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Avira UnErase Personal Recover Files CD Recovery Toolbox Recuva File Recovery Data Recovery Data Recovery Restoration file recovery EASEUS Data Recovery Scavenger Version 4 Wizard Search & Recover FreeUndelete Glary Undelete SoftPerfect File Recovery mmCARD Recovery Stellar Phoenix Windows NTFS Undelete Data Recovery Pandora Recovery TOKIWA DataRecovery PC Inspector File Recovery Undelete Plus Quick Data Recovery Pro WinUndelete TestedTested OnOn 7474 FilesFiles –– including:including: MP3,MP3, DOC,DOC, PDF,PDF, JPG,JPG, video,video, Excel,Excel, Zip,Zip, HTML,HTML, andand ExeExe FlashdriveFlashdrive Files were deleted and drive formatted SDSD cardcard Files were deleted and card formatted HardHard drivedrive Files were deleted and drive defragged AshampooAshampoo
CostCost $14.99$14.99 FlashdriveFlashdrive –– afterafter formattingformatting foundfound nothingnothing SDSD cardcard –– recoveredrecovered allall 1212 JPG,JPG, butbut 22 couldcould notnot bebe used.used. RecoveredRecovered allall videovideo HardHard drivedrive –– HungHung upup andand II stoppedstopped itit AviraAvira UnEraseUnErase PersonalPersonal
FreeFree forfor personalpersonal usageusage WhenWhen recoveringrecovering filesfiles itit askask forfor aa charactercharacter forfor thethe firstfirst letter/number.letter/number. ItIt onlyonly givesgives 8.38.3 filenames.filenames. FlashFlash drivedrive –– itit recoveredrecovered mostmost exceptexcept forfor videovideo andand zipzip filesfiles HardHard drivedrive –– withwith nono filterfilter oror directdirect folderfolder toto pointpoint toto itit foundfound 14,24114,241 deleteddeleted files.files. CouldCould notnot findfind thethe onesones II wanted.wanted. DataData RecoveryRecovery (( TokiwaTokiwa ))
Download.comDownload.com DataData RecoveryRecovery (( TokiwaTokiwa )) Besides being free this program has a plus in that it does not need to be installed. It starts up just by clicking on the file. After that just click on the drive and tell it to scan for deleted files. You can speed up the search by typing in part or all of the file name you are looking for.
For the flash drive it found everything
With the SD card it found the . mts but not the .jpg files.
With the hard drive it would take too long to run DataData RecoveryRecovery (( TokiwaTokiwa ))
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fromfrom EASEUSEASEUS www.easeus.comwww.easeus.com DataData RecoveryRecovery WizardWizard fromfrom EASEUSEASEUS Price: $69.95. They released a new version which will allow you do recover 1GB of deleted files for free.
With the flash drive is found everything.
With the SD card it found the all, but 1 could not be recovered
With the external drive it said it would take about 7.5 hours. I stopped it after about 3.5 hours, it did not list the folder I deleted files from ( \Deleted files)
It does have a preview option and for the hard drive you can specify a folder saving time. Also search by file type, date, size, or other parameters. DataData RecoveryRecovery WizardWizard fromfrom EASEUSEASEUS DataData RecoveryRecovery WizardWizard fromfrom EASEUSEASEUS FileFile ScavengerScavenger FileFile ScavengerScavenger
Cost:Cost: $49.95$49.95 http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htmhttp://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm LooksLooks likelike itit wouldwould recoverrecover everythingeverything (demo(demo version),version), butbut withwith thethe scanscan ofof thethe externalexternal hardhard drivedrive itit diddid notnot findfind thethe deleteddeleted filesfiles folderfolder (lots(lots ofof others.)others.) FileFile ScavengerScavenger
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FlashFlash drivedrive –– recoveredrecovered allall butbut oneone videovideo
SDSD –– recoveredrecovered allall butbut oneone videovideo andand oneone JPGJPG picturepicture
HardHard drivedrive –– veryvery fastfast scanscan (under(under aa minute)minute) forfor thethe wholewhole drive.drive. ItIt foundfound others,others, butbut couldcould notnot thethe deleteddeleted testtest files.files. GlaryGlary UndeleteUndelete GlaryGlary UndeleteUndelete
FlashFlash drivedrive itit foundfound everything,everything, butbut withwith thethe SDSD cardcard itit foundfound thethe .. mtsmts videovideo filesfiles butbut notnot thethe \\DCIMDCIM folderfolder oror .jpg.jpg pictures.pictures. ItIt completedcompleted aa scanscan ofof thethe hardhard drivedrive inin underunder anan hour.hour. ForFor thethe hardhard drivedrive itit diddid notnot findfind thethe filesfiles II deleted.deleted. ThereThere isis aa previewpreview featurefeature toto insureinsure itit isis thethe jpgjpg filefile youyou wanted.wanted. GlaryGlary UndeleteUndelete mmCARDmmCARD RecoveryRecovery mmCARDmmCARD RecoveryRecovery 3.5.3.93.5.3.9
costcost $27.00$27.00
StrictlyStrictly forfor digitaldigital pictures,pictures, andand multimediamultimedia
MyMy CanonCanon videovideo cameracamera recordsrecords itsits HDHD videovideo inin .. mtsmts formatformat files.files. ItIt diddid notnot findfind anyany ofof thosethose inin factfact itit showedshowed themthem asas .jpg.jpg files.files. NTFSNTFS UndeleteUndelete NTFSNTFS UndeleteUndelete
Cost: $39.95 with updates for two years. From ESupport. Demo only program, and their license says only for one computer.
