Interface and Features
File preview
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File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. The program can also show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. Files can be sequentially previewed, marked for recovery, and recovered directly from the previewer. It also shows the path to the previewed file. The program can also show file properties in a special tab. The Technician version can show extended properties. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.0 | Graphics (including raw files from many digital cameras), pdf, and txt files, and the first frames of video files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| DiskGenius | 4.5 | A shortcut command “Preview” starts a file previewer that supports text files, pictures, Microsoft Office documents, pdf, video, and audio files. | |
| WinHex | 4.5 | A built-in previewer activated by the View command in the shortcut or Tools menu. Available in the Superior license type. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, pdf (with only the first page is shown), txt, and doc files. Some audio and video files can also been previewed (avi, mp4, mp3). | |
| DMDE | 2.5 | A built-in previewer can show graphic files. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. Since our last review: WinHex: A preview is available in the Superior license type. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. The program can also show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. Files can be sequentially previewed, marked for recovery, and recovered directly from the previewer, it also shows the path to the previewed file. The program can also show file properties in a special tab. The Technician version can show extended properties. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.0 | Graphics (including raw files from many digital cameras), pdf, and txt files, and the first frames of video files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio (mp3), video (mp4, mpeg, avi) files, Microsoft/Open Office documents (doc, docx, ods, odt, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx), txt, Adobe PDF (pdf). Audio and video are played only partially. | |
| DiskGenius | 4.5 | A shortcut command “Preview” starts a file previewer that supports text files, pictures, Microsoft Office documents, pdf, video, and audio files. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, pdf, txt, and doc files. Some audio and video files can also been previewed (avi, mp4, mp3). | |
| WinHex | 2.0 | There’s no file previewer. Files can be viewed in their respective programs. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. WinHex doesn’t have a built-in previewer. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. The program can also show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. Files can be sequentially previewed, marked for recovery, and recovered directly from the previewer; it also shows the path to the previewed file. The program can also show file properties in a special tab. The Technician version can show extended properties. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, txt, pdf, and doc, files. Some audio and video files can also been previewed (avi, mp4, mp3). | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 3.5 | Graphic (including raw files from many digital cameras), pdf, and txt files, and the first frames of video files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio (mp3), video (mp4, mpeg, avi) files, Microsoft/Open Office documents (doc, docx, ods, odt, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx), txt, Adobe PDF (pdf). Audio and video are played only partially. | |
| DMDE | 2.5 | A built-in previewer can show graphic files. | |
| WinHex | 2.0 | There’s no file previewer. Files can be viewed in their respective programs. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed.WinHex doesn’t have a built-in previewer. Since our last review: DMDE: A graphic file previewer has been added. R-Studio: Files can be sequentially previewed, marked for recovery, and recovered directly from the previewer; it also shows the path to the previewed file. Recovery Explorer RAID: support for several raw file formats of modern digital cameras has been added. Stellar Windows Data Recovery: support for ods and odt documents has been added. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. The program can also show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. The program can also show file properties in a special tab. The Technician version can show extended properties. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, pdf, txt, and doc files. Some audio and video files can also been previewed (avi, mp4, mp3). | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 3.5 | Graphic, pdf, and txt files, and the first frames of video files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, txt, pdf, doc, and docx files. File information can be shown. | |
| WinHex | 2.0 | There’s no file previewer. Files can be viewed in their respective programs. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation only allowing the recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. Since our last review: R-Studio: The program can now show file properties. Recovery Explorer RAID can now show the first frames of video files. ReclaiMe File Recovery: It can now play some video and audio files. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. The program can also show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio (mp3), video (mp4, mpeg, avi) files, Microsoft/Open Office documents (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx), txt, Adobe PDF (pdf). Audio and video are played only partially. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 3.5 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, pdf (the first page) , txt, and doc files. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft, Open Office, and pdf documents, and graphic and text files. File size limit is 10 MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 3.0 | Graphic, pdf, and txt files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation of only allowing the recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. Since our last review: R-Studio: The program can now show graphic files and the first frames of video files as tiles in the file list. ReclaiMe File Recovery: It can now preview pdf files (the first page). | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, txt, and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft, Open Office, and pdf documents, and graphic and text files. File size limit is 10 MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 3.5 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: Microsoft Office documents, and graphic and txt files. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 3.5 | he program can preview the data in text, hex, or in cases of images, as a thumbnail. Can also view file properties. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 3.5 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic and doc files. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 3.0 | Graphic, pdf, and txt files can be previewed. The program can also show file properties. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation of only allowing the recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. | |||
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 4.5 | A file previewer with limited file types supported: graphic, txt, and doc files. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, office, pdf, and text files. File size limit is 10 MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 3.5 | Files are previewed by saving the file to a temp folder and launching in its native application. Can also view file properties. Also, the program can show graphic files. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 3.0 | The program can preview the data in text and hex. Can also view file properties. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation of only allowing recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. | |||
File previewing allows you to estimate your chances for recovering files before investing the time into a full recovery. The ability to preview files without having the native application installed is also a highly desirable feature, particularly when working with the startup version of a utility or attempting to recover data from a different operating system.
