Nov192012

Is there a really free data recovery software?

mariayery asks:

I’ve formatted my hard disk 5 days ago and my backup for all the files is corrupted. I have tried several data recovery software, but all of them asked me pay for it. :”(

I am a student, so I have no money for it. So, I want to get a REALLY free data recovery software. If you know it, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Urgently…


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ha14

November 19, 2012
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Justin Pot

November 19, 2012

Recuva is always free: http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Rajaa Chowdhury

Yes Recuva is a good data recovery software and is always free.

November 20, 2012
maria

thanks

November 20, 2012
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Qin Tang

November 20, 2012

Partition Wizard is great! It seems that they are hosting the giveaway promotion on Facebook. You may have a try. Good luck!

maria

dear, thanks for your reply, but what i want is a free data recovery software. not a partition wizard.

November 20, 2012
Qin Tang

Lol…I must mixed other questions with yours, sorry! But there are so many recovery tools, just google it.

November 21, 2012
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maria

November 20, 2012

cool, i will get one. seems easy to get. aha.

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Prasanth Mathialagan

November 20, 2012

Why dont you try Pandora recovery??

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Jatin Rungta

November 20, 2012

Recuva

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Usman Mubashir

November 20, 2012

try EASUS data recovery software for less than 1 Gb files, or try Piriform Recuva (which is not a good option as it cannot recover files deleted properly)

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Alisa Fish

November 21, 2012

I don’t think so there is a free one.
You’d better to buy a professional one.
The one I’ve used for long is nice and not expensive.
http://www.goshareware.com/windows-data-recovery.html

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mangesh kharche

November 23, 2012

try PhotoRec or EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition.

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softwaredemons

November 28, 2012

Recuva is free and best software

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Robert McClure

December 1, 2012

How can u retrieved texts that you erased by mistake?

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Rahul Prajapati

December 7, 2012

EASEUS Data Recovery this is one data recovery software i am using and i thing is good. it is not too effective but this software recover data at some extent …

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Rahul Prajapati

December 7, 2012

i forgot to mention that it is free ……………………..

Joel Jacob

use recuva it is free

December 8, 2012
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Paul Pruitt

December 11, 2012

Here’s my page on lost partition rescue freeware: http://www.s2services.com/partitionmgrsfreeware.htm

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Micheal

December 18, 2012

no such thing. some companies may have free version but with limited functions.

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David Wheeler

January 3, 2013

recuva works just fine for me it will even recover from a usb stick

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Kennan

March 11, 2013

Recuva is free – piriform.com/recuva
Recuva will find any kind of file at all, and has special modes for music, documents, videos, and emails, besides the standard photo recovery. The main drawback with Recuva is with disks that are completely corrupted. If Windows does not recognize the disk, Recuva cannot scan it.

Nothing is really free. It is worth to pay a little to get precious things back ! I have tested Recuva recovery programs and some only can recover 10% to 80% .The recovery program called Tenorshare Data Recovery [ http://goo.gl/qRRIe ] absolutely works. I have done some tests on cards I have deliberately corrupted from 2 GB to 8 GB. All the photos have been recovered.

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