Apr 10, 2023 • Filed to: Windows Computer Solutions • Proven solutions
We all have important data stored on our laptops and computers and a sudden loss of data can be very fatal at times. Data can be business files, media files in the form of photos and videos, or any other files. However, both Windows and Mac provide a great deal of protection to our data, and data loss is not very frequent. Situations may arrive when we lose all our data and hence these data recovery tools help you to get back your data before it is gone forever.
NTFS Undelete is an application (program) that allows you to undelete the files you lost in a very simple and easy way. NTFS Undelete application can easily restore all types of files from devices that use NTFS or FAT file systems. It also works with all types of removable media like USB thumb drives and SD cards.
Features
Advantages
1. It supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2003, and Server 2008 which shows it has a large platform.
2. It takes only several minutes to recover your lost files.
3. It lists the recovered files and images by name, status, size, path, date created, etc. which makes it very easy to sort files.
Disadvantages
1. A bit of technical knowledge is required to operate the software like knowledge of file extensions etc.
Review by user
Wondershare Data Recovery is an amazing tool available to help you recover files that were accidentally deleted or lost in some other way. It provides numerous options to recover files and lost data. It supports a large number of files and is regarded as the best data recovery software available today.
Advantages
1. It supports and recovers more than 550 types of files.
2. It requires minimum system requirements when compared to other software.
3. It recovers data very efficiently and in a very simple and quick way.
Disadvantages
1. The full version is paid and hence the free version has very limited features.
Ratings and Reviews
Average rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Recuva is a user-friendly Windows data recovery tool used to recover missing and lost files. It helps you to narrow your search type to pictures, music, documents, video, and other files. It also uses a green/yellow/red light system to indicate the possibility of the recovery of your files.
Advantages
1. It performs a very deep search to find your deleted files.
2. It is user friendly and allows you to narrow your search more effectively.
Disadvantages
1. The software takes more time to recover the lost data when compared to other software.
Ratings and reviews
Average rating is 4 out of 5 stars.
It is one of the best software available to delete accidentally deleted files from your system. It has a fast and efficient algorithm that browses, searches, and restores files very efficiently.
Advantages
1. It has a Wipe Files tool option that can securely delete files beyond recovery.
2. It can recover files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin and also from hard drives, floppy drives, USB drives, and digital cameras.
Disadvantages
1. It faces problems while recovering JPEG type of files which is a major drawback of the software.
Ratings and Reviews
Average ratings are 3.8 out of 5 stars.
It is a very simple data recovery tool available for recovering your lost files. It has a very simple interface and less complicated menu options and dialog boxes. It works with both FAT and NTFS types of systems.
Advantages
1. It has a very simple user-friendly interface with a fast recovery time.
Disadvantages
1. It does support file recovery for USB drives.
2. A free version is available only for personal use.
Ratings and reviews
Average rating is 4 out of 5 stars.
TestDisk Data Recovery is a free data recovery software available that helps recover deleted, lost, or damaged drives and partitions on Windows, and then helps to recover data from them. It supports hard drives, USB drives, and all kinds of other flash drives.
Advantages
1. It supports a large number of systems like IDE disk, SATA disk, SCSI disk, and removable disk, supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file systems.
2. It supports a large number of file formats and extensions.
Ratings and reviews
Average rating is 4.0 out of 5 stars.
Receiver Data Recovery for Mac is an amazing tool available to help you recover files that were accidentally deleted or lost in some other way. It provides numerous options to recover files and lost data. It supports a large number of files and is regarded as the best data recovery software available today.
Advantages
1. It supports and recovers more than 550 types of files.
2. It requires minimum system requirements when compared to other software.
3. It recovers data very efficiently and in a very simple and quick way.
Disadvantages
1. The full version is paid and hence the free version has very limited features.
Ratings and Reviews
Average rating is 4.5 out of 5 stars.
TestDisk mac data recovery is a free data recovery software for Mac users available that helps recover deleted, lost, or damaged drives and partitions on Windows, and then helps to recover data from them. It supports hard drives, USB drives, and all kinds of other flash drives.
Advantages
1. It supports a large number of systems like HFS+, FAT 16/32, and NTFS file systems.
2. It supports a large number of file formats and extensions.
Ratings and reviews
Average rating is 4.0 out of 5 stars.
Disk warrior is one of the popular data recovery software for mac users available today. One of the most attractive features of this software is its outstanding user interface. It can be used to retrieve photos, videos, documents, and many more.
Advantages
1. It is an advanced software and can also recover data from failing drive.
2. It displays a directory optimization index for each drive.
3. It is very fast and very reliable.
Disadvantages
1. The requirements of the software are a bit more complex when compared to others.
Ratings and reviews
Average rating is 4.2 out of 5 stars.
Disk Drill is a data recovery software that easily protects files from accidental deletion with the help of a recovery vault and retrieves the data back from the disk. It supports file systems like HFS, HFS+, NTFS, and FAT 32 systems. It is a very powerful tool.
Advantages
1. It has a powerful S.M.A.R.T monitoring system which helps you to monitor the status of your hard disk and risks of any potential failures.
2. Backup can be created into an image file and can be mounted later on for data recovery.
Disadvantages
1. It takes a longer time to recover files when compared to other recovery tools.
Ratings and Reviews
Average rating is 3.8 out of 5 stars.
It is a great data recovery tool available for mac users today which is a very good data recovery tool and allows us to recover around 500 GB of data at a time. It has 6 different modules of data recovery which helps you to easily recover your lost data.
Advantages
1. Six different modes of data recovery and partition options.
2. It is very user friendly and easy to use.
Disadvantages
1. It is a bit heavily priced 99.25$ for home edition. Thus makes the software costly when compared to other software.
Ratings and Reviews
Average rating is 4.8 out of 5 stars.
David Darlington
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