File recovery performance
RAID recovery
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Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit SDD: 2.5’’ SATA AXIS, through the USB interface, a 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | 26 min 36 sec (136 GB/h) – disk scan (Recover Lost Files) and search for all file systems and raw files. 26 min 39 sec (135 GB/h) – disk scan (Recover Lost Files) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | 29 min 17 sec (123 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 29 min 24 sec (122 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.5 | 27 min 7 sec (132 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 27 min 5 sec (133 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| WinHex | 5.5 | 27 min 20 sec (132 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions…) and search for all file systems without raw files. 27 min 0 sec (133 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for NTFS/FAT | |
| DMDE | 5.0 | 34 min 30 sec (104 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems without raw files. 33 min 5 sec (109 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT file systems and raw files. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | 36 min 45 sec (98 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. | |
| Summary: DiskGenius showed the best results. Then goes WinHex, Recovery Explorer Professional, and R-Studio. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate showed the worst results. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 18.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.5 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was found after device scan and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 2.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux MD RAID 5 automatically. The program found the RAID 5 after an extremely long device scan, as a regular RAID rather than an mdadm RAID. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 1.0 | The program could not recognize the MD RAID 5. automatically. The RAID 5 could be reconstructed manually knowing its parameters. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 1.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. The RAID 5 could be reconstructed manually knowing its parameters. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Summary: R-Studio and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. The other programs could not. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer Professional could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly successfully. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the un-synced disk. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. RAID Reconstructor could not find its parameters. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. DMDE and WinHex detected the parents of the RAID but could not re-construct it. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.5 | Two Linux LVM2 RAID 0 objects were immediately found. One was empty, the other contained all files and folders. | |
| WinHex | 0.5 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 container was immediately found on every RAID component, but the RAID were not automatically reconstructed. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer Professional, DiskGenius, and ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate could automatically reconstruct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. DMDE and WinHex could not. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by Mac OS X Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and successfully reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered, except files from the root folder. They appeared damaged. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.0 | The program hanged while searching for Linux MD volumes. When the search was interrupted the program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. Recovery Explorer Professional successfully re-constructed the Fusion drive and recovered almost all folders and files, but failed to recover files from the device root. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate found could find some raw files. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WinHex | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically along with the NTFS partitions on it and all files, but those files appeared damaged. | |
| Summary: All but one programs could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate didn’t recover anything. | |||
LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. DMDE and WinHex detected the parents of the RAID but could not re-construct it. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Virtual Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMDE | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Summary: All programs could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Summary: R-Studio and ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate could find RAID parameters automatically. R-Studio could do that almost immediately. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit SDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, through the eSATA interface, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | 5 min 5 sec (709 GB/h) – disk scan (Recover Lost Files) and search for all file systems and raw files. 4 min 58 sec (724 GB/h) – disk scan (Recover Lost Files) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | 6 min (600 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 5 min 33 sec (626 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 5.5 | 6 min 6 sec (590 GB/h) – disk scan (Searching Lost partitions, Extensive Search) and search for all file systems without raw files. 2 min 54 sec (1241 GB/h) – disk scan (Deep Scan) and search for all file systems without raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 4.5 | 8 min 19 sec (433 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 8 min 10 sec (441 GB/h) disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files search. | |
| WinHex | 4.5 | 4 min 58 sec (724 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions…) and search for all file systems without raw files. 4 min 52 sec (739 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | The program crashed during the test. | |
| Summary: DiskGenius showed the best results. Then goes R-Studio. WinHex showed almost the same results as DiskGenius, but it didn’t search for raw files. The results of Stellar Windows Data Recovery are quite unclear, as the results differ by two times while scanning the same disk. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate could not complete the test because it crashed. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically along with the NTFS partitions on it and all files, but those files appeared damaged. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate was able to find Windows Storage Space and all NTFS partitions, but files on them appeared damaged. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.5 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer Professional could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. ReclaiMe File Recovery could recover the original folder structure, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 18.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.5 | Two Linux MD RAID 5s were immediately found. One contained all file and folders. They were successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 1.5 | The Linux MD RAID 5 container was immediately found on every RAID component, but the RAID could not be automatically reconstructed. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 5 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer Professional, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. Stellar Windows Data Recovery, DiskGenius, and WinHex could not. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly successfully. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the un-synced disk. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. RAID Reconstructor could not find its parameters. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. Stellar Windows Data Recovery and WinHex detected the parents of the RAID but could not re-construct it. | |||
LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. Stellar Windows Data Recovery and WinHex detected the parents of the RAID but could not re-construct it. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Virtual Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | he WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically, along with the NTFS partitions on it and all files, but those files appeared damaged. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: All but two programs could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate was able to find Windows Storage Space and all NTFS partitions, but files on them appeared damaged. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DiskGenius | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.5 | Two Linux LVM2 RAID 0 objects were immediately found. One was empty, the other contained all files and folders. | |
| WinHex | 0.5 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 container was immediately found on every RAID component, but the RAID could not be automatically reconstructed. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer Professional, DiskGenius, and ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate could automatically reconstruct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. Stellar Windows Data Recovery and WinHex could not. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by Mac OS X Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. Recovery Explorer Professional and ReclaiMe File Recovery could find some raw files while scanning individual disks from the Fusion drive. DiskGenius, Stellar Windows Data Recovery, and WinHex could not find anything. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| DiskGenius | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Summary: R-Studio and ReclaiMe file recovery Ultimate could find RAID parameters automatically. R-Studio could do that almost immediately. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 18.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 1.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 container was immediately found on every RAID component, but the RAID could not be automatically reconstructed. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 5 automatically. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. DMDE, Stellar Windows Data Recovery, and WinHex could not. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.5 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a long scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer RAID could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. DMDE and ReclaiMe File Recovery could recover the original folder structure, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: Half of the programs, R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, and ReclaiMe File Recovery, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit SDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, through the eSATA interface, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 6 min 9 sec (585 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 6 min 3 sec (595 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | 5 min 7 sec (703 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for all file systems without raw files. 5 min 3 sec (713 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 6.0 | 6 min 13 sec (579 GB/h) – disk scan (Searching Lost partitions, Extensive Search) and search for all file systems and raw files. 2 min 53 sec (1250 GB/h) – partition scan (Deep Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 5.5 | 8 min 24 sec (429 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 8 min 33 sec (421 GB/h) disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| DMDE | 5.0 | 9 min 27 sec (381 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 9 min 10 sec (393 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 3.5 | 10 min 58 sec (328 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Stellar Windows Data Recovery, and WinHex showed the best results. Stellar Windows Data Recovery showed the extraordinary result for Deep Scan of the partition raw file search, and R-Studio showed the shortest time for disk scan with raw file search. ReclaiMe File Recovery showed the worst result. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically and the NTFS partition on it, but was unable to open it and find any file. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically and the NTFS partition on it, but was unable to open it and find any file. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The program found the WSS automatically and the NTFS partition on it, but was unable to open it and find any file. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space with one missing disk and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | Two Linux LVM2 RAID 0 objects were immediately found. One was empty, the other contained all files and folders. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 1.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 container was immediately found on every RAID component, but the RAID could not be automatically reconstructed. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found but with incorrect parameters. Additional scan didn’t find correct ones. No files or folders could be recovered. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could automatically reconstruct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. DMDE, Stellar Windows Data Recovery, and WinHex could not. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly successfully. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: Only two programs, R-Studio and ReclaiMe File Recovery, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 5.5 | The correct RAID parameters were found after a relatively long scan. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Summary: All programs except WinHex could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. R-Studio could do that almost immediately. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by Mac OS X Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. Recovery Explorer RAID, DMDE, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could find some raw files while scanning individual disks from the Fusion drive. Stellar Windows Data Recovery and WinHex could not find anything. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Virtual Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Stellar Windows Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 18.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 5 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, WinHex and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. DMDE, GetDataBack Pro+RAID Reconstructor could not. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and successfully recovered | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. RAID Reconstructor could not find its parameters. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: Only two programs, R-Studio and ReclaiMe File Recovery, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit SDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, through the eSATA interface, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 5 min 23 sec (669 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 5 min 22 sec (670 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| WinHex | 6.0 | 5 min 0 sec (720 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for all file systems without raw files. 4 min 53 sec (738 GB/h) – disk scan (Scan For Lost Partitions...) and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files. | |