It did scan my 2GB flash drive and found everything. There is a preview feature for graphic files (jpg, png, and gif), and it even showed a preview for pdf files.
For the SD card it found the . mts files, but not the .jpg files.
With a quick scan of the hard drive it completed the scan in under two minutes. But it did not find the deleted test files. It has a filter feature so you can put in all or part of the file you are looking for. Also filter by date, or size. PandoraPandora RecoveryRecovery
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It has a preview so you can see which pictures you want to recover.
For the flash drive it found everything except for the two video (mpg & mp4)
With the SD card it found all pictures, and video
On the hard drive I could point where to look, it found everything. PandoraPandora RecoveryRecovery
PandoraPandora MobileMobile RecoveryRecovery ($19.95)($19.95) isis aa portableportable versionversion ofof PandoraPandora RecoveryRecovery thatthat requiresrequires nono installationinstallation andand isis distributeddistributed onon aa 11 GBGB USBUSB thumbthumb drivedrive asas partpart ofof thethe PandoraPandora PowerPackPowerPack .. PandoraPandora RecoveryRecovery cancan bebe runrun directlydirectly fromfrom thethe USBUSB drivedrive andand deleteddeleted filesfiles maymay bebe recoveredrecovered toto thethe drive.drive. PCPC InspectorInspector PCPC InspectorInspector FileFile RecoveryRecovery
Free, but very slow with the scans. Does not work quite right with Windows 7
On Flash drive it discovered everything, but crashed before restoring.
With SD recovered only video files
Did not try with external USB hard drive it would take far too long PCPC InspectorInspector SmartSmart RecoveryRecovery
OnlyOnly recoversrecovers graphicgraphic filesfiles andand wavwav QuickQuick DataData RecoveryRecovery ProPro QuickQuick DataData RecoveryRecovery ProPro
Scans are very fast
Found everything on flash drive.
Did not find the .jpg files on the SD card
Hard drive it did not file the deleted files from the \Deleted files folder.
Cost $49 or $79 for pro -plus version RecoverRecover FilesFiles RecoverRecover FilesFiles
Cost: $39.95 (use to be free years ago)
Trial version looks pretty good. Nice break down of deleted file types. Scan is fast and looks like with would get everything from the flash drive. It will give you 30 days to try it out, but it will recover only one file and limit it to under 256MB.
With SD card it only found the . mts video files.
Hard drive again did not find the files RecuvaRecuva FileFile RecoveryRecovery http://http:// www.piriform.com/recuvawww.piriform.com/recuva CostCost –– usedused freefree versionversion (no(no support)support) RecuvaRecuva FileFile RecoveryRecovery
FlashFlash drivedrive –– foundfound allall ofof thethe filesfiles
SDSD CardCard –– FoundFound onlyonly thethe .. mtsmts videovideo filesfiles
HardHard DriveDrive -- AbleAble toto pointpoint whichwhich folder:folder: QuickQuick scanscan itit foundfound nothing.nothing. DidDid aa deepdeep scanscan itit tooktook 22 hourshours foundfound mostmost ofof thethe files.files. SearchSearch && RecoverRecover
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Flash drive - it found and recovered everything.
SD card - it found everything but one picture could not be used.
External hard drive it took over 4 hours to scan – would be nice to be able to direct it to a specific folder. It did find everything.
On the toolbar there is a “Filter Results ” feature. Once inside it I can tell it to look for. I do wish it was at the start of the search. SoftPerfectSoftPerfect FileFile RecoveryRecovery
fromfrom SoftPerfectSoftPerfect www.softperfect.comwww.softperfect.com SoftPerfectSoftPerfect FileFile RecoveryRecovery
Very fast scans, no installation is required. Small, 500KB, standalone file.
Flash drive - found and recovered everything.
SD card it found the video files only.
Hard drive it did not find the files deleted in the Deleted files folder. WinUndeleteWinUndelete WinUndeleteWinUndelete
CostCost $49.95$49.95 demodemo versionversion YouYou cancan specifyspecify whatwhat typetype ofof filefile youyou wantwant itit toto scanscan for.for. ScansScans areare veryvery fast.fast. SDSD cardcard itit foundfound thethe threethree .. mtsmts (HD(HD video)video) files,files, butbut forfor somesome reasonreason itit diddid notnot findfind anyany .jpg.jpg (picture)(picture) files,files, eveneven afterafter tellingtelling itit toto specificallyspecifically looklook forfor them.them. UndeleteUndelete ProfessionalProfessional from Diskkeeper $49.95 www.diskeeper.com UndeleteUndelete ProfessionalProfessional
Undelete ® file recovery software replaces the Windows recycle bin with a catch -all Recovery Bin ™ that intercepts all deleted files, no matter how they were dele ted. The Recovery Bin displays information about each deleted file includ ing the file owner, the date and time the file was deleted and allows for easy recovery.
It does not have a preview window to make sure of what you are r ecovering.
It found and recovered all the MP3 files on the flash drive
It found 18 pictures files on the SD card, 6 of which could not be used.
No problem recovering anything with external hard drive. Zip, Do c, images, or MP3 files were all useable.
After formatting - I could not find anything after a format.
This is from a previous test I did about 4 years ago.