PCs, Smartphones and other digital devices we use contain all our personal and important data. We cannot bare to lose our data, and to our luck, none of these devices are reliable. They can get damaged or might corrupt anytime, losing our important data in the process. Unfortunately, there is no tool to 100% make sure you will never lose the data. However, if you
have lost some important data due to a corrupt system or accidental deletion, then you do have a chance to recover it.
I worked hard to find for you best software to use when you are recovering your lost data;
1. Recuva
Recuva is created by the software developers Piriform, who are also responsible for the popular CCleaner PC cleaning tool. Just like other products, you should also expect attractive interface with high quality. Recuva has a built-in wizard (optional) that guides you through the steps of recovery every time you want to recover data.You don’t have to do anything, just answer the questions the wizard asks, like data type, area to scan and type of scan, etc. and Recuva will handle rest.
Price: Free version (which is enough for data recovery) and a Paid version for $24.95 (advanced file recovery, virtual hard drive support, automatic updates, premium support).
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1,10
2. Wise Data Recovery
Wise Data Recovery tool is not one of the most feature rich or customizable software. It comes with a clean interface with very few options to tweak. This might make it a bit limited, but for a quick job, this tool is perfect.
All you need to do is launch the tool and select the drive which you would like to scan (removable drives included). The software will quickly scan (very quick as compared to many) the drive and show you all the data that can be recovered such as deleted photos, documents, videos, emails etc. It also comes with a portable version to keep it with you all the time.
This tool is best for people who want a quick and simple tool to recover data, but it may not be able to recover all the data like other tools can.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1,10
3. Free Undelete
Free Undelete is another easy to use data recovery tool similar to Wise Data Recovery. It doesn’t offer any advanced options to customize what type of data you are looking for, all you need to do is scan a drive (removable as well) and see the results.
After scanning, the tool will show all the files that can be recovered, and even show whole deleted folders. You can just open up folders to recover data from them or just recover everything with a single click. You can recover, Images, music, documents, videos, emails (from email clients) and compressed files.
Price: Free for personal use and Paid for Corporate use costing $69 and $103 for each version (offers guaranteed customer support).
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
4. Pandora Recovery
Pandora Recovery is a feature rich tool with tons of customization options and deep scanning capability. It doesn’t have as attractive interface as Recuva, but it is definitely more feature rich and hand holding, making it a light replacement to Recuva. It lets you recover FAT32 or NTFS file system. It also comes with a wizard to guide you through the process and let you choose how you want to scan.
You can scan a type of file, the whole drive or deep scan to look for all the files with most files recovered. You can connect other removable storage devices to scan them as well, and all scanning methods will apply to them. You will also find helping tips to understand what each button do as soon as you need to use them.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
5. Minitool Partition Recovery
This is a really amazing tool with very simple yet attractive interface. However, its free version is only limited to 1 GB of data recovery. After that, you will have to upgrade to a paid version. The tool is capable of recovering data from formatted, damaged and even deleted partitions with amazing results.
In our experience, the tool did an astounding job of recovering data from a simple drive. It recovered 5 times more files than the other tools mentioned here and divided all the files according to their extensions, making it extremely easy to find the required file. Although, it also took quite some time to scan the drive, but the results were pleasing.
It is a good tool for people who really need some deep scanning and don’t mind paying if they have to (keep 1 GB free data recovery in mind). It supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems.
Price: Free up to 1 GB, after that, paid versions may cost $69 and $89
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
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