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Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the Dir00000006 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Deep Scan All files and folders were found in the $ROOT00001 section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files 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 were found in the Directory Intact/DIR0 section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | The disk had to be mounted. After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the $Folder00....6 folder, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 5.5 | After Quick Scan Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods All files and folders with correct names were found in the Orphan/Lost6 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the DIR0 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 5.5 | After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan All files and folders with correct names were found in the DIR0 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 4.0 | After Recover More Files (scan for file signatures) Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 3 mts, 12 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (35 files) | |
Summary: All but one program could recover the entire original folder structure and all files. DiseInternals Uneraser could find and recover only raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Western Digital WD800AAJS, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Windows computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Deep Scan All files and folders with correct names were found on the second partition. 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 files and folders with correct names were found in their original places in the Lost Files/ Directory Intact. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan An NTFS partition was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan All files and folders with correct names were found on the NTFS partition and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found After All Recovery Methods An NTFS partition was found. It contained all files and folders 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 An NTFS partition was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 3.0 | After Recover More Files (scan for file signatures) Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 flv, m4v, 2 mov, 3 mts, 29 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (51 files) | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 1.0 | After Disk Scan Nothing was found After Formatted Scan All files and folders with correct names were found on the exFAT partition, but they appeared broken after recovery. Overall, nothing was recovered. | |
Summary: All programs, except DiseInternals Uneraser, and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery, successfully recovered all files and the entire folder structure. DiseInternals Uneraser didn’t recover 51 files, and all recovered files were raw files. SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery didn’t recover anything. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Western Digital WD800AAJS, 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 re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.0 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Deep Scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Extra Found Files section in the $$$Folder2490369 folder. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in this section as raw files. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all but 2 files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 ods files. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.5 | After Deep Scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Lost Files/ File Path Lost section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the File Name Lost and By file type sections as raw files. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all but 10 files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (10 files) | |
Disk Drill | 4.5 | After Quick Scan Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Lost/Lost38_1 section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled section as raw files. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 12 mp3, 2 xls files. (14 files) | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 4.5 | After Disk Scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Lost Partition1(NTFS)/ Other lost files section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the More lost files (RAW) and Special lost files (Label) sections. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, many files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 6 doc, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. (17 files) | |
Raise Data Recovery | 4.0 | The disk had to be mounted. After Disk Scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the $LostFiles/$Group100...01/$Folder10000026 section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the Extra found files section as raw files. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 17 mp3, 1 doc, 2 docx, 1 xlsx files. (21 files) | |
Speed Data Recovery | 3.5 | After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found in the Files found section. Many of them 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: 5 mp4, 17 mp3, 3 doc, 3 docx, 2 xls, 2 ods, 6 odt, 1 mkv files. (39 files) | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 3.0 | After Recover More Files (scan for file signatures) Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 flv, m4v, 2 mov, 2 mts, 59 mp3, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (75 files) | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 2.5 | After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Orphan-Folder section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the Raw Files section. Some of them were successfully recovered. Overall, many files were recovered, some as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. **Files that could not be recovered:**49 jpg, 86 mp3, 2 xls, 2 ods, zip, 1 mkv files. (141 files) | |
Summary: Most programs, except DiseInternals Uneraser, and Speed Data Recovery, could recover some remnants of the previous file system, but most files were recovered as raw files. R-Undelete recovered the largest number of files and SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery the smallest. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 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 re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.0 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Deep Scan Folders from the root folder were found in the Root and $ROOT00017 folders. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. Files from the root folder (2 jpg and 1 pdf) were found in the Extra Found Files section as raw files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After Disk Scan Folders and files from the root folder were found in the Lost Files/ File Path Lost section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. Files from the root folder (2 jpg and 1 pdf) were found among raw files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: 2 exFAT partitions were found with identical content. 4 folders of the $Folder00002A59 were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group100...1 section. They corresponded to the folders from the root folder. They were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the root folder was not found. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Disk Drill | 5.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found After All Recovery Methods 4 folders of the Lost10841 were found in the Orphans section. They corresponded to the folders from the root folder. They were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the root folder was not found. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Scan 4 folders of the Dir00014355 were found in the Exfat section. They corresponded to the folders from the root folder. They were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the root folder was not found. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 4.5 | After Disk Scan Folders and files from the root folder were found in the Other lost files section on the EXFAT partition. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. Files from the root folder (2 jpg) were found among raw files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all but two file was recovered, but the original folder structure was recovered only partially. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi and 1 pdf files. | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 4.0 | After Recover More Files (scan for file signatures) Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, mpeg, 2 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (24 files) | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 0.5 | After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 87 jpg, 22 avi, flv, 2 mov, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 2 xls, 2 ods, 1 mkv, 1 zip files. ( 210 files) | |
Summary: None of the program were able to recover 1 avi file. Most programs were able to partially recover the original folder structure. SysTools Data Recovery and DiskInternals Uneraser recovered only raw files. SysTools Data Recovery showed the worst result as 210 files were not recovered. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 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 re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Windows computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Folders and files from the root folder were found in the $ROOT00003 folder. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | The disk had to be mounted. After Disk Scan 2 exFAT partitions were found with identical content. All folders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found in the $LostFiles/$Group1000…1section. All found files and folders were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf were found in the Extra found files section as raw files. Overall, all but one file and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Disk Drill | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods: An EXFAT partition was found. All folders from the root folder were found in the Orphans sections, but with incorrect names. Those folders contained their respective subfolders and files with correct names. All those files and subfolders were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the root folder were found in the Reconstructed labeled sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one file and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan An Exfat partition was found. Folders and files from the root folder were found in the Dir00010841 folders. The subfolders with their content were found in those and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files (The Files found section). They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one file and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
TogetherShare Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan An EXFAT partition was found. Folders and files from the root folder were not found. The subfolders of the folders from the root folder with their content were found in the Other lost files section and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files (the More lost files (RAW) section). They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one file and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 5.0 | After Disk Scan Nothing was found. After Formatted Scan Folders and files from the root folder were found in the Orphan-Folder section. The subfolders with their content were found in those folders and successfully recovered. Files from the root folder were not found, even among raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but four files and almost all of original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 jpg, pdf, and 1 avi files. (4 files) | |
DiskInternals Uneraser | 3.0 | After Recover More Files (scan for file signatures) Some raw files were found and successfully recovered. Overall, only some raw files were recovered. The original folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 2 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. (23 files) | |
Summary: All programs required disk scan. R-Undelete recovered all files, ultimately showing the best result. DiskInternals Uneraser showed the worst result, as it didn’t recover 23 files. Moreover, all recovered files were raw files. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Windows computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | The disk had to be mounted. After disk scan All folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found in the $LostFiles/$Group1000…1/$Folder000000008 section. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found and successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files and part of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After Disk Scan: Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files and part of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 5.0 | After disk scan Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found in the Files Lost Original Directory section and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files (from the root folder) were found among raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files and part of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All recovery methods: An exFAT partition was found. All folders from the root folder were found in the Orphans sections, but with incorrect names. Those folders contained their respective subfolders and files with correct names. All those files and subfolders were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found in the Reconstructed labeled sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files and most of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.0 | After disk scan An Exfat partition was found. Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found and successfully recovered. 2 jpg and pdf files from the root folder were found among raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, almost all files and part of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 4.5 | After Data Recovery and disk scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan Folders and files from the root folder were not found. But the subfolders with their content were found in the Lost Files section and successfully recovered. After RAW Drive Recovery: Nothing new was found. Overall, almost all files and part of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 4 files from the root folder. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Lost Path section. Many of them 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, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: Only Raise Data Recovery recovered all files and the original folder structure. Aiseesoft Data Recovery recovered only raw files without their names and the original folder structure. The rest of the programs could recover the original folder structure only partially. iBoysoft Data Recovery didn’t recover 4 files. R-Undelete, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Disk Drill, Speed Data Recovery, and iBeesoft Data Recovery could not recover one file. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 4.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Extra Found File section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in this section as raw files. