Interface and Features
File preview
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| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt,Adobe pdf, and txt files, even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium / large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| DiskInternals Uneraser | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show doc, docx, pdf, txt, xls, xlsx, ods, odt, pictures, audio and video files. Files can be opened either in the lower part of the panel, or in a separate window. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.5 | The built-in previewer can show video, audio, graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) in a separate window. A special Preview pane is introduced that can show pictures and the first frames of video files. Files in the separate window preview can be selected independently from files in the main program. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Disk Drill | 5.5 | Files can be previewed in the right pane or in a separate window. The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office (txt, odx, odt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx) documents, graphic and video files. The program has a hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic (including new digital camera raw formats),txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). There’s a hexadecimal viewer in the program that can be started in a separate window. | |
| Speed Data Recovery | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, and png files. Files can also be previewed in their respective applications. It also has a hexadecimal viewer. | |
| SysTools Hard Drive Recovery Tool | 4.0 | The previewer can be opened by a double-click, the Preview command, the Preview button. The Preview has 3 tabs: File Properties, File, and Hex. The following files can be previewed: txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pdf files, audio and picture files. | |
| TogetherShare Data Recovery | 3.0 | The previewer can be opened by a double-click or the Preview command. The program was able to preview text and pictures files. Office documents (Word, Excel) caused errors. | |
| A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program. All our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete and Uneraser have the best best previewer capable to play most video and audio formats, graphic files, and MS / Adobe Acrobat documents. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt,Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium / large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show video, audio, graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) in a separate window. A special Preview pane is introduced that can show pictures and the first frames of video files. Files in the separate window preview can be selected independently from files in the main program. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Disk Drill for Windows | 5.5 | Files can be previewed in the right pane or in a separate window. The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office (txt, odx, odt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx) documents, graphic and video files. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic (including new digital camera raw formats),txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). There’s a hexadecimal viewer in the program that can be started in a separate window. | |
| iBeesoft Data Recovery | 4.5 | File preview opens automatically in the right pane when the file is selected. The built-in previewer can show doc, docx, xls, xlsx, audio, video, and graphic files. Files can be recovered directly from the previewer. It also has a hexadecimal viewer. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Speed Data Recovery | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, and png files. Files can also be previewed in their respective applications. It also has a hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Aiseesoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | Files can be previewed in the right pane or in a separate window. Only preview of graphic files is supported. No hexadecimal viewer. | |
| iBoysoft Data Recovery | 3.0 | Files can be previewed in the right pane. The built-in previewer can show mp4, m4v, graphic files, and txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods docs. If the file format isn’t supported, the built-in hexadecimal viewer shows 1 MB of the file. But the program didn’t show the doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods files during tests. | |
| All our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete has the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Its built-in previewer can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard has the second-best previewer, which is capable of playing most video and audio formats. It also supports graphic files and MS / Adobe Acrobat documents. AiseesoftDataRecovery can show only graphic files. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Aiseesoft Data Recovery, and iBeesoft Data Recovery don’t have Hexadecimal viewers. Since our last review: iBoysoftDataRecovery failed to show the doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods files during tests. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium / large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show video, audio, graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) in a separate window. A special Preview pane is introduced that can show pictures and the first frames of video files. Files in the separate window preview can be selected and recovered independently from files in the main program. | |
| iBoysoft Data Recovery | 4.5 | Files can be previewed in the right pane. The built-in previewer can show mp4, m4v, graphic files, and txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods docs. If the file format isn’t supported, the built-in hexadecimal viewer shows 1 MB of the file. | |
| Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | Files can be previewed in the right pane or in a separate window. There’s a hexadecimal viewer in the program that can be started in a separate window. The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office (txt, odx, odt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx) documents, graphic and video files. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic (including new digital camera raw formats), txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). There’s a hexadecimal viewer in the program that can be started in a separate window. | |
| Speed Data Recovery | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, and png files. It also has a hexadecimal viewer. | |
| Wise Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| SFWare Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, video (except flv and avi), and play mp3 music. | |
| All our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete has the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Its built-in previewer can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard has the second-best previewer, which is capable of playing most video and audio formats. It also supports graphic files and MS / Adobe Acrobat documents. Since our last review: Raise Data Recovery now supports raw formats of several modern digital cameras. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show video, audio graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) in a separate window. A special Preview pane is introduced that can show pictures and the first frames of video files. Files in the separate window preview can be selected independently from files in the main program. | |
