TOP 10 data recovery software

1. PC INSPECTOR File Recovery

It is a versatile data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 as well as NTFS systems. Even the boot sector or FAT gets erased, PC INSPECTOR can find the partitions automatically. It recovers the files with original time and date stamp.

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2. Nucleus Mac Data Recovery Software v4.03

This is an advanced data Mac data recovery tool for HFS and HFS+ partitions. It's QFSCI technology is capable of recovering lost mac partitions, files and folders from eMac, iMac, iBook and Apple iPod.

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3. Nucleus ReiserFS Linux Partition Recovery

It is a advanced, user-friendly Linux partition recovery software for ReiserFS partitions. With Nucleus ReiserFS Linux Partition Recovery you can regain data even if login password is lost or there is a corruption of Super Block, recovery. It is a widely used linux partition recovery software used by Computer Technicians, Researchers, Academic Institutes, Professional Forensic Experts, Law Enforcers, R & D Institutes etc.

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4. Quick Recovery for FAT and NTFS

This is essentially a do-it-yourself Non-Destructive NTFS Data Recovery Software. The complete operation is just performed in two steps that includes Analysis, Select and Save. It's Bad sector management and recovery (BSMR) allows data retrieval from damaged disks.

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5. Recover Linux Deleted Files

This one is widely used by to recover files deleted files in Linux platform. The Linux Partition Recovery Tool is designed to regain the Linux deleted files in Linux based Ext2 and Ext3 file systems. This software runs on Suse Linux, Mandriva Linux, Mandrake Linux, Turbo Linux, Slackware Linux, Gentoo Linux, Kubuntu Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Debian, Caldera Linux etc.

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6. Undelete Plus

To restore accidentally deleted files you can use the Undelete Plus. Suppose you have permanently deleted a file in Windows using Shift+delete, emptied a file from Recycle Bin or deleted files from within a Command Prompt. Undelete Plus will allow you to recover all these deleted files. Undelete Plus works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista operating systems. The windows recovery program supports FAT12/16/32,NTFS/NTFS5. Further it also enables image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.

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7. Avira UnErase Personal

For data lost accidentally or as a result of virus, defective software or an an uninstaller, Avira UnErase can help you out with the recovery.

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8.  Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery

This Stellar Email Recovery software can locate, recover as well as restore deleted PST files and its objects. It is quite handy when you need to retrieve lost PST emails, calendar entries, notes, journals, tasks and appointments.

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9. Freeware data recovery

This is a free full version of freeware data recovery software. With the powerful, free FAT 32 file undelete program you can recover files accidentally lost from an external hard drive.

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10. Max Data recovery

If you have to recover data from damaged or broken CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and other storage media Max Data recovery is your aid. with this software you can easily recover the corrupted, unopenable and unreadable files.

SNAP raid server recovery

SNAP RAIDS come either built into the motherboard (MLB, main logic board) or are plug in to the PCI slot 32bit or 64bit.

Raid Failures: Raid 5, Raid 10, Raid 50

Broken Raid - More than one drive is out of the raid during operation and it fails the raid. Most times this happens while the raid is in a crippled state and trying to replace the bad drive a good drive is pulled or replaced while the raid is powered off. Both will result in a Failed Raid.
THIS IS A RECOVERABLE STATE

Bad Risk Table or Parity Loss - The risk tables have been over written with a new configuration or the Raid has lost the parity. This usually happens trying to correct the broken raid problem, upgrades, big mistakes or employee sabotage and gets worse trying to correct the problem.
THIS IS A RECOVERABLE STATE

ROM UPGRADES - flashing rom bios on a lot of the PERC raid controllers and others will cause the drives to not be recognized. This happens due to the changes in the firmware to recognize the partition. Replacing the old firmware will not help.
THIS IS A RECOVERABLE STATE

Failed Hard Drives - Two or more drives fail on raid at same time. This is just plain old hard drive failure that must occur at sometime. Sometimes it’s more than one drive and there comes the problem. The raid can only have one failure unless it’s a mirrored raid.
THIS IS RECOVERABLE ONLY IF ONE OF THE DRIVES IS RECOVERABLE OUT OF THE TWO. ONLY ONE OF THE DRIVES CAN BE FAILED FOR RECOVERY. THE RAID IS BROKEN AT THIS POINT.

By using specialized techniques Data Recovery Zone can perform a data exctraction if the RAID consist of more than 5 drives.

Recovery software

When you opened one of those folders all it's content was yet in perfect shape, readable and all, and if you'd made a mistake and you'd need one of those folders i.e it's content, you just had to be quick enough...

That's the way MS Windows handles your data. They're written to your hard disk, kept there according to your wishes and once you decide to get rid of them, all the space your data occupy on the hard disk is marked for reuse, just like tearing off the labels of those nostalgic folders.

File recovery software works best when the deleted files are recovered to another drive. That's because the very act of recovery involves writing to your drive, and you don't want to write over other files yet to be recovered. The "other" drive can be another hard disk, another hard disk partition, a networked machine, or an external USB device.

However, if you have just accidentally emptied your wastebasket (recycle bin), or explicitly deleted a file, and realized you’ve made a mistake, file recovery is a very real possibility. The golden rule is “don’t write ANYTHING to the disk, or reboot”. Just immediately run your recovery software

Until recently, file recovery was one of the few categories where the main commercial products really outshone the freeware alternatives. Good examples of commercial products include the impressive "R-Studio”, “Recover My Files”, and “Active File Recovery.”

But the picture has changed dramatically. You now have now some excellent freeware choices: 

Free Undelete does what you expect it to do and indulges with a rare highlight: in it's 'toolbox' you find a wide variety of standard formats to be easily rescued. Another tool of acceptable basic features isUndelete Plus. But I deny them my full recomendation because the first froze repeatedly on an USB-stick, and the second for it's minimalist functions.