If we are using the same computer for longer periods of time, the data in hard drive will keep on growing and we’ll be saving our important data in the hard drive over a period of time. If we are not backing up data on an alternative source like DVD Rom drive etc, then we are at risk of losing data. The life of a typical hard drive is not more than 6 years. So the hard drive should be replaced frequently after a few years to save yourself from data loss. If you have your data deleted accidently and you want to recover it, we give here 10 great free tools which can be used for data recovery.
Recuva is a freeware Windows tool to restore accidently deleted data from the hard drive. It can recover files that have been deleted from the recycle bin.
TestDisk is another powerful, free and open source software which can recover deleted/lost partitions and also make non-bootable drives work again. An easy to use partition recovery software. It supports both Windows as well as Linux partitions.
Glary Undelete is a free data recovery software by Glarysoft. It can recover files deleted from the recycle bin and even from Shift-Deleted file which are deleted directly without moving to the recycle bin.
Restoration is another old file recovery software which along with Windows 2000 and Windows XP, supports Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95 with both FAT and NTFS partitions.
PC Inspector File Recovery software supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions. It can identify partitions automatically even if the partition is damaged or lost. Recovered files can also be saved on a network drive for convenience.
Undelete Plus is a portable data recovery software with amazing features. It supports data recovery from hard drives, CD/DVD ROM drives, SD Cards, Floppy drives etc. It supports Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP and Windows Vista.
ARDC Data Recovery Software Tools is a collection of data recovery which are very easy to use even for a newbie. These tools can also work on hard drives with bad sectors and backup and restore from booting drive.
Avira UnErase can recover data which has been deleted either accidently or even if a virus has deleted the files. Avira UnErase is a very small software and can be used without installation.
SoftPerfect File Recovery is another portable software which supports recovery from hard drives, floppy disks, USB drives, CDFS file system and other storage media. It supports the popular file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption.
Pandora Recovery software recovers files that were permanently deleted from the recycle bin. You can search for and find your required deleted files. You can recover everything including pictures, videos, documents etc.
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Very nice article and interesting on hard disk recovery.
Superb article……..
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Very nice article. Appreciate it very much. the Avira Unerase is no loner available from Avira but readers can get it from Majorgeeks. Also Undelete Plus goes to a site for FileRestore Plus.