Since the 62MB freeware Home edition includes the same Win PE boot CD builder as the 114 MB GAOTD Pro edition, the better strategy would seem to be to DL and install the smaller freeware version and not have to be concerned with registration hassles.įor straight file recovery file recovery Recuva (4 MB), Pandora (3 MB, Easeus (4 MB) or Disk Digger (> 1 MB) are all freeware and are much smaller. This could be a huge benefit, especially if one can rebuild the image with custom apps. One important point to note is that, according to the Lazesoft web site, their boot disk is Windows PE based rather than the usual Linux base. Since the file recovery app itself is only about 6 MB, the rest is probably utils and apps for the boot CD. However, again the web site offers no clues as to what is on even the home edition let alone the pro edition. Perhaps the Pro edition just includes more utilities for inclusion on the boot disk. The feature set for the home and pro editions are identical. I'm not sure what is going on here but, according to the comparison page on the publisher's web site, the only difference between their free Home edition and their ($39, on sale for $18), Professional edition is the license and the DL size (62 MB vs 108 MB). PartitionGuru (Partition Manager + Recovery data & lost partitions tool) So I guess that the PRO version, namely this GAOTD, is even better, although even the FREE version supports the creation of a bootable CD or USB disk to recover data in case Windows doesn't boot up anymore (=> 62 MB in size only). So as usual, with Giovanni, there's no need to pay anything!!įinal Giovanni's verdict: the data recovery field is a darn SATURATED area nowadays: do you agree with me, dudes? LOL!!!! PartitionGuru (Partition Manager + Recovery data & lost partitions tool)Īnd for a limited period of time, you can even grab a FREE GENUINE LICENSE of the award-winning "EaseUS Data Recovery wizard Professional" here (you need a Facebook account though!!): EASEUS Partition Recovery with Bootable Disk based on WinPE to recover entire partitions and restore damaged boot sectors/MBR/BCD: IsoBuster (tool for recovering data/files/movies/music from CD, DVD, BD and HD DVD)ģ. PhotoRec (tool for recovering pictures from memory cards and USB flash disks. to recover files from removable media only (scratched CD/DVD, USB Flash Drive etc…): EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free EditionĢ. (Portable) Toolwiz File Recovery 1.3.0.0 So there's no point of giving it 65% THUMBS DOWN without comments.LOL!īut 114 MB for a program like this? Come on.īEST FREEWARE ALTERNATIVES (Google them as I can't post any link today) This is mainly due to the ease of use and functionality of this useful application.Well, I used the FREE version of this program a few weeks ago and I was favourably impressed by its performance. Overall, Panda Recovery is a useful tool to have in your toolbox. It does so using some quite powerful techniques having the ability to scan drive clusters, harvesting files whose MFT record has been reused by the OS, has been damaged or even recreated. It allows you to browse and search a tree of deleted files to help you find your missing data. Pandora Recovery has a standard looking interface, complete with wizards, hints and help. Pandora Recovery can successfully process archived, hidden, encrypted and compressed files and can recover Alternate Data Streams (ADS). It supports different kinds of storage devices such as hard drives, flash drives and memory cards. Pandora Recovery allows you to browse, search, preview and recover files deleted from NTFS and FAT volumes. It is capable of recovering files that have been removed from Recycle Bin, deleted using Shift + Delete keys (bypassing Recycle Bin) and also files that have been deleted from DOS prompt. Pandora Recovery is a relatively lightweight, yet powerful, free data recovery tool, which provides you with an effective way to attempt recovery of permanently deleted files.
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