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Each of us may well be faced with the need to extract valuable files from a damaged drive. And it doesn’t matter what it is - a hard drive or a flash drive - the information stored on such media sometimes requires mandatory recovery.

It happens that the user mechanically presses the wrong key, and the program is simply deleted from the hard drive. What to do in this case?

DiskInternals Uneraser

DiskInternals Research offers users a small but quite effective utility. It is capable of recovering lost files on any drive and works with various file systems (FAT16 and NTFS5).

In addition, it has support for long names and allows you to restore not only partitions, but also their subsections.

The first step in working with this utility is to select a logical drive or folder to be tested for deleted files. Next, you need to select the type of files you are looking for from the five groups presented.

Among them are the following:

  • Images;
  • video;
  • music;
  • documentation;
  • archive files.

If you want to narrow the search field, select the required type. If not, check all groups. In this case, the search will take a little longer.

After the program finishes processing the information, it will remain press the button"Finish". A search results window will open in which you will need to select the files that you want to restore.

It is worth noting that for some files it is impossible to determine the partition in which they were located. This occurs when working with the NTFS file system and is due to its specifics.

  • works with any file system;
  • Recovers most popular formats.
  • The recovery process takes quite a long time.

Review

Vitaly. The best I have found among programs of this type. I'm surprised that, being so small in size, it works with any type of file. Like any other, it can’t restore all files, but there’s nothing you can do about it.

Recuva

Even a novice user will not have any problems installing the program. Everything is extremely clear, and besides, it is completely in Russian.

Working with it is also quite simple. After starting the program, you will see a working window containing all the necessary tools.

In its upper left part there is a drop-down list in which you need to select the one being tested. After this, click on the “Analysis” button and wait for the end of the running process.

After it is completed, you will be presented with a list of files that can be recovered. The application is quite simple and has minimal settings.

At the user's request, it is possible configure the following parameters:

  • show or hide files located in system folders;
  • whether to show files that have been securely deleted;
  • whether or not to display files that have a size of zero;
  • Save the settings to a file with the extension “.ini” so that you can transfer them to another computer.
  • ease of use;
  • recovery of files of various formats;
  • free distribution.
  • not all files can be recovered;
  • When restoring, it changes the file creation date.

Review

kikichtoriya. I used the program because I accidentally deleted my course work from the flash drive. I was shocked, but the program quickly restored everything. I don’t know how it copes with searching and restoring long-deleted files, but it works great with “fresh” ones.

7-Data Recovery Suite

This utility not only supports the Russian language, but also has quite rich functionality.

It allows you to restore lost information not only after accidental deletion, but even when the storage medium has been formatted.

Recovery Suite has a deep scanning feature that allows you to identify fairly old traces of files.

These traces are used to restore them.

The working window contains several sections, among which are the following:

Advantages of 7-Data Recovery Suite

  • works with any media;
  • recovers files even after formatting;
  • the interface is simple and clear.
  • The free version has limitations.

Review

Ellymi. A very useful utility, and also quite simple. With its help, information was recovered from a formatted flash drive. The only annoying thing is that the free version has space limitations.

Active File Recovery

This small utility works with almost all file systems.

It can work with a hard drive even if its logical structure is damaged.

With its help, you can create a disk image and then transfer it to another drive.

Recognizes any type of media - , SunDisk, CompactFlash and others.

The program is quite interesting, but requires payment.

  • work with any type of media;
  • clear interface;
  • requires purchase.

Review

Vadim. The program is good, but the recovered files should not exceed 2 gigs. I restored HDTV movies that weighed 4.5 GB, so they restored them in pieces of 2 gigabytes. This is, of course, depressing.

Active UNDELETE Professional

The Active UNDELETE Professional program, despite its simplicity, is an excellent solution for data recovery.

Having the ability to work with deleted and damaged disk drive partitions, it has certain features.

  • advanced hard drive scanning;
  • preview files before recovery.
  • quite a long scanning and recovery process.

Review

koleon104. I've already tried the program at work. I'm satisfied with the work, so I recommend it.

PC INSPECTOR File Recovery

With this program it is quite possible to recover lost data even from damaged hard drives.

It can work with file systems such as FAT and .