| DMDE | 5.5 | 7 min 48 sec (462 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 7 min 38 sec (472 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 4.0 | 7 min 59 sec (451 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 8 min 4 sec (446 GB/h) disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 3.5 | 10 min 36 sec (340 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 3.0 | 14 min 8 sec (255 GB/h) – disk scan (Complete disk scan, find any data trace, slow) and search for all file systems without raw files. 13 min 7 sec (274 GB/h) – disk scan (Complete disk scan, find any data trace, slow) and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files. | |
| Summary: R-Studio and WinHex showed the best results. WinHex showed the shortest time, but it didn’t search for raw files. GetDataBack Pro+RAID Reconstructor showed the worst result. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t found them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t found them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space with one missing disk and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Virtual Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t found them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t found them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually reconstructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 5.5 | The correct RAID parameters were found after a relatively long scan. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 5.5 | The correct RAID parameters were found after a relatively long scan. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not find the correct RAID parameters automatically. When the RAID was reconstructed manually, the program detected and recovered all files and folders successfully. | |
| Summary: All programs except WinHex could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. R-Studio could do that almost immediately. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.5 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a long scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 and RAID Reconstructor could not find its parameters. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer RAID could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. DMDE and ReclaiMe File Recovery could recover the original folder structure, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by Mac OS X Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 2.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed some raw files, which were successfully recovered. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scans of the disks revealed nothing. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. Recovery Explorer RAID, DMDE, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could find some raw files while scanning individual disks from the Fusion drive. GetDataBack Pro+RAID Reconstructor and WinHex could not find anything. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WinHex | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | Two Linux LVM2 RAID 0 objects were immediately found. One was empty, the other contained all files and folders. The program crashed several times during this procedure. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found but with incorrect parameters. Additional scan didn’t find correct ones. No files or folders could be recovered. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: Only DMDE and GetDataBack Pro+RAID Reconstructor could not correctly reconstruct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. ReclaiMe File Recovery required a relatively long disk scan. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 HDD HGST HTS545050A7E680 500 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2019 Server formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the un-synced disk. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the un-synced disk. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| GetDataBack+RAID Reconstructor | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| WinHex | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program detected the RAID5 parents, but could not automatically detect and/or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: Only two programs, R-Studio and ReclaiMe File Recovery, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bitSDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 5 min 40 sec (635 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 5 min 37 sec (641 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 5.5 | 6 min 2 sec (597 GB/h) – disk scan (Deep Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 7 min 1 sec (513 GB/h) – partition scan (Deep Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| DMDE | 5.0 | 7 min 30 sec (480 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 7 min 32 sec (478 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 4.5 | 8 min 3 sec (447 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 7 min 53 sec (457 GB/h) disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.0 | 10 min 12 sec (353 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 3.5 | 11 min 55 sec (302 GB/h): disk scan (SuperScan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 10 min 57 sec (329 GB/h) – disk scan (SuperScan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| Summary: R-Studio showed the fastest results. Active@ File Recovery showed the slowest. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disksLinux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | Two Linux LVM2 RAID 0 objects were immediately found. One was empty, the other contained all of the files and folders. They were found after a relatively long scan (10 mins) and successfully recovered. The program also found an empty NTFS partition. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found but with incorrect parameters. Additional scan didn’t find correct ones. No files or folders could be recovered. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only DMDE and Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician could not correctly reconstruct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. ReclaiMe File Recovery required a relatively long disk scan. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disksLDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and correctly successfully. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All of the programs, except DMDE and Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician, could re-construct the unsynced LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disksRAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files. For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program was unable to find the RAID parameters. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. R-Studio could do so almost immediately. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disksLDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and correctly successfully. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All of the programs, except for DMDE and Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10)HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks.WSS: Created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709 with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and successfully reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and successfully reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t create them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t found them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer RAID could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space with one missing disk. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disksMD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume. *Data on the disk:*293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. It took considerable time to open the found partition. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. It took very long time to scan the found partition for its files. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect or recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux MD RAID 5 automatically. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer RAID, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. Recovery Explorer RAID initially found some strange objects, but was eventually able to find and recover all of the files and folders. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10)HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks.WSS: Created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709 with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t create them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | Although the developers of the program claim that it supports Windows Storage Spaces, it didn’t find them automatically, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer RAID could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1809 and recover all of the folders and files with their names. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disksMac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer RAID | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All of the files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 1.5 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | The program could recognize the Mac RAID 0 after a long scan but reconstructed it incorrectly. Files were found but they appeared damaged after recovery. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Technician | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer RAID could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all of the files and folders. DMDE and ReclaiMe File Recovery could recover the original folder structure, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was found after a relatively long scan (10 min) and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: Only DMDE, Data Rescue 5, and Do Your Data Recovery Enterprise could not correctly re-construct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 5.0 | The program was able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically after a long scan. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | The program supports only JBOD and RAID0 raids. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program was unable to find the RAID parameters. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | No such feature. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Data Rescue 5, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. R-Studio could do that almost immediately. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All programs, except Data Rescue 5, DMDE, and Do Your Data Recovery Enterprise, could re-construct the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit SDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 3-4 GB is free
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 5 min 54 sec. 5 min 49 sec. (619 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 6.0 | 5 min 12 sec. (692 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files (advanced recovery). | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.5 | 6 min 58 sec. (516 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files search. 6 min 6 sec. (516 GB/h) disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files search. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 5.0 | 9 min 29 sec. (380 GB/h): disk scan (SuperScan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 9 min 3 sec. (398 GB/h) – disk scan (SuperScan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| DMDE | 5.0 | 7 min 45 sec. (464 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 7 min 27 sec. (483 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 4.5 | 11 min 2 sec. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | Nothing could be tested. | |
| Summary: Do Your Data Recovery and R-Studio showed the best results. ReclaiMe file recovery showed the worst result. Data Rescue 5 could not perform the test. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709 with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.0 | The program detected WSS but with incorrect size and without a valid file system. After Scan for lost data: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer Professional could re-construct the Windows Storage Space created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. An existing ext4FS partition was found. It took considerable time to open the found partition. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Summary: R-Studio, Recovery Explorer Professional, and ReclaiMe File Recovery could re-construct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. The program showed the unsynced disk. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All programs, except Data Rescue 5, DMDE, and Do Your Data Recovery Enterprise, could re-construct the unsynced LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip. Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 1.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. It was possible to create this RAID manually, and the program showed all files and folders. They were recovered but appeared damaged. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 1.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. It was possible to create this RAID manually, and the program showed all files and folders. They were recovered but appeared damaged. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer Professional could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. Active@ File Recovery and Data Rescue 5 could recover the original folder structure, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks. WSS: Created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709 with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume
- Data on the disk:* 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.0 | The program detected WSS but with incorrect size and without a valid file system. After Scan for lost data: All files and folders were found with correct names and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| ReclaiMe File Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Data Rescue 5 | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Do Your Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and Recovery Explorer Professional could re-construct the Windows Storage Space created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1709. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume. Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered.* | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | Although the program has a special preset Windows SW-RAID, it could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All programs, except FILERECOVERY Enterprise and DMDE.R-Studio, could re-construct the unsynced LDM RAID5 automatically. Since our last review: Active@ File Recovery now can correctly re-construct the unsynced LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery
Test description: OS: Virtual Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10) HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks.
WSS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1607, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 5.5 | The disks from the WSS had to be added manually. The WSS was found after a one minute scan and correctly reconstructed. All files were correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 1.0 | The WSS was immediately found, no scan was required. But the reconstruction appeared incorrect. All files could not be previewed and correctly recovered. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and ReclaiMe File Recovery could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. Recovery Explorer Professional reconstructed a Windows Storage Space but did so incorrectly. | |||
Linux MD RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks
MD RAID5: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 6.0 | The Linux MD RAID 5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| R-Studio | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the Linux MD RAID 5. | |
| Summary: Only Recovery Explorer Professional and ReclaiMe File Recovery could re-construct Linux MD RAID5 automatically. | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 3 Samsung SP0411N 40GB disks
RAID 5: Created by the Promise FastTrak sx4000 RAID controller, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: app. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files.
