- 2019
Overall Product Rating: 2.9
A program with a good wizard interface, poor file recovery features, and below average file recovery performance. It has no support for the APFS file system, disk imaging, S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring capabilities. The program failed in file recovery from damaged FAT32, exFAT, and APFS partitions. We cannot recommend this program.
Interface and Features
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 5.0Compare
Supports raw file recovery with a pre-defined file signature set. File types to search for cannot be selected.
Support for the SIP system protection : 4.0Compare
The program informs the user that the files on the system disk can be accessed only when SIP is disabled and provides instructions how to do that.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 4.5Compare
Individual file and file mask search. Filters by file size and time (Created, Accessed, Modified). File sorting by file extension, time, size, and path by clicking column names. Files can be shown as a file list, icons, or details.
User interface: 5.0Compare
A good wizard interface that guides the user through the file recovery process but gives the user some control over it.
: 5.0Compare
Languages supported: English Only.
Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.
: 5.0Compare
The built-in previewer can play image, video, and audio files, show Microsoft and Open Office documents, Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, archive files, and emails.
File recovery performance
Apple Time Machine Backup Volume: 0.0Compare
The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume.
Apple Core Storage Volume: 0.0Compare
The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume.
Apple RAID0: 0.0Compare
The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0. Moreover, the program could not recognize the Apple RAID0 assembled by the system.
Emptied Trash (HFS+ file system): 5.0Compare
After Quick Scan: Nothing was found.
After Disk Scan: The program found all but one files, but only as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.
Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv.
Emptied Trash (FAT32 file system): 4.5Compare
After quick scan: The program could find only some fractions of the initial folder structure and app. half files. It was unable to find all doc(x), xls(x), mp3, and pdf files.
After Deep Scan: The program immediately found the correct folder structure (except several sub-folders in one folder) and files in the found folders. Those files could be previewed, but not recovered. After a quite long scan (20 min), the missing sub-folders with correct names and files were found in the Trash folder. All of them were successfully recovered.
Emptied Trash (exFAT file system): 4.5Compare
After Quick Scan: the program found two folders (Test_Photos and Test_Videos) from the root folder with sub-folders. They contained correct files with correct file names. The files from the disk root were found in the Trash/501 folder. All found files were successfully recovered.
After Deep scan (very long, more than 2 h!): The program found several DIRXXXXXXXX folders in Lost Locations. They contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. The zip file was found only as a raw file, without its file names. All found files were successfully recovered.
Emptied Trash (APFS file system): 4.0Compare
After Deep Scan: Almost all files were found, but only as raw files, that is, without their names and folder structure. These files were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file, 2 xlsx.
Disk erased (formatted) from FAT32 to FAT32: 4.0Compare
After Disk Scan: The program found several DIRXXXXXXXX folders in Lost Location. These folders contained all files with correct file names, with the following exception: one zip file and files from the root folder. Some of the DIRXXXXXXXX folders contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. Files from the root folder were not found among the remnants of the initial file systems. No files from the root folder were found. All found files were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: all files from the root folder and the zip file.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to APFS: 3.0Compare
The program found a strange HFS+ partition.
After scanning the found HFS+ partition: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only few files were found as raw files, that is, without their names and folder structure. These files were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: All avi, all mp3, 1 mkv, 3 pdf, 43 mp3, 1 zip, all png, 32 jpg, 1 flv, 4 mts.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to HFS+: 4.0Compare
After Disk Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to HFS+: 3.5Compare
After Simple scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files (Deep Scan) were found, that is, without the original folder structure and names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: Files from the root folder, 1 mkv, 4 mts, 19 mp3 files.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to APFS: 4.0Compare
After long search for lost partition: No previous partitions was found.
After Quick Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan : Only raw files (Deep Scan) were found, that is, without the original folder structure and names. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 19 mp3.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to exFAT: 5.5Compare
After long search for lost partition (app.2.5 h): The previous HFS+ was found.
After Quick Scan (app.10 min): All files and folders were found in their original places with correct names and successfully recovered.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to exFAT: 3.0Compare
After Disk Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure and names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 19 mp3, 1 xls, 1 zip.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to HFS+: 3.0Compare
After Disk Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure and names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 6 jpg, 1 mkv, 1 avi, 21 mp3, 5 pdf, 5 doc, 5 docx, 5 xls, 5 xlsx, 5 odt, 5ods, 1 zip.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to APFS: 3.0Compare
After disk scan (app. 30 min): Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure and names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Actually, the program had to scan the disk twice.
Files that were not recovered: 6 jpg, 1 mkv, 1 avi, 4 mts,, 21 mp3, 5 pdf, 5 doc, 5 docx, 5 xls, 5 xlsx, 5 odt, 5 ods, 1 zip.
Damaged partition (APFS): 0.0Compare
After a disk scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Nothing was found.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 0.0Compare
After a disk scan: The previous exFAT partition was not found.
After Deep Scan of the disk: Nothing was found.
Damaged partition (FAT32): 0.0Compare
After Simple Scan: The previous exFAT partition was not found.
After Deep Scan of the disk: Nothing was found.
Damaged partition (HFS+): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: The previous HFS+ partition was found.
After Partition Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan of the partition: Only raw files were found. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi, 4 mts, 19 mp3.
Deleted partition (APFS): 0.0Compare
After a disk scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Nothing was found.
Deleted partition (FAT32): 6.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous FAT32 partition with the entire folder and file structure on their original places with correct names. All files and folders were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (HFS+): 6.0Compare
After a disk scan: The previous HFS+ partition was immediately found.
After Partition Scan: The program found the previous partition with the entire folder and file structure on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (exFAT): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: The previous exFAT partition was immediately found.
After Partition Scan: Nothing was found.
After Deep Scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 19 mp3.
