- 2016
Overall Product Rating: 2.5
Although this program has a quite good interface and recovery parameters, its performance is quite poor. In fact, it can recover only deleted files.
File recovery parameters: 4.5Compare
Recovers file names and the folder structure. Recovers system attributes, alternative data streams for NTFS, time stamps for NTFS.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 3.5Compare
Search parameters: file mask search, file search for date, file search for size.
Deep analysis of disks (disk scan): 0.0Compare
No deep analysis of disks (disk scan) in this program.
Localization support: 5.0Compare
Languages supported: : English, Russian, Spanish, French, Romanian, Swedish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Italian, Czech, German, Bulgarian, Polish, Vietnamese, Arabic, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Japanese.
Languages management: : Languages can be changed on-the-fly.
Localized file name recognition: Characters recognized: French, Characters recognized for filenames, but unrecognized for folders: Russian, Arabian, Japanese, and Chinese.
Demo mode restrictions: 4.5Compare
The free version can recover files, but not the folder tree. No time limit for the demo mode. The file preview, filter, file properties, hex view, software log tabs, and recovery options aren’t accessible.
File recovery performance
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (NTFS file system): 3.5Compare
After Searching the partition: File and folder structure: All files and folders were found with correct names, except one folder with the doc and docx files. It was found with the incorrect file name Delete 41. It contained all doc and docx files with correct names. Successfully recovered: All files, except: Not recovered (files damaged): 1 docx file, 2 mp4 files, and a large pseudo-random file.
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (FAT32 file system): 2.0Compare
After Searching the partition: File and folder structure: Only files from the root folder were found (2 mp4 files and the pseudo-random file, with correct file names). Successfully recovered: 2 mp4 files from the root folder. Not recovered (files damaged): The pseudo-random file from the root folder and all files from the subfolders.
Emptied Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 1.0Compare
After Searching the partition: The exFAT partition was discovered, but no files were found and recovered.
Files Deleted without Recycle Bin (exFAT file system): 1.0Compare
After Searching the partition: The exFAT partition was discovered, but no files were found and recovered.
Emptied Recycle Bin (NTFS file system): 3.5Compare
After Searching the partition: File and folder structure: All file names in the subfolders were correctly recovered. Subfolder names and file name in the root folder (1 mp4 file) were not recovered. Successfully recovered: 1 mp4 file, 6 doc and 5 docx files, 6 mp3 files, 6 video files, 6 pdf files, first 53 jpg files. Not recovered (files damaged): 1 mp4 file (it wasn’t even found), all xls and xlsx files, 1 docx file, the last 47 jpg files.
Reformatted disk (NTFS to exFAT): 1.0Compare
After Searching the partition: The exFAT partition was found but no files were found