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files were recovered as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After disk scan: Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files/Files Lost Original Directory section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. Many files were found in the Tags and Files Lost Original Name sections. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods: Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the Trash Bin. Their folders and files were successfully recovered. Many files were found as raw files in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 xls, 12 mp3 files. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 3.0 | The disk had to be mounted. After disk scan Some remnants of the original folder structure were found in the $LostFiles/$Group100...01/$Folder00000027 section. Their files and folders were successfully recovered. Many files were found in the Extra found files section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; only small parts of the previous folder structure were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 17 mp3, 1 doc, 2 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx files. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found in the Files Lost Original Name and Tags sections. Many of them 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. Partially recovered Files: 1 mkv file. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Data Recovery and Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the LostFiles2 section. All found files were successfully recovered. Other files were found in the Raw Files section and most successfully recovered. Overall, only small parts of the previous folder structure were successfully recovered. Some files were recovered from these parts, although many others appeared only as raw files. Files that could not be recovered: 28 png, 35 mp3, 12 docx, 4 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found in the Files found section. Many of them 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, 17 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. Partially recovered Files: 1 mkv file. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 2.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Lost Path section. Many of them 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, except Aiseesoft Data Recovery and Speed Data Recovery, could recover some remnants of the previous file system, but most files were recovered as raw files. R-Undelete recovered all files, and Aiseesoft Data Recovery the smallest. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Data Recovery and Disk Scan: All files and folders were found in the original places and with correct names. 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 in correct places and with correct names in the Exfat section. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found After All recovery methods: An exFAT partition was found. It contained all files and folders with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names in the Lost Files/Lost Partition (ExFAT) section. 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 were found in correct places and with correct names in the Lost Files/Lost Partition (ExFAT) section. 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 were found in correct places and with correct names in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files section. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: 4 folders of the $Folder00002A5A were found in the$LostFiles/ $Group100...1 section on the ExFAT 15.6 GB partition. They corresponded to the folders from the root folder. They were successfully recovered. 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the root folder were found in the Extra found files section with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the root folder was not found. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Lost Path section. Many of them 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, 22 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts,, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: iBoysoft Data Recovery was able to recover files and the original folder structure without a deep (long) scan. Raise Data Recovery couldn’t recover 1 file. Aiseesoft Data Recovery could recover only raw files. The rest of the programs required a long disk scan to recovered all files and the original folder structure. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Windows computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Disk Drill for Windows | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found After All recovery methods: An NTFS was found. It contained all files and folders 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: Nothing was found After Deep Scan: An NTFS partition was found. It contained all files and folders 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: An NTFS partition was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: An NTFS partition was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: A Lost Partition (NTFS) was found. It contained all files and folders with correct names. 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: A Lost Partition (NTFS) was found. It contained all files and folders with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBeesoft Data Recovery | 3.5 | After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found in the Files Lost Original Name and Tags sections. Many of them 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 mov, 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. Partially recovered Files: 1 mkv file. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Lost Path section. Many of them 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, 22 avi, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 3 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: All programs except Aiseesoft Data Recovery and iBeesoft Data Recovery recovered all files and the entire original folder structure. Aiseesoft Data Recovery and iBeesoft Data Recovery were able to recover only raw files, and not all of them. They didn’t recover the original folder structure, either. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to FAT32)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 32 GBKingston DataTravel flash memory, 32 GB FAT32 partition.
Data on the disk: Files: 292 files, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After All Recovery Methods: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Orphan/Lost6 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files/DIR0 section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Dir00000006 section, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the $Folder00....6 folder, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in the $ROOTXXX section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files 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 were found in the Lost Partition/DIR0 section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files 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 were found in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files/DIR0 section, with correct names, except the root folder. All found folders and files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After a very long Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Lost Path section. Many of them 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, flv, m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, mkv files. | |
Summary: All but one program could recover the entire original folder structure and all files. Aiseesoft Data Recovery could find and recover only raw files without their names and original folder structure. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 zipThe partition was re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 4.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The Extra Found Files section was found. It contained the $$$Folder2555905 folder with some remnants of the previous file structure and files with correct file names. They were successfully recovered. The Extra Found Files section also contained many raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 ods. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After Advanced Scan: The Lost Files/ Lost Partition (NTFS) section was found. It contained some remnants of the previous file structure and files with correct file names. They were successfully recovered. Other files were found in the Tags and RAW sections as raw files. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 6 doc, 6 odt, 2 ods files. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Disk Analysis and Scan: 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. Files that could not be recovered: 3 mts, 12 mp3 files. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 3.5 | Disk mounting is required. After Recover Drives/Partitions - Formatted Recovery: An NTFS partition was found. Only raw files were found on this partition were found in the File Types section. Many of them were successfully recovered. After Smart Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Trash Bin. All found files were successfully recovered. Overall, only small parts of the previous folder structure were successfully recovered. Some files were recovered from these parts, although many others appeared only as raw files. Files that could not be recovered: 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt, 1 avi files. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the More files and More files 2 sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 3 mts, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 3.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the $LostFiles/$Group100...01/$Folder00000027 section. All of them were successfully recovered. Many files were found in the Extra found files section as raw files. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 17 mp3, 1 doc, 2 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx files. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the LostFiles2 section. All found files were successfully recovered. Some files were found in the Raw Files section and successfully recovered. Overall, only small parts of the previous folder structure were successfully recovered. Some files were recovered from these parts, although many others appeared only as raw files. Files that could not be recovered: 28 png, 35 mp3, 12 docx, 4 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 2.5 | After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found in the Files found section. They were successfully recovered with the exception of 1 mts file. Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mts, 17 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Summary: Most programs, except Disk Drill, Wise Data Recovery, and Speed Data Recovery, could recover some remnants of the previous file system, but most files were recovered as raw files. R-Undelete recovered the largest number of files and iBoysoft Data Recovery recovered the smallest amount. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: All folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found in the $LostFiles/$Group1000…1/$Folder000000008 section. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Disk Analysis and Scan: An exFAT partition was found. All folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found in the Orphans/Lost8 section on this partition. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: A folder $ROOT00003 was found with all folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: All folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found in the Lost Files/ Lost Partition (exFAT)/Other lost files section. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were successfully recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files, with correct names were found on the Exfat partition. All files and folders were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 4.5 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files were found in the Lost files on the exFAT partition, but none of the initial folder structure. All files were successfully recovered. Overall, all files were successfully recovered, but not the original folder structure. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 4.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Recover Drives/Partitions – Formatted Recovery: An exFAT partition was found. After scanning this partition, only raw files were found. Some of them were successfully recovered. After Smart scan: Many folders like #10864 were found in the Lost section. They contained different folders and files from the original folder structure were found. Many found files were successfully recovered. Overall, only some remnants of the original folder structure were recovered. Almost all files were successfully recovered; some from those remnants and some as raw files. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 doc, 2 docx, 1 odt files. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 3.0 | 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, found files were recovered as raw files, and the previous folder structure was not recovered at all. Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts, 3 doc, 6 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Raise Data Recovery, Disk Drill for Windows, and Speed Data Recovery successfully recovered all files and the entire folder structure. iBoysoft Data Recovery could recover all files but not the folder structure. SFWare Data Recovery recovered some files as raw files, and only some parts of the folder structure, while Wise Data Recovery was only able to recover some raw files. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the $Folder00....6 folder. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Orphan/Lost6 section. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folder $ROOT00001 contained all folders and files with correct names were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After File search: Nothing was found. After Advanced Scan: All files and folders were found in the Lost Files/#1 Lost Partition(FAT)/DIR0 section, with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Dir0000 section. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Recover Drives/Partitions – Formatted Recovery:: A FAT32 partition was found. After Smart Scan of the found partition, all files and folders with correct names were found. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the Dir00000006 section. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not find any partition or disk when the card reader was connected. All objects appeared back in the program when the card reader was disconnected. The test could not be carried out. | |
