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* [http://pcinspector.de PC Inspector File Recovery] ([http://pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm English]) | * [http://pcinspector.de PC Inspector File Recovery] ([http://pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm English]) | ||
| + | * [http://www.smartpctools.com/recovery/ Smart PC Solutions]: versions for FAT and [[NTFS]]; "freeware"/"free download" | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 20 January 2007
computing: software: data recovery
Overview
When drives and storage media become unreadable by the usual methods, it is often possible to recover data using specialized software.
Damaged data generally falls into one of two categories:
- the directory listing can be read, and filesystem-checking utilities (such as scandisk in Microsoft Windows and fsck in Linux) report no errors, but attempting to read files results in error messages, time-outs, or bad data
- directory listings are unavailable or damaged
Different software is appropriate depending on which of the two situations is occurring.
Directories Ok, Files Bad
- SpinRite is an excellent tool for recovering damaged data on otherwise apparently-healthy drives.
Directories Bad
- GetDataBack
- PC Inspector File Recovery (English)
- Smart PC Solutions: versions for FAT and NTFS; "freeware"/"free download"