For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect it parameters.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 5.5 | It found several dozen combinations of RAID parameters, but it was easy to find the correct set by sorting the combinations by probability. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 0.0 | The program was not able to find the correct RAID parameters automatically even after a 40-min scan. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | No such feature. The RAID was correctly re-constructed manually. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio and FILERECOVERY Enterprise could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. ReclaiMe File Recovery failed this test, but it should be noticed, however, that this program did find correct RAID parameters in other tests, outside the scope of this review. | |||
Windows Storage Space (WSS) Recovery with One Missing Disk
Test description: OS: Windows 7 64 bit (to avoid WSS re-construction by Windows 10). HDD: 3 SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SSD disks.
WSS: Created by Windows 10 Pro Version 1607, with redundancy, formatted as an NTFS volume
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
One disk was disconnected from the system.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The WSS was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 5.5 | The disks from the WSS had to be added manually. The WSS was found after a one minute scan and correctly reconstructed. All files were correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 1.0 | The WSS was immediately found, no scan was required. But the reconstruction appeared incorrect. Not all files could be previewed and correctly recovered. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support Windows Storage Spaces, and there’s no way to create it directly or indirectly. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could reconstruct the Windows Storage Space and recover all folders and files with their names. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit. SDD: 2.5’’ SATA Kingston SSDNow V300 Series, 60GB, 60 GB NTFS partition. Only 2GB is free
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 3 min 13 sec (1118 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. 3 min 15 sec (1108 GB/h) – disk scan and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 5.5 | 4 min 36 sec (783 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems without raw files search. 4 min 37 sec (779 GB/h) disk scan with raw files search and search for NTFS/FAT without raw files search. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 5.0 | 8 min 58 sec (401 GB/h): disk scan (SuperScan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 8 min 35 sec (420 GB/h) – disk scan (SuperScan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files search. | |
| DMDE | 5.0 | 8 min 46 sec (411 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for all file systems and raw files. 8 min 33 sec (421 GB/h) – disk scan (Full Scan) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 4.5 | 9 min 48 sec (367 GB/h) – disk scan and search for all file systems and raw files. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 4.0 | 12 min 03 sec (299 GB/h) – disk scan (Search Lost Volumes) and search for all file systems and raw files. 12 min 18 sec (293 GB/h) – disk scan (Search Lost Volumes) and search for NTFS/FAT and raw files. | |
| Summary: R-Studio showed the best results. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 3 Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB disks
LDM RAID5: Created by Windows 2012 R2 Server, formatted as an NTFS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | Could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | Although the program has a special preset Windows SW-RAID, it could not automatically detect and recognize the LDM RAID 5. | |
| Summary: All programs, except FILERECOVERY Enterprise and DMDE, could re-construct LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks
Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit. HDD: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks.