Summary: iBoysoft Data Recovery, R-Undelete, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, and Speed Data Recovery were able to successfully recover all files and the entire original folder structure. iBoysoft Data Recovery could do that without long scan. SFWare Data Recovery showed the worst results recovering the smallest number of files. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names in the Lost Files/Lost Partition(ExFAT) section. 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 were found in correct places and with correct names in the Exfat section. All of them were successfully recovered. Deep scan was not required. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and 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 files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names in the Exfat section. All of them were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 4.5 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: 4 folders of the $LostFiles/ $Group100...1 were found in the ExFAT 15.6 GB partition. They contained folders from the root folder with subfolders and files with correct names. They were successfully recovered. 3 of 4 files from the root folder were found in the Extra found files section, with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the root folder was not found. Overall, all but one file was recovered, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Disk Analysis and Scan: 4 folders of the Lost10842 were found in the Orphans sections. They contained files and subfolders from the original folders. Those files and folders were recovered, but many of them appeared broken. Only 1 doc, all mp3, 1 mpeg, and 4 mts files were successfully recovered. Other files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. They were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered, but the original folder structure was not. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 2 mts, 12 mp3 files. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 3.0 | 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 could not be recovered. 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 | 2.5 | Disk mounting is required. Recover Drives/Partitions – Formatted Recovery: An ExFAT partition was found. After Smart Scan of the partition, a large number of folders #10864 were found in the Lost section. They contained files and folders from the original file system, with correct names. Only 1 doc, 1 jpg, all mp3 files were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found as raw files in the File Types section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Overall, most files were recovered as raw files, but the original folder structure could not be recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 22 avi, 1 m4v, 4 mp4, 1 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt files. | |
Summary: iBoysoft Data Recovery, R-Undelete, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, and Speed Data Recovery were able to successfully recover all files and the entire original folder structure. iBoysoft Data Recovery could do that without long scan. SFWare Data Recovery showed the worst results recovering the smallest number of files. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found on the discovered NTFS partition and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Advanced Scan: A Lost Partition (NTFS) was found. It contained all files and folders with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Each file had two instances. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
iBoysoft Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing could be found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found on their original places and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
SFWare Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. **After **Recover Drives/Partitions – Formatted Recovery:****: An NTFS (32 GB) partition was found. It contained all files and folders in their original places. They all were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Speed Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found on their original places and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Wise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found on their original places and successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | Disk mounting is required. After Disk Scan: An NTFS partition was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 4.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Disk Analysis and Scan: Only raw files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. All found files were successfully recovered. Overall, 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 files. | |
Summary: All programs except Disk Drill for Windows recovered all files and the entire original folder structure. Disk Drill for Windows was able to recover only raw files, but not all of them. It didn’t recover the original folder structure, either. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found on the discovered NTFS partition and successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found on the discovered NTFS partition and successfully recovered. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in the NTFS Folders section and successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After scan and analysis: The NTFS 17 GB partition was found. It contained all folders and files with correct names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 4.0 | Simple Scan was disabled. After Advanced scan: Only raw files were found, some having correct, some incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. No parts of the initial folder structure were found. After Smart Scan: No new results were found. Overall, all files were successfully recovered, but only as raw files. The initial folder structure was not recovered at all. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing could be found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections. Most of them could be successfully recovered. The initial folder structure was not recovered at all. Files that could not be recovered: 2 mts and 10 mp3. | |
Recuva | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only some files were found in the ? section. They were successfully recovered as raw files. No parts of the initial folder structure were found. The following files could not be recovered: 86 jpg, 39 png, 1 mkv, 21 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 67 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. | |
Summary: Most of the programs, R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Ontrack EasyRecovery, and Raise Data Recovery could successfully recover all files and folders. Recuva, Premium Recovery Software, and Disk Drill could recover only raw files (without their names and folder structure). Recuva showed the worst result. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 zipThe partition was re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 4.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. **After Deep Scan: ** The Extra Found Files section contained the $$$Folder2555905 folder with some remnants of the previous file structure and files with correct file names. They were successfully recovered. The Extra Found Files section also contained many raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, only two 2 ods files could not be recovered, but most files were recovered as raw files, that is without their names and other attributes. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 4.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The Trash section contained some remnants of the previous file structure and files with correct file names. They were successfully recovered. The Lost files section contained many raw files. They were successfully recovered. Overall, only two 2 ods files could not be recovered, but most files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their names and other attributes. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Other Lost Files in the Lost Partition Files section. Almost all of them were successfully recovered. Many raw files were found in the Extra Files section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Most files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their names and other attributes. Files that could not be recovered: 3 docx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 4.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Trash and Lost Folders section. Almost all of them were successfully recovered. Many raw files were found in the Raw Data section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Most files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their names and other attributes. Files that could not be recovered: 12 mp3, 8 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Recuva | 4.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some files and folders with correct names were found in the ? section. They were successfully recovered. This section also contains some raw files. They were successfully recovered, too. Files that could not be recovered: 13 png, 16 mp3, 1 odt. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 4.0 | After Simple Scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Trash. All of them were successfully recovered. Many raw files were found in the . section. Most of them were successfully recovered. Most files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their names and other attributes. Files that could not be recovered: 19 png, 11 mp3, 12 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Many raw files but no folders were found. Almost all were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mov, 4 mts, 9 mp3. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 3.0 | After scan and analysis: Only Extra found files (raw files) were found. Some were successfully recovered. 37 jpg files appeared having two instances after recovery. All files were recovered as raw files, that is, without their names and other attributes. Files that could not be recovered: 38 jpg, 28 png, 1 mkv, 21 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 7 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 2 ods, 6 odt. | |
Summary: All programs, except Disk Drill and Raise Data Recovery, could recover some remnants of the previous file system, but most files were recovered as raw files. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered the largest number of files. Raise Data Recovery recovered the smallest number of files, and all those files were raw. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. *After Deep Scan: Four folders like $ROOT00004 were found containing the folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their corresponding files. All with correct names. The files and parts of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files from the device root folder (except one avi file) were found in the Extra Found Files section and successfully recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Four folders like $ROOT00004 were found. They contained the folders and subfolders from the root folder, and their respective files. All with correct names. The files and parts of the original folder structure were successfully recovered. Files from the device root folder (except one avi file) were found in the Lost Files section and successfully recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Deep Scan: All folders from the disk root folder were found in in the Other lost files section. It also contained files from those folders. All of them were successfully recovered. Files from the disk root folder were found in the Extra Files section with incorrect names and successfully recovered, with one exception: the avi file was not found and could not be recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 5.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep scan All files with correct names and several folders from the disk root folder were found in the Lost Folders section in the folders named like Folder 10842. All of them were successfully recovered. Files from the disk root folder were found in the Raw Data section with incorrect names and successfully recovered, with one exception: the avi file was not found and could not be recovered. Overall, only a small part of the initial folder structure was recovered. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After scan and analysis: Two disk partitions ExFAT 15.6 GB were found. One of them contained all folders from the device root folders with incorrect names like $Folder00002A5A in the $LostFiles/$Group1000… section. In their place, those folders contained their respective subfolders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered.The other partition had similar content, but all files appeared damaged after recovery. Files from the device root folder could not be found and recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. Almost all files were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: avi, pdf, and 2 jpg files from the device root folder. | |
Recuva | 5.0 | After Quick Scan: Only raw files (Files by content) were found. After Deep Scan: The folders from the device root folder were not found, but all subfolders of the folders from the device root folders and their respective files were found with correct names in the ? section, and successfully recovered. The ? section also contained the files from the device root folder, with incorrect names. Those files were successfully recovered, with one exception: the avi file from the device root folder was not found and could not be recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 5.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Four folders like Lost10842 were found in the Orphans section. They contained subfolders and files from the folders in the device root folder, all with correct names. They were successfully recovered. Files from the device root folder were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered, with one exception: 1 avi file was not found and could not be recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | Simple scan was disabled After Advanced scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them could be successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Summary: All but one program could recover all files except one avi file from the disk root folder. The initial folder structure was recovered only partially. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate showed the best results in the recovery of the entire folder structure. Premium Recovery Software could not recover any part of the folder structure. Only some raw files were recovered. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: An exFAT partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Deep Scan: A Lost Partition1(EXFAT) partition was found containing All files and folders with correct file and folder names were found on the Lost Partition Files tab. Those files and folders were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After disk scan and analysis: The disk partition ExFAT 15.6 GB was found. It contained all folders from the device root folders with incorrect names like $Folder00002A5A in the $LostFiles/$Group1000… section. In their turn, those folders contained their respective subfolders and files with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. Files from the device root folder were found in the Extra found files section. They were successfully recovered with one exception: the avi file from the device root folder was not found and recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file from the device root folder. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Four folders like Lost10842 were found in the Orphans section. They contained subfolders and files from the folders in the device root folder. Only some of them were successfully recovered. The rest appeared damaged after recovery. Many files were found in the Reconstructed and Reconstructed labeled sections as raw files. They were successfully recovered, with one exception: 1 avi file was not found and could not be recovered. Overall, the initial folder structure was recovered partially. All but one file was successfully recovered, but mostly as raw files. Files that could not be recovered: one avi file. | |
