Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-11)

MiniToolPowerDataRecovery

Freeistheonlyprograminthis

roundupwhichprovidesyouwith

essentialadviceduringthe

installation:donotinstallthe

1 MiniToolPower DataRecoveryFree

http://www.minitool.com

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softwaretothedriveyouwantto

recoverdatafrom,asyoumay

overwritefiles.

Thisversionisfree,butthereare

paid-foreditionsavailableaswell,

soyouwillrealisethatthereare

a fewrestrictions.

Youcanonlyrecover1GBof

data,youdon’thavetheoption of

savingscanresultstoworkwith

later,anda fewotheroptionsare

missing– butthere’sabsolutely

nothingthatstopsthisfrombeing

a greatfreerecoveryutility,aside

fromtheoccasionalad.

Youcanlimitscanstospecific

filetypes,andMiniToolPower

DataRecoveryFreeiscapableof

gettingfilesbackfrompartitions

youarenotevenabletosee,and

there’ssupportforremovable

drivesincludingopticalmedia.

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Featuringa delightfulsimple

interface,DiskDrillmakesfile

recoveryverysimple.There’sno

needtofiddlewithcomplex

options,andtheprogramcanbe

usedtoscanlocalaswellas

removabledrivesandmemory

cards.Scanyourchosendrive,and

you’representedwitha listof

recoverablefiles,groupedbytype,

andyouhavetheoptionof

previewingimagefilesinadvance.

It’sa simpletoolwitha high

successrate.

Whatseemslikea nicetouchfor

anyonewhoisa littlenervous

aboutdatarecovery,isthe

inclusionofa quicktutorialthe

firsttimetheprogramisrun– but

it issimplisticintheextremeand

of little real value, and ultimately

serves as an ad to upgrade to the

Pro version.

Upgrading to Pro increases the

number of computers the

software can be used on, and

opens up more options such as

advanced scanning and wider file

system support.

Effective,but

limitedto1GBof

recovereddata.

2 DiskDrill

http://www.cleverfiles.com

Simple but

effective, and with

a great tutorial.

THE BEST FREE FILE RECOVERY SOFTWARE

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image credits: MiniTool, Cleverfiles, EaseUS, CCleaner

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