Data Recovery Software

[buzz]

Does anyone use a specific recovery software that's been good? I use a Blacx external dock for my hard drives.
I tried free versions of easeus and remo software, just wanted to put it out there if there are any favorites.

[Hansoon]

Cobian Backup

In use since over 10 years. Does exactly what I need and is free.

Hans

[buzz]

Yes, I use Cobian too, both biz and personal, and works great for auto back up. But recently I needed to extract and recover files from a bad external drive and been taking days now. Did Cobian have a recovery to extract data, did not know that. thanks

[rthonpm]

SpinRite has always been a go-to for me for quite awhile. It's recovered everything I've thrown at it save for a physically damaged drive.

[ridgemill]

TestDisk is a good, free, and open source option: TestDisk - Partition Recovery and File Undelete
If you don't have access to an OS during recovery, it is also included with GParted Live: GParted -- Live CD/USB/PXE/HD

As a general rule, always leave the drive undocked until you are ready to recover, and never write the deleted files back to the same drive; doing so can overwrite other deleted files you may want to recover.

[Methedor]

Does anyone have experience with EaseUS ToDo Recovery & Backup software? It appears to have a User Friendly interface, but I have found that Friendly GUI can mean a lack of technical options.

As for Recovery Software, I've used Recuva in the past.

Thanks for Reading and hope Recuva helps.

[petermays]

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