Recuva | 3.5 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: No folder structure was found. Only raw files with incorrect filenames were found in the ? section (raw files), and most of them were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 11 mkv, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 15 mp3, and 1 pdf . | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | After Simple scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced Scan: No initial folder structure was found. Only some raw files with incorrect names were found in the raw file section. They were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, and 2 xlsx. After Smart Scan: No new results was found. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 3.0 | After Deep Scan: No folder structure was found. Only raw files with incorrect file names were found, and most of them were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 12 mp3, 1 mpeg, 2 pdf, 6 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, and 2 ods. | |
Summary: Most of the programs, R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Ontrack EasyRecovery, and Raise Data Recovery could successfully recover all files and folders. Recuva, Premium Recovery Software, and Disk Drill could recover only raw files (without their names and folder structure). Recuva showed the worst result. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the DIR0 section. They were successfully recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folder $ROOT00001 contained all folders and files with correct names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: The folder $ROOT00001 was found with all folders and files. They were successfully recovered with correct names. | |
Ontrack EasyRecovery | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the 000006 section. They were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After disk scan and analysis: All files and folders with correct names were found in the $Folder00....6 section. They were successfully recovered. | |
Recuva | 6.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found in the ? section. They were successfully recovered. | |
Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | After Deep Scan: respective folders like Orphan/Lost/..../Folder Original Name. For example, if a file was in the Test_Files/ Photos/ Diving folder, it would be shown in the Orphan/ Orphan/ Orphan/ Lost6/ Photos/ Diving folder. All files were successfully recovered. The initial folder structure was recovered only partially. | |
Premium Recovery Software | 3.5 | After Simple scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced scan: No initial folder structure was found. Only some raw files with incorrect names were found in the raw file section (.), they were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Summary: Most of the programs could successfully recover files and the correct folder structure. Disk Drill for Windows recovered all files with correct names, but only some part of the initial folder structure. Premium Recovery Software recovered only some raw files showing the worst results. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Folders $ROOT00003 and $ROOT00004 were found. They contained all folders and files with correct names, except files from the device root folder. All found files were successfully recovered. The Extra Found Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Folders $ROOT00003 and $ROOT00004 were found. They contained all folders and files with correct names, except files from the device root folder. All found files were successfully recovered. The Lost Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After Deep Scan: 4 folders named $DIRX were found in the Other lost files section on Existing Partition (FAT32). They contained the files from the folders in the root folder with correct names. All found files were successfully recovered. The Special Lost Files (Label) section contained the pdf and 2 jpg files from the device root folder, and the More lost files (raw files) contained the avi file from the device root folder. They were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Scan: Folders $Folder20000… and $Folder00025281 were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. They contained all folders and files with correct names, except files from the device root. All found files were successfully recovered. The Extra Found Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Formatted Disk Recovery: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Lost Location section. All files and folders from them were successfully recovered with correct names. After All-Around Recovery Files from the disk root folder were found with incorrect names and successfully recovered. All files were successfully recovered, but the folder structure was not. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Simple scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced scan: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, they were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only some raw files were found. Some 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: None of the programs could fully recover the correct folder structure. The files from the device root could be recovered only from raw files, that is, without their original file names. Seagate File Recovery Suite and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery recovered only raw files, Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery showing the poorest results. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folders from the disk root folder with correct names were found in the $ROOT00003 folder. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were successfully recovered. All files from the disk root folder were found in the Extra Found Files (with incorrect names) and successfully recovered, except for the avi file from the disk root, which could not be recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: The folders from the disk root folder with correct names were found in the $ROOT00003 folder on the exFAT_0000 partition. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were successfully recovered. All, but one, files from the disk root were found in the Lost Files (with incorrect names) and successfully recovered. The avi file from the disk root folder could not be found or recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All folders from the disk root folder were found in the Existing Partition(EXFAT) in the Other lost files folder. All of them were successfully recovered. Files from the disk root folder were found in the Special Lost Files(Label) section with incorrect names, except for the avi file, which was not found or recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After scan and analysis: All folders from the disk root folder were found in the $LostFiles/$Group1000… in the Current files folder. They had incorrect names like $Folder00002A59, but correct content. All of them were successfully recovered. Files from the disk root folder were found in the Extra found files section with incorrect names, except for the avi file, which was not found or recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Formatted Disk Recovery: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Lost Location section on the exFAT file system. All of them were successfully recovered with correct names. After All-Around Recovery: Files from the disk root folder, except the avi file, were found as raw files. They were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Advanced Scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them could be successfully recovered. Files that 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 raw files (Files by content) were found. After Deep Scan: Also, only raw files (Files by content) were found. Some of them were successfully recovered. Files that 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 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Summary: None of the programs could recover the avi file from the disk root folder. R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, Raise Data Recovery Wizard and could recover almost the entire folder structure and all files, except the avi file from the disk root. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard and Wondershare Data Recovery could not recover the folder structure. Seagate File Recovery Suite and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could find and recover only raw files. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery showed the poorest results. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 zipThe partition was re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 4.5 | AfterShow Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: One folder with all its content was found in its original place (the disk root folder). All files were successfully recovered. Some remnants of the previous file structure were found in the $$$Folder12582913 folder with some files. All of them were recovered correctly. Many raw files were found in the Extra Found Files folder. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 jpg, 4 mp3, 2 pdf, 6 doc, 3 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 1 odt, and 2 ods. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 4.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: One folder with all its content was found in its original place (the disk root folder). All files were successfully recovered. Some remnants of the previous file structure were found in $$$Lost_Folder12582913 folder with some files. All of them were recovered correctly. Many raw files were found in the Lost Files folder. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 jpg, 4 mp3, 2 pdf, 6 doc, 4 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 1 odt, and 2 ods. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Other Lost Files in the Lost Partition1 (NTFS) section. Almost all of them were successfully recovered. Some more files were found in the Special Lost Files, several were successfully recovered. Many raw files were found in the More Lost Files (RAW) section. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 25 mp3, 2 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, and 1 zip. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 4.0 | After scan and analysis: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Deleted files in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. All of them were successfully recovered. Many raw files were found in the Extra found files section. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 21 mp3, 2 pdf, 6 doc, 9 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.0 | After Simple Scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced Scan: Some remnants of the previous file structure were found in 3 folders with some files. All of them were recovered correctly. Many raw files were found in the . folder. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 11mp3, 2 pdf, 6 doc, 8 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 4.0 | After Formatted Disk Recovery: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the Lost Location section. Almost all of them were successfully recovered. After All-Around Recovery: Many raw files were found. Some were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 2 jpg, 2 mp3, 3 pdf, 6 doc, 3 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files (Files by content) were found. Some of them were recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 6 jpg, 1 mkv, 1 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 6 doc, 8 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Summary: All programs, except Wondershare Data Recovery, could recover some remnants of the previous file system, but most files were recovered as raw files. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate recovered the largest number of files. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery recovered the smallest number of files, and all of them are raw files. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found on the found NTFS partition and successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with correct folders and files, which were successfully recovered. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Two NTFS partitions were found in the Before format folder. They contained all folders and files, which were found and successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After scan and analysis: All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 4.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folder structure was not recovered. Only files from Extra Found Files were found, mostly with incorrect names, and most of them were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 m4v, 2 mov, 1 mp3, 2 ods. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.5 | After Advanced Scan: Only raw files were found, some having correct, some incorrect names. They were successfully recovered. Only 2 ods files could not be recovered. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 3.0 | After Formatted Disk Recovery Nothing could be found. After All-Around Recovery: Only raw files have been found. Some could be successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 84 jpg, 36 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 70 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. | |
Summary: Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders. R-Undelete, Seagate File Recovery Suite, and Wondershare Data Recovery could recover only raw files (without their names and folder structure). Wondershare Data Recovery showed the worst result. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names. All of them were successfully recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: An exFAT partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were successfully recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: A lost Partition1(EXFAT) partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were successfully recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After disk scan and analysis: An exFAT partition was found. Its $LostFiles section contained all files with correct names in their correct folders, with the following exceptions: files from the root folders were not found, and folders from the device root folder had incorrect names. All files were successfully recovered. The Extra found files section contained 2 jpg and 1 pdf files from the device root folder. They were successfully recovered. Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi file | |