| Ontrack EasyRecovery | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show Adobe, Microsoft documents (pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx), txt, and graphic files without the application installed. There’s a partial preview of audio and video files. Corrupted photos can be previewed in the safe mode. | |
| Disk Drill for Windows | 4.5 | Files can be previewed in the right pane or in a separate window. The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office (odx, odt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx) documents, txt, graphic and video files. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). | |
| Premium Recovery Software | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. Only the beginning of files/documents can be shown/played back. | |
| Recuva | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, some file info, and file headers. The program can also show image thumbnails. | |
| All our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. Since our last review: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard doesn’t require Microsoft Office to preview office files and became more convenient. Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional can show much more files without their native applications installed. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) when the application is installed. Audio and video file can be played back in a separate window. The first frame of a video file is shown in the right panel with the Large icons is selected. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). | |
| Seagate File Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. Only the beginning of files/documents can be shown/played back. | |
| Wondershare Data Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office (doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx) and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, graphic (jpg, png, tif) files. No video or audio files could be played back. | |
| Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 2.0 | The built-in previewer saves files which have to be viewed in their native applications. | |
| All the tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard require Office to be installed to preview those file types. Since our last review: Restorer Ultimate can now show pictures as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of their first frame. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can now play back audio and video file in a separate window. The first frame of a video file is shown in the right panel when the Large icon is selected. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. | |
| Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, avi, and Microsoft and Open Office documents (txt, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, ods, odt) without the application installed. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files) when the application is installed. | |
| Seagate Recovery Suite | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. Only the beginning of files/documents can be shown/played back. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, txt files, and Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf). | |
| Recuva | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, some file info, and file headers. The program can also show image thumbnails. | |
| All our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard require Office to be installed to preview those file types. Since our last review: R-Undelete has now a completely new previewer that is more convenient to view. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can now show Adobe Acrobat documents (pdf), and ppt, pptx files. Raise Data Recovery can now show txt files and Adobe Acrobat documents. Seagate Recovery Suite (when compared with Seagate File Recovery tested in 2016) now has quite a powerful previewer. | |||
File preview
A file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Active@ UNDELETE | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, avi, and Office files (txt, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ods, odt) without the application installed. | |
| Auslogics File Recovery | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic and some video files. | |
| Kernel for Windows Data Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show/play graphic files, Office files, pdf, and mp3. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed. Also the program has a right panel to preview pictures. | |
| Raise Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. I can do it either in right panel of the program or in a separate window. | |
| Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Home | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show files only in its installed applications. Graphic files can be previewed as thumbnails. | |
| All of our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Undelete and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. Ontrack EasyRecovery Home and EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard require Office to be installed to preview those file types. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Seagate File Recovery | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Systweak Advanced Disk Recovery | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show files only in corresponding application. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed. | |
| MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| Undelete360 | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| Data Rescue PC3 | 2.0 | The built-in previewer can show files only in corresponding application. | |
| A file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program. All of our tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Studio, Seagate File Recovery, and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, Microsoft Office documents (if Office is installed), Adobe PDF, some WWW files, most popular archives, and some other file types. | |
| Recover My Files | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show many file types. Previewed files can be printed and copied. Gallery View shows all images as a gallery. | |
| Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 4.0 | The built-in previewer shows files as thumbnails. A file can be opened in its native application (provided that its installed). Can also view file properties. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic and text files with file sizes up to 10MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| Handy Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| Orion File Recovery | 0.0 | This program did not appear to have a built-in file previewer. | |
| A file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program. All of our tested programs, except for Orion File Recovery, have built-in previewers. R-Studio, Stellar Phoenix Windows, and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those application installed. | |
| R-Undelete | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files, and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed. | |
| Handy Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| MiniTool Power Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show only graphic files. | |
| Restorer Ultimate and R-Undelete have the most advanced previewer. Not only can they preview graphic, audio, and video files, they can also show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat files without having those application installed. | |||
