With fast pace life and unlimited responsibilities, there is a possibility that you accidently delete important data. These unexpected ways whether someone else mistakenly clears the data, or data is lost in transfer, can be recovered by using software available in the market these days. Choosing best amongst numerous options is a daunting task.
Following are top 5 data recovery tools with the help of which one can save their confidential and important data.
- TestDisk
- Recuva
- PhotoRec
- Restoration
- Puran File Recovery
All above data recovery tools are compatible with Windows operating system and two amongst then can also work on MAC and Linux.
TestDisk: An open source tool known for its data recovering capabilities:
- Recovering all the undeleted FAT, NTFS and ext2 file systems
- Creating backup and rebuilding boot sector
- Fixing FAT tables and MFT
- Copy deleted files from partitions to recovery media
- Lost partitions can also be found for particular data recovery
TestDisk have no graphical user interface and hence command line prompt is available where commands are given for specific task. Command line functionality makes it little restricted but its menu and documentation helps you guide in proper way.
Recuva: Another Window based data recovery tool which is famous for its user-friendly interface. This tool gives user liberty to choose among manual or automated mode through which one can doing stepwise procedure can recovered required data. One can recover files that are lost for sure using file recovery wizard as its stepwise procedure resurrect that which you are not aware how to get it back. One can easily narrow down the search locations by using this wizard, this way Recuva searches only video/audio or some specific location only for searching lost data. On the other hand, if you are sure about the location where your lost data might be, you can simply switch to manual mode and obtain desired results. Preview of files that are available for the recovery can also be seen in this tool.
PhotoRec: Just like TestDisk, this data recovery software is compatible for Windows, MAC and Linux operating systems. PhotoRec tool is also available in command prompt form only and similar to TestDisk it is also capable of recovering all FAT and NTFS add to it this tool is known for its deep recovery features which makes it more popular than other software. Unlike TestDisk, this too without disturbing the normal functioning of boot sector, search for lost files in more secured and read-only mode. This tool is designed mainly to recover photos and is popular for safely transferring deleted files to another disk space.
Restoration: The requirement is similar but the way is different. Restoration is yet another data recovery tool which is compatible for all Windows operating systems. It may not recover data in refine way as compared to other tools but for systematic sorting of files found according to their size and filename can only be done by using this data recovery tool. With its minimum memory consumption, Restoration weighs only 406k and is mainly recommended to be used as a valuable part of USB toolkit of Windows-based devices.
Puran File Recovery: Known for its better quality and advanced functionalities, Puran File recovery tool is finest free tool. This easy to operate tool can scan any drive that Windows. It is capable of handling large range of files and scanning it for lost data as compared to other tools. This way larger area is covered at a time and lost data is recovered pretty soon. Lost partitions can also be identified and recovered by using this tool.