Data Recovery Digest

Disk imaging and copying: 0.0Compare

No disk image support.

: 5.0Compare

FAT/exFAT, NTFS/NTFS5, HFS+, ext2/3

File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 3.5Compare

A search string (Search file or folders) lets you search for individual files or folders. Search results are shown in read in the folder/file tree. Manual file marking for recovery. Files are sorted by clicking column names.

Deep analysis of disks (disk scan): 4.0Compare

A drive object (partition) can be selected. Two scan types are available: Quick Scan and Advanced Scan. File types to search for (images, audio, video, etc.) can be selected. Scan process can be paused and then resumed, but cannot be saved.

File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 4.5Compare

Supports raw file recovery with a pre-defined file signature set. File types to search for cannot be selected. Found files appear in the Files Lost Original Name section.

File recovery parameters: 4.5Compare

Recovers filenames and the folder structure. It’s possible to open the folder with recovered files upon completion of the recovery process.

Logging: 0.0Compare

No logging capabilities.

S.M.A.R.T. : 0.0Compare

No S.M.A.R.T. capabilities.

User interface: 5.0Compare

A good basic wizard interface.

: 5.8Compare

Languages supported: 19 languages: English, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Russian, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabian.

Language management: Languages can be changed on the fly.

Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.

: 4.0Compare

File preview.

: 4.5Compare

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.

Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 6.0Compare

After Quick Scan All files and the entire original folder structure were found in their original places and successfully recovered.

Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system): 3.5Compare

After disk scan Only raw files were found in the Files Lost Original Name, Tags. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Files that were not recovered: 2 mts, 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files.

Partially recovered Files: 1 mkv file.

Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system): 5.5Compare

After disk scan: All files and the entire original folder structure were found in their original places and successfully recovered. Some files and folders had the # character at the beginning of their names.

Emptied Recycle Bin (NTFS file system): 3.0Compare

After Disk Scan : Only raw files were found in the Lost Partition/Other Lost Files/Files Lost Original Name section, all with incorrect names. Most of them were successfully recovered.

Overall, most files were recovered as raw files without their names. The original folder structure was not recovered at all.

Files that were not recovered: 2 docx,2 ods, 6 odt, 1 mts files.

Partially recovered files: 1 mkv file.

Emptied Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 6.0Compare

After Disk Scan: All files and the entire original folder structure were found in their original places and successfully recovered.

Reformatted disk (NTFS to NTFS): 3.0Compare

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.

Reformatted disk (exFAT to exFAT): 5.0Compare

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.

Reformatted disk (exFAT to NTFS): 5.5Compare

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.

Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT): 3.5Compare

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.

Reformatted disk (FAT32 to FAT32): 5.5Compare

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.

Damaged partition (NTFS): 2.0Compare

After Disk Scan: Only some raw files were found. They were successfully recovered.

Overall, all found files were recovered as raw files; the previous folder structure was not recovered at all.

Files that could not be recovered: 1 mts, 2 docx, 2 ods, 6 odt files.

Damaged partition (exFAT): 5.5Compare

After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found on their original palaces in the Lost Partition. All of them were successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.

Damaged partition (FAT32): 5.5Compare

After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found with correct names and successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.

Damaged partition (exFAT – memory card): 5.5Compare

After Disk Scan: All files and folders with correct names were found and successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.

Deleted partition (NTFS): 3.5Compare

The program immediately found the deleted partition as Lost Partition-1 (74.56 GB).

After Disk Scan of this partition: 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.

Deleted partition (exFAT): 6.0Compare

The program immediately found a Lost Partition-1 (74.56 GB) partition.

After Disk Scan: All files and folders were found in correct places and with correct names in the Other Lost Files section. All of them were successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.

Deleted partition (FAT32): 6.0Compare

The program immediately found a Lost Partition - 1of the correct size.

After Scan of this partition: All folders and files with correct names were found in the Other Lost Files section and successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.

Deleted partition (exFAT – memory card): 5.5Compare

The program immediately found a Lost Partition - 1of the correct size.

After Scan of this partition: All folders and files with correct names were found and successfully recovered.

Overall, all files and the original folder structure were recovered.