Linux LVM2 RAID 0: Created by Ubuntu 16.04, formatted as an ext4FS volume.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active@ File Recovery | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered.* | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| Recovery Explorer Professional | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| ReclaiMe file recovery | 5.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was found after a relatively long scan (10 min) and correctly reconstructed. All file and folders were found and correctly recovered. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Summary: Only DMDE and FILERECOVERY could not correctly re-construct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0. Since our last review: Active@ File Recovery now can correctly re-construct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically | |||
Automatic RAID 5 Parameter Detection
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The correct RAID parameters were found in several seconds. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 2.0 | Found several dozen combinations of RAID parameters, which makes it almost impossible to select the correct ones. The 11th set of suggested RAID parameters was the correct one. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | No such feature. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 0.0 | No such feature. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | No such feature. | |
| Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Data on the disk: approx. 15 GB of data, including jpg, bmp, gif, doc, docx, mp4, avi, mpg, and iso files. For the system consistency check, the RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not detect its parameters. Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly detect RAID 5 parameters. FILERECOVERY offered several dozen combinations of RAID parameters to choose manually. The correct ones were the 11th parameters listed. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery with One Unsynced Disk
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 1.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and reconstructed. Several folders were missing. All files were recovered with correct file names but appeared broken. RAW file recovery couldn’t recover any files correctly, either.Apparently, the RAID was reconstructed incorrectly. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 1.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and reconstructed. Several folders were missing. All files were recovered with correct file names but appeared broken. RAW file recovery couldn’t recover any files correctly, either.Apparently, the RAID was reconstructed incorrectly. | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the LDM RAID5 automatically. | |
| Test description: Windows 10 64 bit Data on the disk:
One of the disks was disconnected from the RAID and some files were deleted and then written again to the RAID. Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct LDM RAID5 and recover all files and folders. | |||
Speed of SSD disk scan
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | 3 min 13 sec | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 5.5 | 4 min 14 sec | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 5.0 | 4 min 25 sec | |
| DMDE | 3.5 | 8 min 44 sec | |
| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 2.5 | 14 min 22 sec | |
| Test description: OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit Data on the disk:
Various scans were performed for each program. _Summary:_R-Studio showed the best results. | |||
Linux LVM2 RAID 0 Recovery
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 6.0 | The Linux LVM2 RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Data on the disk:
Summary: Only R-Studio and UFS Explorer Professional could correctly re-construct the Linux LVM2 RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. | |||
Windows LDM RAID 5 Recovery
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| Active@ File Recovery | 6.0 | The LDM RAID5 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the LDM RAID5 automatically. For test purposes, it was successfully created manually. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the LDM RAID5 automatically. For test purposes, it was successfully created manually. | |
| Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Data on the disk:
For the system consistency check, the LDM RAID5 was manually re-constructed if a program under the test could not recognize it automatically. _Summary:_R-Studio, UFS Explorer Professional, and Active@ File Recovery could re-construct LDM RAID5 automatically. | |||
Mac RAID 0 Recovery
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 6.0 | The Mac RAID 0 was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. After Open Drive Files on the partition:
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| FILERECOVERY Enterprise | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| DMDE | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Active@ File Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not recognize the Mac RAID 0 automatically. | |
| Test description: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Data on the disk:
Summary: Only R-Studio could correctly re-construct Mac RAID 0 and recover all files and folders. | |||
To test the performance of each program’s data recovery features, we ran a series of tests using a few common data loss scenarios. Each of these tests was run in Windows 7 32-bit. The same file set was used for each test and included the following files:
- Archives: rar, zip
- Audio files: acc, mp3
- Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods, pdf, txt
- Video: files flv, mp4, mpg, avi, m4v
- Images: jpg, png, tiff
- Programs: exe
Data recovery from a RAID
For this category, we tested each program’s ability to automatically detect the RAID parameters and successfully recover the files.
RAID level: 5 consisting of 3 disks
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorer Ultimate | 6.0 | RAID 5 parameters automatically detected. All files, including folders and original names, were found after a disk scan. | |
| R-Studio | 6.0 | Correct RAID 5 parameters were found automatically. All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 4.5 | Most (not all) files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Technician | 4.5 | We could not find correct RAID 5 parameters automatically, but they were the third ones among suggested. All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 3.0 | We could not find correct RAID 5 automatically, but they were the first ones among suggested. Although, the folder structure could be determined correctly, we could not find any files in respective folders. Some files could be found in Lost Files (using file signatures), but many of them couldn’t be recovered correctly. | |