A nice thing is that the program restores found files with the original information - date and time. Most of these programs do not have this feature.

The present Special Recovery function allows you to recover even those files that do not have a link from the directory. This function recognizes most popular formats - AVI, ARJ, BMP, EXE, GIF, HTML, JPG, MOV, MP3, PDF, PNG and many others.

To restore the found files, you will only have to choose the most suitable option from those that the utility offers.

Fig.9. Hetman Photo Recovery working window

This program will help you recover photos from almost any media and even from a camera.

It will do its job perfectly even if you need to recover files from a mobile phone memory card.

Photo Recovery can work with any media - USB, HDD, cameras, etc.

Provides support for all major file systems - VFAT, FAT, NTFS, NTFS4, NTFS5.

Allows you to preview the image before starting recovery and supports the most common file types - BMP, ICO, JPEG, PNG, PSD and many others.

  • easy to use;
  • supports working with the most common file types;
  • recovers files from cameras and phones;
  • Availability of Russian-language interface.
  • not identified.

Review

vik330. What can I say, many people lost photos dear to their hearts. This program is a real salvation. There are a lot of similar programs, but this one is one of the best.

Accidentally deleting files from your computer is quite easy. But restoring them can be problematic. Especially if you don't know where to start. Below you will find a selection of programs for recovering deleted files for Windows. You can safely use any of them to recover lost data.

It is best to keep one of these programs installed on your computer so that, if necessary, you can simply launch and recover lost files without any problems. This is extremely important, since the success of the procedure depends on the number of file operations (disk writes) that occurred after the files were deleted.

06/20/2016, Anton Maksimov

There are a great variety of different programs on the Internet. Every day, users install and uninstall different programs. In some cases, due to a variety of reasons, a system failure occurs and some data can easily go missing. The most important data on our computers are documents, photos, audio and video archives. To prevent yourself from losing important data, it is highly recommended to create backup copies regularly. Well, if it happens that the data is lost and there is no backup copy, then Recuva comes to the rescue. This is a free program for easily recovering deleted files (whether due to a crash or mistakenly deleted by the user).

12/26/2014, Anton Maksimov

A lot has been said about creating backup copies, but situations are still different. Sometimes a disk may fail, or it may be accidentally formatted, forgetting to write off important data from it. As a result, restoration is urgently required. In this case, the Hetman Partition Recovery software package comes to the rescue.

According to the developers, this product will help recover data from hard drives, USB drives and even memory cards as a result of accidental deletion, formatting, deletion “bypass the Recycle Bin” via Shift + Del, blocking by a virus, system failure or damage to the media.

02/27/2012, Marcel Ilyasov

Undelete 360 ​​is a file recovery program. Undelete 360 ​​is completely free (for home use) and has a high-quality translation into Russian. To scan and recover data, unlike any other similar programs, the application uses a more efficient search algorithm, which can significantly reduce the time spent on preliminary scanning of hard drives. The application can work with flash media, memory cards, CD\DVD, ZIP, external HDD, etc.

02/10/2012, Marcel Ilyasov

Information is valuable, and losing such value is very, very unpleasant. And in some cases, information is so valuable that its cost can reach tens, hundreds and even millions of rubles/dollars. Hard drives, flash cards and memory cards that store our data allow us to achieve a very high degree of storage reliability, but they also have failures. In addition to device failures, human absent-mindedness also leads to information loss - any user can easily “by inertia” delete important documents, and only then realize that he did something wrong. In any of the options there is a chance to recover information. If this is not a hardware failure, then you can try to perform the recovery yourself using specialized utilities. One of the tools for recovering files from media is EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free.

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Not long ago I had to recover several photos from a flash drive that was accidentally formatted. This is not an easy matter, and while we were able to recover most of the files, we had to get acquainted with almost all popular programs for data recovery.

In this article I would like to provide a list of these programs (by the way, all of them can be classified as universal, since they can recover files both from hard drives and from other media, for example, from an SD memory card or flash drive USB).

The result was a rather small list of 22 programs ( further in the article, all programs are sorted alphabetically).

