Top 10 Free Data Recovery Software of 2017 :
10) EaseUS Data Recovery for PC & Mobile Phone
Free and powerful file recovery software to recover 2GB of files free of charge. It solves all file loss problems: recovering files emptied from the Recycle Bin, lost due to a software crash, formatted or damaged hard drive, virus attack, lost partition or other unknown reasons.
Key Features:
Recovers up to 2GB of data for free.
Recovers deleted, formatted or inaccessible data.
Recovers files from deleted, formatted, hidden or lost partitions.
Recovers files from PC, laptops, servers, digital devices or storage media.
9)Pandora Recovery
You can BROWSE the hierarchy of existing and deleted files, or you can use SEARCH functionality to find a deleted file if you remember at least one of the following:
- full or partial file name,
- file size,
- file creation date, or
- file last accessed date
On top of that, Pandora Recovery allows you to preview deleted files of certain type (images and text files) without performing recovery. This feature becomes really important if you are forced to recover deleted files to the same drive. Currently you can preview files having several image file types (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, ICO,TIF, TGA, PCX, WBMP, WMF, JP2, J2K, JBG, JPC, PGX, PNM, RAS, CUR) and several text file types (TXT, LOG, INI, BAT, RTF, XML, CSS).
8) Puran File Recovery
There are 3 main recovery modes and range from the default Quick Scan which simply reads the FAT or NTFS file system for deleted files from the recycle bin etc, to Deep Scan that also includes scanning all available free space, or Full Scan will check all space on the device for the best chance of recovery.
Using the “Find lost files” option turns Puran File Recovery into a tool to recover all files from a lost or damaged partition. Something else you can do is edit the custom scan list which stores file signatures for more accurate recovery of badly damaged data.
This program is available either as a standalone tool or as part of the also free Puran Utilities suite. The standalone installer is 2.2MB in size and works on Windows XP up to Windows 8.
7)Wise Data Recovery
With advanced algorithm, Wise Data Recovery is able to finish the scanning process in seconds, saving you a lot of time. You can also choose your recovery file types or type in keywords before scanning to narrow down searching results and save more time.
Wise Data Recovery does not only scan for lost files but also analyzes the possibility of recovering them. Then it shows you details and recoverability of the files before you decide to recover them.
Wise Data Recovery also has a portable version, which means that you don’t have to install it, you can use it on your PC without writing to the hard drive. It is suggested you download the program on another computer, and move it to a flash drive. Then plug the flash drive into the PC with the missing files, and run it from there.
6)PC Inspector File recovery
PC Inspector File Recovery works well on both FAT and NTFS drives even if the boot sector has been erased or damaged. Here are some of the features of this recovery tool.
Simple search dialog can help locate files by name.
Recovered files can be restored to a local hard disk or network drives.
Can recover image and video of several types of files in different formats such as ARJ, AVI, BMP, DOC, DXF, XLS, EXE, GIF, HLP, HTML, JPG, LZH, MID, MOV, MP3, PDF, PNG, RTF, TAR, TIF, WAV and ZIP.
Can scan just specific areas of the disc with the Cluster scanner
Works perfectly on Windows
5)MiniTool Data Recovery Software
You Can:
Recover Deleted Data
Recover Data from Deleted/Lost Partition
Recover digital media data on any device
Recover Data from formatted/reform
For Windows
Support Windows 2000 /XP /Vista /Windows 7 /Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 /
4)LazeSoft Data Recovery
The LazeSoft program has 2 modes; deleted or lost file recovery for general undelete purposes, and a partition recovery mode which can find and recover files and folders in formatted, lost or damaged partitions. It can recover data from FAT, NTFS (including encrypted and compressed), memory cards, USB, phones/mp3 players and RAID arrays etc.
MBR, GPT partitions and dynamic partitions can be scanned in the partition recovery mode. You can easily narrow down your file search by using the filter option or File Type tab.
LazeSoft has 2 free versions for download, the 6MB Free edition simply installs and works within Windows, the 21MB Home edition has an added option to create a bootable CD/USB/ISO recovery disc. Using this could greatly reduce the risk of overwriting files you’re trying to recover.
3)TestDisk
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery program! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting your Partition Table).
PhotoRec is a File Recovery program designed to recover lost files; including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks, CDRom and lost pictures from digital camera memory (thus, its Photo Recovery name). PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it can still find files even if your media's filesystem has been severely damaged or re-formatted (overwritten data, of course, can not be recovered).
You can download the latest version from
2)Recuva
Recuva is a free Windows utility from the makers of CCleaner to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes FAT, NTFS and exFAT file systems, and files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images, music, video and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera/phone memory cards or MP3/MP4 players.
By using the more thorough Deep Scan mode you have a better chance to recover files, and “Scan for non-deleted files” turns Recuva’s search mode into recovering files from damaged or formatted partitions. There’s also a useful secure file eraser so selected deleted files cannot be recovered.
1)UNDELETE 360
Undelete 360 is one of the best programs to use for restoring accidentally or unintentionally deleted files from your computer, regardless of storage medium.
Built on a very fast and efficient algorithm, the program will browse, search, and recover files that have been deleted as a result of an accident, a virus, or software and computer failures.
Undelete 360 can recover files deleted from computer hard drives, USB/thumb drives and memory sticks, the memory cards used in cameras, smart phones, and other devices, pen drives, and more. The program supports both file recovery and folder recovery.