Seagate File Recovery | 3.5 | After Simple scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced scan: Only some raw files mostly with incorrect names were found in the raw file section (.), they were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Wondershare Data Recovery | 3.5 | After Formatted Disk Recovery: Nothing was found. After All – Around Recovery: Only some raw files were found. Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 4 mts, 1 pdf, 2 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only some raw files with incorrect names were found in the raw file section (Files by content), some of them were recovered successfully. Files that could not be recovered: 5 jpg, 1 mkv, 2 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 9 pdf, 2 xls, 2 xlsx, 6 docx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard could recover all files and folders with correct names. Raise Data Recovery could not recover one file. The other programs could recover raw files only, Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery showing the poorest results. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Folders $ROOT00001 and $ROOT00003 were found. They contained all folders and files with correct names, except files from the device root folder. All found files were correctly recovered. The Extra Found Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Folders $ROOT00003 and $ROOT00004 were found. They contained all folders and files with correct names, except files from the device root folder. All found files were correctly recovered. The Lost Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After Deep Scan: 4 folders named $ DIRX were found. They contained the files from the folders in the root folder with correct names. Only files from the device root folder had incorrect names. All found files were correctly recovered. The Special Lost Files (Label) section contained the pdf and 2 jpg files from the device root folder, and the More lost files (raw files) contained the avi file from the device root folder. They were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | After recover files from a formatted partition: 4 folders named like Virt_Dir_00025281 (Status - Deleted) were found. They contained the files from the folders in the root folder with correct names. Only files from the device root folder had incorrect names. All found files were correctly recovered. The Files detected by their Signatures section contained the files from the device root folder. They were correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | After Disk Scan: A folder $Folder10000… was found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. They contained all folders (except the Documents folder) and files with correct names, except files from the device root. All found files were correctly recovered. The Extra Found Files section contained the files from the device root folder with incorrect names. They were correctly recovered. | |
Recuva | 4.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders with correct names (except those from the root folder) were found in the ? Folder and recovered successfully, but with incorrect folder tree. The ? folder also contained the files from the device root folder, but with incorrect names. They were correctly recovered. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Simple & Quick scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced & Detailed scan: 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. | |
Summary: None of the programs could fully recover the correct folder tree. The files from the device root could be recovered only from raw files, that is, without their original file names. Recuva recovered only separate folders rather than a single tree. Seagate File Recovery Suite was able to recover only raw files. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After disk scan and analysis: An ExFAT partition was found containing all folders and files; all were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: An exFAT partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: A Lost Partition1(EXFAT) partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 4.5 | After recover files from a formatted partition: No folder structure was found. Only raw files with incorrect file names were found, and most of them were correctly recovered. 10 files were not recovered: 5 docx, 2 xls, 3 xlsx. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.0 | After Simple & Quick scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced & Detailed scan: Only raw files with incorrect names were found in the raw file section, they were recovered successfully. 26 files were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 2 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 2.0 | After Disk Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only raw files with incorrect names were found in the raw file sections, they were recovered successfully except for 1 pdf. 33 files were not recovered: 10 jpg, 1 mkv, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 15 mp3, 1 pdf. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names. Active@ UNDELETE 12, Recuva, and Seagate Recovery Suite could recover only raw files, Recuva recovering the smallest number of files. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 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 re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 4.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Files and folders were found in the Extra Found Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their original file names. 5 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 2 xlsx, and 2 ods. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 4.0 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: Files and folders were found in the Lost Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their original file names. 7 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 2 odt, 2 xlsx, 2 ods. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.5 | After recover files from a formatted partition: Files and folders were found in the !Lost & Found! section. The folder structure was partially recovered. All files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 25 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 13 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 3.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Files and folders were found in the ? Section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Slightly more than half of files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 27 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 21 mp3, 2 pdf, 2 xlsx, 1 odt. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 3.5 | After Simple & Quick scan: Nothing was found. After Advanced & Detailed scan: Some folder with their files were found in their original names. They were correctly recovered. The rest of the files were found in the other section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Slightly more than half of files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 22 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 11 mp3, 6 docx, 4 xls. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 2.5 | After scan and analysis: Files and folders were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 38 files were not recovered: 1 jpg, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 7 docx, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 2.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Files and folders were found in the Other Lost Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 44 files were not recovered: 4 xlsx, 6 docx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 jpg, 25 mp3. The mkv file had half of the original size. | |
Summary: All programs could recover only raw files and some recovered single folders. R-Undelete recovered the largest number of files. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard managed to recover the smallest number of files. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
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 partition was re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folders from the disk root folder were found with names like $ROOT00011. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were correctly recovered. Most files from the disk root were found in the Extra Found Files and successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the disk root could not be found and recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: The folders from the disk root folder were found with names like $ROOT00025. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were correctly recovered. Most files from the disk root were found in the Lost Files and successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the disk root could not be found and recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After scan and analysis: Files and folders were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. 2 jpg and 1 pdf from the disk root folder were found in Extra Found Files with changed names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root folder was not recovered. | |
Recuva | 4.5 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The content of the folders from the disk root folder and files from the root folder (except avi) were found in the ? folder with incorrect names. All those files were correctly recovered. 1 avi file from the disk root folder could not be found and recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.5 | After scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Some folders and files were found in the Existing Partition(EXFAT) in the Other lost files folder. Some other files were found in Special Lost Files and More Lost Files. 14 files were not recovered: 1 docx, 1 odt and 11 mp3, 1 avi. The mkv was recovered incorrectly. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 2.5 | Recover files from a formatted partition: Could not be performed, the exFAT partition was disabled. After disk scan The folder structure was not recovered. Only raw files with incorrect names were found and recovered. 10 files were not recovered - 1 avi, 5 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 0.5 | After Advanced & Detailed scan: Only raw files were found. The recovery could not be performed because the program threw a bug message: “Your internet connection is intermittent. Please contact us”, although the internet connection did work. According to file preview, 1 mkv, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3, 6 docx, and 2 xlsx files could not be recovered. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Raise Data Recovery Wizard could recover almost the entire folder structure and all files, except 1 avi file from the disk root. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard and Recuva were able to recover the folder structure partially. Active@ UNDELETE could recover only raw files, and Seagate File Recovery Suite dropped recovery for a reason unknown. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 80 GB Samsung SP0812C, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File Search: Nothing was found. After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found and correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with correct folders and files, which were correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After scan and analysis: All folders and files were found and correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
R-Undelete | 4.0 | After Show Files: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: The folder structure was not recovered. Only files from Extra Found Files were found with incorrect names, and most of them were successfully recovered. 11 files were not recovered: 1 m4v, 2 mov, 2 mp3, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, and 2 odt. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.0 | Recover files from a formatted partition: Could not be performed, the exFAT partition was disabled. After disk scan The folder structure was not recovered. Only raw files with incorrect names were found and recovered. 24 files were not recovered: 13 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx. | |
Recuva | 1.0 | After Quick Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep Scan: Only some files were found in the ? folder. They were correctly recovered. 270 files were not recovered: 84 jpg, 36 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 70 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. | |
Seagate Recovery Suite | 0.5 | After Advanced & Detailed scan: Only raw files were found. The recovery could not be performed because the program abruptly dropped recovery. | |
Summary: Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3 files. R-Undelete and Active@ UNDELETE could recover only raw files (without their names and folder structure). Recuva showed the worst result: only 23 files could be recovered, and Seagate Recovery Suite could not perform the operation. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to 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 re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
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 | 5.5 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After detailed scan for lost files: The folders from the disk root were found with names like $ROOT00011. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were correctly recovered. Most files from the disk root were found in the Extra Found Files and successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the disk root could not be found and recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After file search: Nothing was found. After disk scan: The folders from the disk root were found with names like $ROOT00011. They contained all sub-folders and files with correct file names. All those files were correctly recovered. Most files from the disk root were found in the Extra Found Files and successfully recovered. 1 avi file from the disk root could not be found and recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After scan and analysis: Files and folders were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. 2 jpg and 1 pdf from the disk root were found in Extra Found Files with changed names. Only 1 avi file from the disk root was not recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.5 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: Some folders and files were found in the Existing Partition(EXFAT) in the Other lost files folder. Some other files were found in Special Lost Files and More Lost Files. 9 files were not recovered: 1 odt and 8 mp3. 1 avi and mkv were recovered incorrectly. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 3.5 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: 3 folders with automatically generated names (e.g. LOST_10841) corresponding to Documents, Music, and Photos were found with files with correct file names. All of them were successfully recovered. Files which were not recovered: all video files (1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts), 2 jpg, and 1 pdf. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.5 | After formatted media recovery: An exFAT partition was found, containing all files and sub-folders from the Documents folder. All of them were correctly recovered. The rest of recovered files were found in raw files. Files which were not recovered: 40 png, 1 mkv, 1 avi, 2 mov, 1 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 13 mp3. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.0 | Recover files from a formatted partition: Could not be performed, the exFAT partition was disabled. After recover deleted files: Nothing was found. After disk scan The folder structure was not recovered. Only raw files with incorrect names were found and recovered. 10 files could not be recovered recovered: 1 avi, 5 docx, 2 xls, 2 xlsx. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | After quick scan: Nothing was found. After extensive scan: Nothing was found. After file trace: Nothing was found. | |
Summary: R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and Raise Data Recovery Wizard could recover the entire folder structure and all files, except 1 avi file from the disk root. EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Auslogics File Recovery, and Ontrack EasyRecovery were able to recover the folder structure partially, and Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could not recover anything. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to 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 re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS.