| Recover My Files | 2.5 | We could not find correct RAID 5 parameters automatically. All file and folder names were found, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | Although, the folder structure could be determined correctly after disk scan and files were found in them, those files appeared damaged. | |
| Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 1.0 | Correct RAID 5 parameters were found but placed somewhere in the middle of a list of 119 variants. Only folders with correct names were found. Several files were found among raw files, but most of them appeared damaged. | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 1.0 | Only folders with correct names were found. Several files were found among raw files, but most of them appeared damaged. | |
| In terms of RAID parameter detection, R-Studio and Restorer Ultimate performed the best in this category; both were able to automatically find the correct RAID 5 parameters. GetDataBack and Stellar Phoenix were able to identify the correct parameters among its suggested RAID configurations, but some trial and error was involved. We could not automatically find correct RAID 5 parameters using Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise and Recover My Files. For file recovery performance, only R-Studio, Restorer Ultimate, and Stellar Phoenix Technician were able to find all files in their original folders with original names and successfully recover them after a disk scan. UFS Explorer Professional Recovery could find and recover most files. Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise and Active@ File Recovery performed poorly—the recovered files appeared damaged. | |||
RAID level: 0 consisting of 2 disks
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise | 6.0 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered without disk scan | |
| Active@ File Recovery Ultimate Corporate | 6.0 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered without disk scan | |
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 6.0 | Correct RAID 0 parameters were automatically found. All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| DMDE | 5.5 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Technician | 5.5 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 3.0 | Files could be found only using IntelliRAW (using file signatures). We could not recover the file and folder names. | |
| Recover My Files | 2.5 | Correct RAID 0 parameters were automatically found. All file and folder names were found, but recovered files appeared damaged. | |
| All programs, except UFS Explorer and Recover My Files, were able to find all files in their original folders with original names and successfully recover them after a disk scan. Ontrack® EasyRecovery™ Enterprise and Active@ File Recovery received higher ratings because they recovered all files without performing a disk scan. The GetDataBack package received a higher rating because it could automatically detect the RAID 0 parameters. Recover My Files could also automatically detect the RAID parameters, but we were unable to successfully recover any of the files; the files and folder names were found, but the recovered files were corrupted. UFS Explorer, on the other hand, was able to recover files using its IntelliRAW (file signature search) scan, but it could not recover file and folder names | |||
Below are the results of the data recovery tests we performed with each of the software candidates. These tests were designed to recreate the most common data recovery scenarios faced by professionals. In each test, the operating system was Windows 7 32-bit.
For each test, the same set of test files were deleted from the disk. In instances where the file system was damaged or a partition was deleted, the files listed below were present on the disk prior to the damage or repartitioning.
Test File Set
- Archives: rar, zip
- Audio files: acc, mp3
- Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods, pdf, txt
- Video: files flv, mp4, mpg, avi, m4v
- Images: jpg, png, tiff
- Programs: exe
RAID Recovery
To test data recovery from a RAID, we deleted test files from the list below using various RAID level configurations.
RAID 0 (2 Disks)
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 6.0 | Correct RAID 0 parameters were automatically found. All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| DMDE | 5.5 | All files were found in the original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | All files were found in their original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| R-Studio | 5.5 | All files were found in their original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 3.0 | Files could only be found using IntelliRAW (using file signatures). The file and folder names couldn’t be recovered. | |
| All programs, except UFS Explorer, were able to find all files in their original folders with original names and successfully recover them after disk scan. UFS Explorer could find files only using file signatures, that is, without file and folder names. The GetDataBack package automatically found the correct RAID 0 parameters; the other programs do not have this feature for RAID 0. | |||
RAID 5 (3 Disks)
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio | 5.5 | Correct RAID 5 parameters were not found automatically. All files were found in their original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| Restorer Ultimate | 5.5 | All files were found in their original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| UFS Explorer Professional Recovery | 4.5 | Most (not all) files were found in their original folders with original names and successfully recovered after disk scan. | |
| GetDataBack + RAID Reconstructor + Captain Nemo | 3.0 | Correct RAID 5 parameters were not found automatically. Although the folder structure could be determined correctly, there were no files in respective folders. Some files could be found in Lost Files (using file signatures), but many of them could not be recovered correctly. | |
| DMDE | 1.0 | Although the folder structure could be determined correctly after disk scan and files were found in them, those files appeared damaged. | |
| All programs, except the GetDataBack package and DMDE, were able to find all files in their original folders with original names and successfully recover them after disk scan. The GetDataBack package could find some files only using file signatures (without file and folder names recovered). Neither R-Studio nor the GetDataBack package were able to automatically find the correct parameters for the tested RAID 5. It should be noted, however, that both these programs did find correct RAID parameters in other tests (see “Automatic RAID Parameter Detection” in the Features and Interface Detailed Results section). | |||
