File Recovery Software
Popular File Recovery Software

The following list identifies the most commonly downloaded data recovery software1. This provides a loose representation of the latest consumer trends, identifying what software people are interested in trying or buying:
As the number one data-recovery product, VirtualLab rescues lost and missing data from a variety of data-loss scenarios, including loss from formatting, partition damage, virus or directory destruction, and a myriad of other data-loss problems. It even recover accidentally deleted files from the Recycle Bin. It works on all Windows file systems, including FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS. It will rescue data from hard drives, camera cards, ZIP and Jaz disks, floppy disks, and other devices that Windows can assign a drive letter to, even if Windows operating system cannot see the device. This version also offers support for deleted e-mail recovery, damaged and quick formatted CD/DVD media, and camera cards.
BadCopy Pro is a leading data recovery software for floppy disk, CD, DVD, memory card, ZIP disk, and other storage media. BadCopy Pro can effectively recover and rescue corrupted or lost data from damaged, unreadable, or defective disks. The software supports all kinds of damage situations and all file types.
 
Some situations where BadCopy Pro can help are:
  • Damaged floppy disk repair and floppy data recovery.
  • Damaged or defective CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD data recovery.
  • Recovery of inaccessible data on floppy, CD and DVD disks.
  • Rescuing lost files from a floppy disk, CD-R/RW or DVD.
  • CD-R/W burning problems and data loss recovery.
  • Recovery of corrupted or unreadable files.
  • Retrieval of data from all sessions on multi-session CDs.
  • Lost photos recovery for storages used in digital cameras.
  • Recovery of files deleted on floppy disks, even quick formatted disks.
  • Data recovery on UDF and packet-writing disks. Supports DirectCD and InCD.
  • Recovery of data on Iomega ZIP, JAZ, or MO disks.
PC Inspector File Recovery is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged (does not work with the NTFS file system). Recovers files with the original time and date stamp. Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives.
This risk-free data-recovery software recovers deleted files, undeletes files from hard drives, floppy disks, digital cameras, USB drives, ZIP disks, CompactFlash cards, SmartMedia, and Sony Memory Sticks. Recover files such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail, Yahoo, Netscape, IncrediMail, databases, AutoCAD, Microsoft Money, QuickBooks, Microsoft SQL, and MYOB, as well as photos and MPEG, AVI, and MP3 files. Recover My Files will recover files emptied from the Recycle Bin or a formatted hard drive, or lost to a system crash or virus infection, and even will recover temporary files of documents never even saved. Recovery is simple; no technical skill is required. Recover files that standard undelete programs cannot find. It searches every sector of your hard drive, recovering deleted files by examining the contents. You can preview files before purchasing. The application has exclusive built-in CD and DVD burning support. Version 3.76 added support for newer JPEG file formats.
IsoBuster is an expert and low cost utility to do data recovery from CD and DVD. All CD/DVD File-Systems are supported. Supports an enormous range of image files as well. Comprehensive help file, Scanning for lost UDF files and folders, CD/DVD Surface scan. Find lost data on CD or DVD created with drag and drop applications (Direct CD, InCD, DLA, and Instant-Write) Find lost pictures created and saved to CD with Mavica or other equipment.
 
Version 1.8 build 1.8.0.4 features several new and additional ways to recover lost data, including file-signature recognition. Furthermore it now supports the IFO/VOB DVD Audio/Video file-system. And last but not least, fully integrated and transparent support for Macintosh files (Mac files to PC and MacBinary creation) for all file-systems (UDF, ISO/Joliet and HFS)
R-Undelete is a powerful file-recovery and undelete solution for FAT, NTFS, NTFS5, and Ext2FS file systems. The application can undelete files on valid logical disks visible to the host OS when files have been removed without the Recycle Bin. The program also can recover files deleted by a virus attack or power failure, or when emptied from the Recycle Bin. It can recover encrypted files, compressed files, and alternative data streams. R-Undelete recognizes localized names, supports dynamic disks, and is integrated into the Windows Explorer shell. All undelete and file-recovery functions are accessible from Windows Explorer.