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 | 4.5 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After detailed scan for lost files: Files and folders were found in the Extra Found Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 6 files were not recovered: 2 odt, 2 xlsx, and 2 ods. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: Files and folders were found in the Other Lost Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 18 files were not recovered: 4 xlsx, 6 docx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 3.5 | After file search: Nothing was found. After disk scan: Files and folders were found in the Lost Files section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 35 files were not recovered: 2 odt, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 29 mp3. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 3.5 | After scan and analysis: Files and folders were found in the $LostFiles/ $Group1000… section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 38 files were not recovered: 18 mp3, 1 doc, 7 docx, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.5 | After recover files from a formatted partition: Files and folders were found in the !Lost & Found! section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Most files were recovered from raw files without their file names. 24 files were not recovered: 13 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 2.5 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: The folder structure was not recovered. 70 files were recovered without their file names: 7 png, 31 jpg, 6 avi, 1 mts, 1 mov, 1 zip, 5 pdf, 9 docx, 2 xlsx, 2 ods, 5 odt | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 1.0 | After explore volume: Nothing was found. After formatted media recovery: Files and folders were found in the “NTFS lost at block” section. The folder structure was partially recovered. Some files were recovered, but the program constantly crashed while recovering raw files, and the test was aborted. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 1.0 | After quick scan: Nothing was found. After extensive scan: Nothing was found. After file trace: The folder structure was not recovered. Only 2 png files were successfully recovered. | |
Summary: All programs could recover only raw files and some recovered single folders. R-Undelete recovered the largest number of files, and Kernel for Windows Dara Recovery could correctly recover only two files. Ontrack EasyRecover constantly crashed during the recovery process. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
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 re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS.
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 scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: Lost Partition1(EXFAT) partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After file search: Nothing was found. After disk scan: An exFAT partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were correctly recovered. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After scan and analysis: An ExFAT partition was found containing all folders and files; all were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After detailed scan for lost files: A Recognized0 partition was found, containing only Extra Found Files. Files were found partially with incorrect names in this section, and most of them were successfully recovered. 5 files were not recovered: 1 m4v, 2 mov, 2 ods, and 1 mkv was truncated. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 4.5 | After explore volume: Nothing was found. After formatted media recovery: A New Volume partition was found containing all files and folders with correct file and folder names. Those files and folders were correctly recovered, except that the mkv file was truncated. The program regularly crashed during file recovery from raw files. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 4.5 | After recover files from a formatted partition: No folder structure was found. Only raw files with incorrect file names were found, and most of them were correctly recovered. 10 files were not recovered: 5 docx, 2 xls, 3 xlsx. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 1.0 | After quick scan: Nothing was found. After extensive scan: Nothing was found. After file trace: Only raw files with incorrect names were found, only 2 png files were recovered successfully. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 0.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: Only 1 damaged avi file with an incorrect name was found. | |
Summary: Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, and Raise Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names. Auslogics File Recovery and Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could recover almost nothing. Ontrack EasyRecovery Home showed very promising results, but regular crashes spoiled its potential. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to 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, approx. 9 GB total file 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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32.
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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Raise Data Recovery | 6.0 | After disk scan: Folder $Folder00000005 was found containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After deep scan: Folder DIR0 was found containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 6.0 | After deep scan, searching for deleted files: Folder Lost-5 was found containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 6.0 | After recover files from a formatted partition: The scan appeared to freeze before completing. When it was stopped manually, the program showed Virt_Dir_00000005 containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After detailed scan for lost files: Folder $ROOT00001 was found containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 6.0 | After formatted media recovery: All files and folders were found in the Block32768/ Orphaned Folders/Cluster 5 section with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After disk scan: Folder $ROOT00001 was found containing all folders and files with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 5.5 | After quick scan: Nothing was found. After extensive scan: Folder Dir5 was found containing all folders and files, most of them with correct names. All of them were correctly recovered, but some files appeared with correct content but with invalid names and extensions. | |
Summary: All but one program could all recover files and folders with correct names. Kernel for Windows Data Recovery recovered all files, but some of them appeared with incorrect names and extensions. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit HDD: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer).
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 file search: Nothing was found. After disk scan: All files and folders were found and correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 5.5 | After quick scan: Nothing was found. After extensive scan: All folders and files were found and correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
Raise Data Recovery | 5.5 | After scan and analysis: All folders and files were found and correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | After Scan: Nothing was found. After Deep scan: Lost Partition1(NTFS) was found with correct folders and files, which were correctly recovered, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. | |
R-Undelete | 4.0 | After file search for lost files: Nothing was found. After detailed scan for lost files: The folder structure was not recovered. Only files from Extra Found Files were found mostly with incorrect names, and most of them were successfully recovered. 9 files were not recovered: 1 m4v, 2 mov, 2 mp3, 2 xlsx, 2 ods. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.5 | After formatted media recovery: A partition named TNTFSVolumeItem was found, containing all files and sub-folders except 1 sub-folder: Documents. Most of them were correctly recovered. The content of the Documents folder was found in another place, and the files and folders had correct names. Most of those files were successfully recovered, but the entire folder structure was recovered only partially. Files which were not recovered: 1 mp3, and 2 xlsx. | |
Active@ UNDELETE | 3.5 | Recover files from a formatted partition: Could not be performed, the exFAT partition was disabled. After recover deleted files: Nothing was found. After disk scan The folder structure was not recovered. Only raw files with incorrect names were found and recovered. 25 files were not recovered: 14 mp3, 5 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx. | |
Auslogics File Recovery | 2.0 | After scan: Nothing was found. After deep scan: Only 4 png and 3 jpg files with incorrect file names were found and successfully recovered. | |
Summary: Restorer Ultimate, EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard, Raise Data Recovery, and Kernel for Windows Data Recovery could recover all files and folders with correct names, except 2 xlsx and 1 mp3. Ontrack EasyRecovery could recover the folder structure only partially, and R-Undelete and Active@ UNDELETE could recover only raw files (without their names and folder structure). Auslogics File Recovery showed the worst result: only 7 files could be recovered. |
Reformatted disk (FAT32 to FAT32)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File search 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 in the $ROOT00001 folder with correct names. All files and folders were marked as deleted. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Scan the partition: 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 DIR0 with correct names. All files and folders were marked as deleted. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | 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 in the $ROOT00001 with correct names. All files and folders were marked as deleted. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 6.0 | 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 in the $ROOT00001 with correct names. All files and folders were marked as deleted. _Successfully recovered:_All files were correctly recovered. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 5.5 | 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). | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Full scan: 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 | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.0 | After Quick scanning the partition: 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 doc, docx, xls, and xlsx files, avi file, and 4 pdf files, all jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): 2 pdf files, the pseudo-random file, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, flv, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
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 re-formatted from FAT32 to FAT32. Summary: All programs, except Undelete360 and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery, could recover files and folders with correct names after disk scan. Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could recover some files from raw files. Undelete360 couldn’t recover anything. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 5.5 | After File search on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: File and folder structure: No files in the root folder were found. Files in subfolders were found in folders with names like $ROOT00001. Those files had correct names. Successfully recovered: All files in the subfolders. Recovered as raw files (without file names): one mp4 file from the root folder. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 mp4 file and the pseudo-random file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | After scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep scan: File and folder structure: No folders were found. Files with their original names were found in the Lost Partition1 (EXFAT) section in the Other lost files folder. Successfully recovered: 2 mts, 2 mov, all jpg files, ods and odt files, all doc, docx, xls, xlsx files, all mp3 files, avi, flv, mpeg, m4v files, all mp4 files, except those in the root folder. Successfully recovered as raw files (without names): 1 mp4 file from the root folder. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 mp4 file and the pseudo-random file. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 4.0 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all pdf, all doc, all docx files, all xls and xlsx files, ods, odt, all jpg files, flv, mpeg, avi files, and all mp3 files (with their file names), 3 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 mp4 files with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, one m4v with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts, 1 mp4 from the root folder files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.0 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all pdf, all doc, all docx files, all xls and xlsx files, ods, odt, all jpg files, flv, mpeg, avi files, and all mp3 files (with their file names), 3 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mp4 files with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, one m4v with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts, 1 mp4 from the root folder files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.5 | After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. Recovered as raw files (without file names): all doc files, 5 docx files, all xls and xlsx files, avi file, 4 pdf files, all jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): 2 pdf files, the pseudo-random file, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, flv, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. After Deep Scan: The same results. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 3.5 | 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. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.5 | After Scan the partition:
File and folder structure:
No files or folders were found. | |
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 re-formatted from exFAT to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer). Summary: Only R-Undelete, Restorer Ultimate, and EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard could find and recover all files (except files in the root folder) with their original names. But even they could not recover folder names. Also, these three programs could only find one mp4 file in the raw files. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate were able to place recovered files into their respective folders. The other programs could recover files from raw files only. Undelete360 couldn’t find any files. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Seagate File Recovery | 5.0 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Disk Scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all 6 pdf files, 5 docx files, all 6 doc files, ods and odt files, all xls and xlsx files, all jpg files, 1 flv, 3 mp4, and 1 avi files, all mp3 files (with their file names). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mpeg file (5 times larger, but playable), 6 mp4 with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v file with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts, 1 mp4, 1 docx, and the pseudo-random files. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Disk Scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all 6 pdf files, 5 docx files, all 6 doc files, ods and odt files, all xls and xlsx files, all jpg files, 1 flv, 3 mp4, and 1 avi files, all mp3 files (with their file names). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mpeg file (5 times larger, but playable), 6 mp4 with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v file with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts, 1 mp4, 1 docx, and the pseudo-random files. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 4.5 | After File search on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep disk scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all 6 pdf files, 5 docx files, all 6 doc files, ods and odt files, all xls, all jpg files, 1 flv, 3 mp4, and 1 avi files, all mp3 files (with their file names). Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mpeg file (5 times larger, but playable), 6 mp4 with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v file with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts, 1 mp4, 1 docx, all xlsx files, and the pseudo-random files. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep scan: Successfully recovered as raw files (without names): all 6 pdf files, all 6 docx files, all 6 doc files, all xls and xlsx files, all jpg files, 1 flv, m4v, 2 mov, mpeg, all mp4, and 1 avi files, all mp3 files (with their file names). Not recovered (files damaged): ods and odt files, 2 mts files, the pseudo-random file. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.5 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: Successfully recovered as raw files (without names): all 6 pdf files, 5 docx files, all 6 doc files, all xls and xlsx files, ods and odt files, all jpg files, avi, 6 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 1 flv file (with a wrong size, but playable) 2 mts files (in one file), 4 mp4 with an incorrect extension m4a. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): mp3 files (split into pieces) Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docs file, m4v and mpeg files, 2 mov files (damaged), the pseudo-random file. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 3.5 | *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. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.0 | After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: Recovered as raw files (without file names): all doc files, 5 docx files, all xls and xlsx files, avi file, 4 pdf files, all jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): 2 pdf files, the pseudo-random file, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, flv, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
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 mp3/video: 6 mp3 files, 16 video files (2 mts, 2 mov, 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 Video: 2 mts and 2 mov files The partition was re-formatted from NTFS to NTFS. Summary: All programs (except Undelete360, which found nothing) could find files only among raw files. R-Undelete and Seagate File Recovery could recover the largest number of files. |
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | After File search on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: The previous NTFS partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in correct place with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docx file and 1 mp4 file from the subfolder. Recovered as raw files (without file names): No unrecovered files were found. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 5.5 | After Quick scanning the partition: File and folder structure: 2 NTFS partitions were found (NTFS0002 in the Before format section). Each contained all folders and files with correct file names. _Successfully recovered: _All files were correctly recovered from the second partition, except: Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docx file and 1 mp4 file from the subfolder. Recovered as raw files (without file names): No unrecovered files were found. After Deep Scan: The same results. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.5 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan (Damaged Partition Recovery): The previous NTFS partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in correct place with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docx file and 1 mp4 file from the subfolder. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 5.0 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: The previous partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in correct place with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered, except: Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docx file and 1 mp4 file from the subfolder. Recovered as raw files (without file names): No unrecovered files were found. | |
R-Undelete | 4.0 | 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: No files or folders were found. Recovered as raw files (without file names): 1 flv and 1 avi files, all pdf, xls, xlsx, and doc files, 5 docx files, and ods and odt files all jpg files, all mp3 files (with file names), 3 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 mp4 files with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v with an incorrect extension mp4, mpeg file (with a wrong file size, but playable). Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts and 1 mp4 files, 1 docx file, and the pseudo-random file. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: The existing exFAT partition was marked as Lost Partition. The previous NTFS partition wasn’t found. Successfully recovered as raw files (without names): all jpg, pdf and doc files, 5 docx files, all xls and xlsx files, avi, flv, and m4v files, 2 mov files, mpeg, all mp3 files with their names, 9 mp4 files. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 mp4 file from the root folder, 1 docx file, ods and odt files, 2 mts files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 3.0 | 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. | |
Undelete360 | 1.0 | After Searching the partition: The exFAT partition was found but no files were found | |
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit STORAGE MEDIA: 1 TB Seagate ST31000528AS cc37, 32 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 re-formatted from NTFS to exFAT (using a Macintosh computer). Summary: Restorer Ultimate, Seagate File Recovery, MiniTool Power Data Recovery, and Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery could recover files and folders with correct names after disk scan. The other programs (except Undelete360) could recover some files from raw files, that is, without file names and folder structure. Undelete360 couldn’t recover anything. |
Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS)
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | After File search on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: The previous exFAT partition (with the size of 8GB) was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in correct place with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan: The previous exFAT partition was found. File and folder structure: All files and folders were found in correct place with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files were correctly recovered. | |
R-Undelete | 4.5 | 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: No files or folders were found. Recovered as raw files (without file names): 1 flv, mpeg, and 1 avi files, all pdf, xls, xlsx, and doc files, all docx files, and ods and odt files, all jpg files, all mp3 files (with file names), 3 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 mp4 files with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v with an incorrect extension mp4. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts and 1 mp4 files (from root folder), and the pseudo-random file. | |
Seagate File Recovery | 4.5 | After Fast search for lost files on the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Scan: The previous partition was found. _File and folder structure:_No files or folders were found. All files were in the Extra Found Files section, with incorrect names. _Recovered as raw files (without file names):_1 flv, mpeg, and 1 avi files, all pdf, xls, xlsx, and doc files, all docx files, and ods and odt files, all jpg files, all mp3 files (with file names), 4 mp4. Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): 6 mp4 files with an incorrect extension 3gp, 2 mov files with an incorrect extension mp4, 1 m4v with an incorrect extension mp4 flv. Not recovered (files damaged): 2 mts files, and the pseudo-random file. | |
Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 4.5 | After Quick scanning the partition: 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 doc, docx, xls, xlsx, and 4 pdf files, avi file, all jpg files. There were small copies of jpg files (apparently thumbnails). Not recovered (files damaged): 2 pdf files, the pseudo-random file, ods, odt, all mp4 files, mpeg, flv, m4v, all mp3 files, all mts, all mov files. | |
Data Rescue PC3 | 4.5 | 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. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | After Scan the partition: File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. After Deep Scan (Damaged Partition Recovery): File and folder structure: No files or folders were found. Recovered as raw files (without file names): avi file,2 mts files, 6 mp4 files, all jpg, pdf, xls, xlsx, doc, and docx files, ods, odt Partially recovered as raw files (without file names): flv (with an incorrect file size, but playable), 4 mp4 files with an incorrect extension m4a, mp3 files (split into pices) Not recovered (files damaged): m4v and mpeg files, 2 mov files (damaged), 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 re-formatted from exFAT to NTFS. Summary: Restorer Ultimate and EaseUS DataRecovery Wizard could recover files and folders with correct names after disk scan. Undelete360 couldn’t recover anything. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi, mp3 | |
Recover My Files | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: jpg, avi, zip, pdf, doc, xls Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi | |
Restorer Ultimate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, xls Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable | |
R-Undelete | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, xls Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable | |
Handy Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, avi, xls Partially recovered: 1 piece of the mp3 file | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, avi, xls | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 2.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip Files found with incorrect file size: pdf | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 0.0 | We could not find or recover any files | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 512 MB. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: Many programs during our test could not recover any files. Programs that did find files did so using the raw file recovery (search by file signatures) and only recovered a few files. Ontrack EasyRecovery and Active@File Recovery recovered the most files. We could not recover files using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and Orion File Recovery. |
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Recover My Files | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, xls, pdf, avi, exe, doc, zip Files split in several parts: mp3, txt | |
Handy Recovery | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, avi, xls, doc, zip Partially recovered files: a piece of the mp3 file Files found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
