Recovery software summary

Most data loss problems can be solved with the right software. The following chart allows you to quickly locate the features and capabilities that match your requirements.



Software
(publisher)
Price
OS support Media supported Product summary from publisher's website (Product page link)
Active@ Undelete   File Recovery (Active@ Data Recovery Software)
(Std. – Enterprise)
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003 Server, XP and VISTA. Hard drives, network drives, removable drives, digital media - SD, Compact Flash, Smart Media, or SONY Memory Stick Active@ UNDELETE - Data Recovery is a powerful data recovery software that helps you to recover lost, deleted and formatted data from hard drives, floppy disks, basic and dynamic volumes, hardware or software RAID<RAID0 & RAID5>.
Software supports: NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS file systems.
Active @ Undelete
File Recover
(PC Tools)

Windows XP, Me, 98 and 2000     File Recover allows you to recover critically important documents, or other files, which have been lost by accidental deletion. These files may be lost by emptying the Recycle Bin, or using other deletion actions that bypass the Recycle Bin altogether. Such actions include Windows Shift-Delete, command line deletion, deleting excessively large files or using applications that delete files without the Recycle Bin.
File Recover
File Recovery for Windows
(Seagate Recovery Services)

Windows – all versions Hard drives SEAGATE FILE RECOVERY for Windows is an advanced, easy to use, data recovery and undelete software application. SEAGATE FILE RECOVERY for Windows recovers files that standard undelete programs cannot read.

Consider using File Recovery for Windows if:
•    You need a fast and affordable data recovery solution.
•    You have accidentally formatted your hard drive.
•    You have experienced data loss due to software malfunctions, viruses or have deleted important files or directories from your Recycle Bin.
File Recovery for Windows
GetDataBack Data Recovery
(Runtime Software)

Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista Hard drives (IDE, SCSI, SATA), USB / FireWire drives, Partitions, Dynamic Disks, Floppies, Drive images, Zip/Jaz, Compact Flash, Smart Media, SD Cards, USB Flash Drive, iPods GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has caused a system crash, files were lost due to a software failure, files were accidentally deleted...
GetBackData
OnTrack Data Recovery
(OnTrack)

Microsoft® Exchange Server 5.5, 2000, 2003
Windows® 98SE, Me
2000,  XP,
Server 2000 /  2003
SATA/ATA/IDE/EIDE/SCSI hard drives YES
Digital media (CompactFlash, SmartMedia,
flash memory, memory sticks), External media
(USB drives), Jaz/Zip removable media,
floppy diskettes
OnTrack Data Recovery offers the industry’s highest quality and cost-effective do-it-yourself data recovery software solutions for almost any data loss situation – covering servers, desktops or laptops for all media, operating systems and file types. OnTrack’s EasyRecovery™ family of products is unmatched in its ability to recover/repair from all causes of lost data.
OnTrack software
Recover My Files Data Recovery
(GetData Software)

Windows (all versions) Hard drives, digital cameras, USB drives, ZIP disks, Compact Flash, SmartMedia, and Memory Sticks Recover My Files data recovery software will quickly and easily recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or trojan infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure.

"Recover My Files combines simplicity of use and speed with the most powerful data recovery engine, together with a unique capability of "on-the-fly" viewing while the search is being conducted."
Recover My Files
R-Undelete / R-Studio
(R-Tools Technology)

Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Hard drives (IDE, SCSI, SATA), USB / FireWire drives, Partitions, Dynamic Disks, Using the same unique data recovery technology IntelligentScan as the heavyweight R-Studio, R-Undelete is an inexpensive and easy-to-use yet powerful file undelete solution for FAT and NTFS file systems. R-Undelete can undelete files on any valid logical disks visible by the host OS. It cannot however undelete files on damaged or deleted volumes or in the case of hard drive repartitioning.

R-Studio is a family of powerful and cost-effective undelete and data recovery software. Empowered by the new unique data recovery technologies, it is the most comprehensive data recovery solution for recovery files from FAT12/16/32, NTFS, NTFS5, Ext2FS/Ext3FS (LINUX file systems) and UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD file systems) partitions. It functions on local and network disks, even if such partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted.
R-Undelete      R-Studio
VirtualLab
(BinaryBiz)


All Windows versions CD & DVD-ROM Disks, RAID, flash drives, thumb drives, camera cards, USB/FireWire drives, and even Mac Volumes Regardless of the reason for data loss, accidental format, damaged partition, virus attack, deleted files, even a formatted hard drive, VirtualLab Data Recovery software does the job! VirtualLab is incredibly easy to use, yet so powerful and robust that it is used daily by data recovery companies world-wide. Works with all Windows operating systems, from Windows 98 to the new Windows Vista, FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file-systems. Forget having to use different software versions for different recoveries, VirtualLab does it all in one!
VirtualLab Windows

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