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic and text files. File size limit is 10 MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 3.5 | The program can preview the data in text, hex, or in cases of images, as a thumbnail. Can also view file properties. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 3.0 | Files are previewed by saving the file to a temp folder and launching in its native application. Can also view file properties. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. This program has a built-in previewer that supports the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation of only allowing recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. | |||
The ability to preview files, either in the file’s native application (e.g. Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Office) or in the data recovery program’s built-in previewer is a crucial timesaving feature. Built-in previewers are useful because they allow you to estimate the chances for a successful recovery with the given parameters (RAID parameters, correct partitions, etc.) without requiring you to recover the files. This is particularly helpful when running in a startup mode, where a full operating system with native applications installed isn’t available.
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx and Adobe Acrobat pdf even without having those applications installed. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 5.0 | Built-in previewer for graphic, audio, and video files. Also supports pdf files and Microsoft Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx without requiring installation of native applications. | |
| Recover My Files | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show very many file types. Previewed files can be printed and copied. Gallery View shows all images as a thumbnail gallery. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Technician | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, Microsoft Office documents, Adobe pdf, some WWW files, most popular archives, and some other file types. | |
| Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 4.0 | The built-in previewer shows files as thumbnails. A file can be opened in its native application, if installed. Can also view file properties. | |
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 4.0 | Preview for jpg and txt files. Can also view selected files in a separate program. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic and text files. File size limit is 10 MB. Can also view file properties. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 3.0 | Files are previewed by saving the file to a temp folder and launching in its native application. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | We could not find a file previewer in this program. | |
| R-Studio, Recover My Files and Restorer Ultimate scored highest in terms of preview capabilities. These programs have built-in previewers that support the most commonly recovered file types without the native application installed. Stellar Phoenix Technician’s support for web files and archives is also notable. During our tests, we could not find a file previewer in DMDE. This can be cumbersome, as it requires you to recover the file to a machine that has the supporting application installed before viewing the files. The demo version limitation of only allowing recovery of single files makes this even more tedious. | |||
After purchasing a license, file preview is very useful when determining if the correct restoration parameters were selected (e.g. RAID parameters, partitions, file system).
File preview
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.0 | Built-in previewer supports all graphic, audio, and video files. Native support for pdf, xls, ppt, docx, xlsx and pptx (doesn’t require installation of Adobe Reader or Microsoft Office). | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 5.0 | Built-in previewer supports all graphic, audio, and video files. Native support for pdf, xls, ppt, docx, xlsx and pptx (doesn’t require installation of Adobe Reader or Microsoft Office). | |
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 4.0 | Built-in previewer for jpg and txt files. Files can also be launched in a third-party application (if installed) directly from the program. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 3.0 | No built-in previewer. Individual files can be saved to a temporary folder and then launched in a third-party application (if installed). | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | No built-in file preview. Files must be recovered before attempting to open in third-party application (if installed). | |
| R-Studio and Restorer Ultimate have the best preview capabilities. Their built-in previewers can show the most commonly recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. DMDE has no file preview capabilities. | |||