R-Undelete | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, doc, zip Files split in several parts: mp3, txt Files partially found with incorrect file size: avi (increased), still playable | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, avi, doc, zip | |
Restorer Ultimate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, doc, zip Files split in several parts: mp3, txt Files partially found with incorrect file size: avi (increased), still playable | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, zip, avi, doc Partially recovered files: a piece of the mp3 file | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, avi, xls, doc Partially recovered: piece of the txt file. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: zip, jpg, mp3 Files partially found with incorrect file size: pdf | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, xls, pdf, avi, mp3, doc, zip | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: All programs could find files only using the raw file recovery. Handy Recovery and Recover My Files could recover the largest number of files. We could not recover any files using Orion File Recovery. |
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | The program successfully recovered all files but one (a jpg) with their original file names. Did not recover original folder name (used a dummy folder name). | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | The program successfully recovered all files but one (a jpg) with their original file names. Did not recover the original folder name (used a dummy folder name). | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, 2 jpg, pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, doc, xls, zip, pdf, avi, mp3 | |
Recover My Files | 3.0 | Files found in raw files and successfully recovered: doc, zip, 2 jpg, pdf, xls, avi, exe Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, zip, avi, doc Partially recovered files: a piece of the mp3 file | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 1 jpg, avi, xls, doc | |
Handy Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 1 jpg, avi, xls, doc Partially recovered files: 1 piece of the mp3 file. Files found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: Only Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete could recover files with their original file names, although they had to use a dummy folder name rather than the original one. The rest of the programs could find files only using the raw file recovery (file search by file signatures). We could not find any files using Orion File Recovery. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
Handy Recovery | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
R-Undelete | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 5.5 | Successfully recovered almost all files and the folder with its original name. Files recovered incorrectly: avi and one jpg. | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 5.0 | The program discovered 2 partitions: 3 GB and 4 GB. The files were found in both partitions, but could only be successfully recovered from the second partition. Almost all files and the folder with its original name could be recovered. Files recovered incorrectly: avi and one jpg. | |
Recover My Files | 5.0 | The program discovered 2 partitions: 3 GB and 4 GB. The files were found in both partitions, but could only be successfully recovered from the second partition. Almost all files and the folder with its original name could be recovered. Files recovered incorrectly: avi and one jpg. | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: Most programs successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. Active@File Recovery and Recover My Files found 2 NTFS partitions, but correct files were only in one and two files were recovered incorrectly. Ontrack EasyRecovery recovered all files except two. We could not recover any files using Orion File Recovery. |
A FAT16 partition reformatted to a new FAT16 partition of the same size
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Did not original folder name (used a dummy folder). | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
R-Undelete | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Did not original folder name (used a dummy folder). | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, doc, xls, zip, pdf, avi, mp3 | |
Recover My Files | 3.0 | Files found in raw files and successfully recovered: 2 jpg, doc, xls, zip, pdf, avi, exe Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 512 MB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: All programs, except Ontrack EasyRecovery, Orion File Recovery, Active@File Recovery, and Recover My Files, successfully recovered all files with their original file names. None could recover the original folder name. Ontrack EasyRecovery, Active@File Recovery, and Recover My Files could find and recover some files using raw file search. We could not recover any files using Orion File Recovery. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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R-Undelete | 6.0 | All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 6.0 | All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names. | |
Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names. | |
Recover My Files | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 6.0 | All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names. | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 6.0 | Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name. | |
Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 5.5 | The program discovered 2 partitions: 3.67 GB and 4 GB. The files were found in both partitions, but could only be successfully recovered from the second partition. All files and the folder with its original name could be recovered. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.5 | The deleted NTFS partition was found, although with incorrect size. | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk size: 4 GB. Partition size: 1 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: All programs, except Orion File Recovery, successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. Active@File Recovery found 2 NTFS partitions, but correct files were only in one. We could not recover any files using Orion File Recovery. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi, mp3 | |
Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, xls, pdf, 2 jpg, avi | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, xls, zip, doc, avi Partially recovered files: a piece of the mp3 file | |
Recover My Files | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: jpg, avi, zip, pdf, doc, xls Files split in several parts: p3 and txt | |
Restorer Ultimate | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, xls, doc Partially recovered files: files split in several parts: mp3, txt Wrong file size: avi (increased by 2 MB), still playable | |
Handy Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, avi, xls Partially recovered files: a piece of the mp3 file Files found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
R-Undelete | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, 2 jpg, xls, doc Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (increased by 2 MB), still playable. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: pdf, 2 jpg, avi, xls, doc | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 2.5 | Raw files found and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip Files found with incorrect file size: pdf, mp3 | |
Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | We could not find and recover any files. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Summary: Again, only a few files were successfully recovered using raw file recovery (search by file signatures). Ontrack EasyRecovery and Active@File Recovery could recover the largest number of files. We could not recover files using Orion File Recovery. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Found and successfully recovered the following files in the Lost Files folder (the folder where the raw files reside): pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), xls. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Found and successfully recovered the following files in the Extra Found Files folder (the folder where the raw files reside): pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), xls. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), avi, xls. Partially recovered: 1 piece of the mp3 file. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), avi, xls. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | No files were found or recovered | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip. Found with incorrect file size: pdf. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 512 MB. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Brief conclusions: All programs could find files only using the raw file recovery (search by file signatures). Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete showed the best results. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name. | |
Test description: Disk size: 4 GB. Partition size: 1 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Found in the Lost Files folder and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), xls, doc. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (increased by 2 MB), still playable. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Found in the Extra Found Files folder and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), xls, doc. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (increased by 2 MB), still playable. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), avi, xls. Partially recovered: 1 piece of the mp3 file. Found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), xls, zip, doc, avi. Partially recovered: a piece of the mp3 file. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), avi, xls, doc. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip. Found with incorrect file size: pdf, mp3. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: doc, zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Brief conclusions: All programs could find files only using the raw file recovery (search by file signatures). Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete showed the best results. |
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | The avi file appeared damaged. Raw file recovery found and successfully recovered the following files: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), xls, doc. Files split in several parts: mp3, txt. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. |
A FAT16 partition reformatted to a new FAT16 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 512 MB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. |
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Successfully recovered all files but one (a jpg) with their original file names. Didn’t recover the original folder name (used a dummy one). | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Successfully recovered all files but one (a jpg) with their original file names. Didn’t recover the original folder name (used a dummy one). | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (1 file), avi, xls, doc. Partially recovered: 1 piece of the mp3 file. Found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (1 file), avi, xls, doc. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), xls, zip, avi, doc. Partially recovered: a piece of the mp3 file. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Didn’t find anything. Showed the warning: “Not a valid volume, or critical data structure of volume badly corrupt.” | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Brief conclusions: Only Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete could recover files with their original file names, although they have to use a dummy folder name rather than its original one. The rest of the programs could find files only using the raw file recovery (file search by file signatures). |
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.
Product | Rating | Test Results | |
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Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | Found in the Lost Files folder and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), xls, doc, zip. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable. | |
R-Undelete | 5.0 | Found in the Extra Found Files folder and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), xls, doc, zip. Partially recovered: N/A Files split in several parts: mp3 and txt. Wrong file size: avi (greatly increased), still playable. | |
Handy Recovery | 5.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, zip, jpg (2 files), avi, xls, doc. Partially recovered: a piece of the mp3 file. Found with incorrect file size: exe. | |
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), xls, zip, avi, doc. Partially recovered: a piece of the mp3 file. | |
MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 4.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: pdf, jpg (2 files), avi, xls, doc. Partially recovered: piece of the txt file. | |
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 3.0 | Found in raw files and successfully recovered: zip, jpg, mp3. Found with incorrect file size: pdf. | |
Test description: Disk and partition size: 4 GB. Files stored on the disk: zip, jpg (2 files), pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe. The disk was formatted using Windows Disk Manager. Brief conclusions: All programs could find files only using the raw file recovery (search by file signatures). Handy Recovery showed the best results. |