 1 avi. After disk scan: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi were found and correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | After fast search for lost files: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Some files and folders had the ? character instead of their first letters. Almost all were correctly recovered. Exceptions are: 1 xls, 4 png, 3 mts, and 1 avi. After detailed scan for lost files: 1 xls, 4 png, and 1 avi were found and correctly recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 4.0 | After disk scan: Some files were found in LOST_153155 folders, but all of those files appeared damaged. 183 files with incorrect names were found in the disk root. Some of them could be successfully recovered (without their correct names): 2 pdf, 1 zip, 87 jpg, 40 png, 5 avi, 12 docx, six doc, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, and 2 ods. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 4.0 | After explore volume: 4 files from the disk root were found, but they appeared damaged. After deleted file recovery: The folder Block 32768/Orphaned Folders/ was found. It contained several Cluster … sub-folders which contained all files with correct names (some names contained the underscore “_” character instead of the first character or space, though). All files were successfully recovered, except 10 png, 11 avi, 1 mov, and files from the disk root. 11 avi files from sub-folders and 1 avi file from the disk root were found in raw files with incorrect names and successfully recovered. The rest of the unrecovered files were not found. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 2.0 | After quick scan: Only 4 empty deleted folders with correct names were found. After extensive scan: Only some empty folders like Dir657239 and Lost Dir were found. After file trace: Only 2 xls and 2 png files were successfully recovered. The rest of the recovered files were damaged. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 0.0 | After disk scan: Some folders and files with partially incorrect names were found, but none of them could be successfully recovered. After raw search: The program froze while performing raw search. | |
Summary: Raise Data Recovery and EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard successfully recovered all files. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered almost all files except three mts ones. Active@ UNDELETE could not recover anything and froze during raw search. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system)
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 contents of the disk root were deleted were permanently deleted by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
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 | 5.5 | After fast search for lost files: All files, except 1 pdf from the disk root were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered except 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files. After disk scan: The pdf file was found with the correct name in the Lost Files and correctly recovered. The 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files could not be recovered using a disk scan either. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After fast search for lost files: All files, except 1 pdf from the disk root were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered except 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files. After detailed scan for lost files: The pdf file was found with the correct name in the Extra Found Files and correctly recovered. The rest of the missing files could not be recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | After recover deleted files: All files, except those from the disk root and the mkv file, were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered except 1 mkv, 2 xlsx, and 4 mp3 files. After raw files scan: The pdf, mkv, 1 avi and 2 jpg files from the disk root were found with incorrect names and correctly recovered. The rest of the unrecovered files from above could not be recovered even after raw files scan. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After disk scan: All files, except those from the disk root were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered except 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files. After deep scan: 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the disk root were found with incorrect names in the Special Lost Files and correctly recovered. Also, 1 avi file was found with an incorrect name in raw files and successfully recovered. The deep scan also failed to recover the 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files that couldn’t be recovered by the disk scan. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 4.5 | After quick scan, extensive scan, and file trace: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. Files from the disk root and 1 mkv could not be found. Also 4 mp3 and 2 xls files were recovered incorrectly. After extensive scan and file trace, none of the unrecovered files could be recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 4.5 | After disk analysis and scan: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. However, the mkv file was not found and files from the disk root were not found. Also, 4 mp3 and 2 xlsx files were recovered incorrectly. The mkv, 2 jpg, 1 pdf from the disk root were found in Extra Found Files with incorrect names and correctly recovered. After deep scan: The results were the same with the deep scan as they were after disk analysis and scan. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 4.5 | After explore volume: No files were found. After deleted file recovery: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. Almost all were correctly recovered. Exceptions: files from the disk root and 1 mkv file were not found. 2 xlsx and 4 mp3 files were recovered incorrectly. 1 avi, 2 jpg, 1 pdf from the disk root were found with incorrect names and successfully recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 4.0 | After scan: Almost all files were found in their original locations with correct file and folder names. All were correctly recovered. The following files were note found: files from the disk root, 1 mkv, and 1 mp3. Also, 3 mp3 and 2 xlsx files were recovered incorrectly. After deep scan: Deep scan did not improve the results of the scan; none of the missing or unrecovered files above were recovered. | |
Summary: None of the programs could recover all files. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered the largest number of files. |
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system)
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 contents of the disk root were deleted permanently by bypassing the Recycle Bin.
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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Active@ UNDELETE | 5.5 | After recover deleted files: Almost all files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root was recovered incorrectly. After raw files scan: The remaining avi file could not be recovered after raw files scan. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After fast search for lost files: Almost all files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root was recovered incorrectly. After detailed scan for lost files: The 1 avi file could not be recovered even after detailed scan for lost files. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After quick scan: Almost all files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root was recovered incorrectly. After deep scan: The 1 avi file could not be recovered even after deep scan. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After file search: Almost all files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root was recovered incorrectly. After disk scan: The 1 avi file could not be recovered even after disk scan. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 4.5 | After explore volume: Almost all files and folders were correctly recovered with correct original names. Only 1 mkv and 1 avi file were recovered incorrectly. After deleted file recovery: The mkv and avi files could not be recovered after deleted file recovery. The program crashed while recovering raw files. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 4.5 | After disk analysis and scan: 4 deleted folders with all subfolders and files were found in the $LostFiles/$Group100… section and correctly recovered. Also 2 jpg files and 1 pdf file from the device root were found and recovered. Only 1 avi file from the disk root could not be recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 4.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: 3 folders with automatically generated names (e.g. LOST_10841) were found with correct sub-folders and files. All were correctly recovered. Also, 1 extra docx file without its proper name was found. Files from 1 folder and disk root were not found and recovered. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | After quick scan, extensive scan, and file trace: Nothing was found. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery, and Active@ UNDELETE showed the best results in the test. They recovered all files except one avi file from the disk root. Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could not find anything. |