Website: http://7datarecovery.com/

OS: Windows: XP, 2003, 7, Vista, 8

Description:

Firstly, this utility immediately pleases you with the presence of the Russian language. Secondly, it is quite multifunctional; after launch, it offers you 5 recovery options:

Recovering files from damaged and formatted hard drive partitions;

Recovering accidentally deleted files;

Recovering files deleted from flash drives and memory cards;

Recovering disk partitions (when the MBR is damaged, the disk is formatted, etc.);

Recover files from Android phones and tablets.

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Website: http://www.file-recovery.net/

OS: Windows: Vista, 7, 8

Description:

A program for recovering accidentally deleted data or data from damaged disks. Supports working with multiple file systems: FAT (12, 16, 32), NTFS (5, + EFS).

In addition, it can work directly with a hard drive when its logical structure is damaged. In addition, the program supports:

All types of hard drives: IDE, ATA, SCSI;

Memory cards: SunDisk, MemoryStick, CompactFlash;

USB devices (flash drives, external hard drives).

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3. Active Partition Recovery

OS: Windows 7, 8

Description:

One of the important features of this program is that it can be run under both DOS and Windows. This is possible due to the fact that it can be written to a bootable CD (or flash drive).

This utility is usually used to recover entire hard drive partitions, rather than individual files. By the way, the program allows you to make an archive (copy) of MBR tables and hard disk sectors ( boot data).

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4. Active UNDELETE

Website: http://www.active-undelete.com/

OS: Windows 7/2000/2003/2008/XP

Description:

Let me tell you that this is one of the most versatile data recovery programs. The main thing is that it supports:

1. all the most popular file systems: NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS;

2. works in all Windows OS;

3. Supports a large number of media: SD, CF, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, ZIP, USB flash drives, external USB hard drives, etc.

Interesting features of the full version:

Support for hard drives larger than 500 GB;

Support for hardware and software RAID arrays;

Creating emergency boot disks (about emergency disks);

The ability to search for deleted files using a variety of attributes (especially important when there are a lot of files, the hard drive is capacious, and you definitely don’t remember the file name or its extension).

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Website: http://www.aidfile.com/

OS: Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012, XP, 7, 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Description:

At first glance, it is not a very big utility, and also without the Russian language (but this is only at first glance). This program is capable of recovering data in a variety of situations: software error, accidental formatting, deletion, virus attacks, etc.

By the way, as the developers themselves state, the percentage of file recovery with this utility is higher than many of its competitors. Therefore, if other programs cannot restore your lost data, it makes sense to take the risk of checking the disk with this utility.

Some interesting features:

1. Recovers Word, Excel, Power Pont, etc. files.

2. Can restore files when reinstalling Windows OS;

3. A fairly “strong” option for restoring various photographs and pictures (and on different types of media).

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Website: http://www.byclouder.com/

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (x86, x64)

Description:

What pleases us about this program is its simplicity. After launch, it immediately (and on the great and mighty one) prompts you to scan the disks...

The utility is capable of searching for a wide variety of file types: archives, audio and video, documents. You can scan different types of media (albeit with varying degrees of success): CDs, flash drives, hard drives, etc. It’s quite easy to learn.

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7. Disk Digger

Website: http://diskdigger.org/

OS: Windows 7, Vista, XP

Description:

A fairly simple and convenient program (does not require installation, by the way), which will help you easily and quickly recover deleted files: music, movies, pictures, photos, documents. The media can be different: from a hard drive to flash drives and memory cards.

Supported file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS.

To summarize: a utility with fairly average capabilities will help mainly in the “simplest” cases.

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Website: http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 (x86, x64)

Description:

Excellent file recovery program! It will help in a variety of troubles: accidental deletion of files, unsuccessful formatting, partition damage, power failure, etc.

It is possible to recover even encrypted and compressed data! The utility supports all the most popular file systems: VFAT, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS/NTFS5 EXT2, EXT3.

Sees and allows you to scan a wide variety of media: IDE/ATA, SATA, SCSI, USB, external hard drives, Fire wire (IEEE1394), flash drives, digital cameras, floppy disks, audio players and many other devices.

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Website: http://www.krollontrack.com/data-recovery/recovery-software/

OS: Windows 95/98 Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7

Description:

One of the best programs for data recovery, which will help in case of a simple error during deletion, and in cases when you no longer have to rely on other utilities.

Separately, it is worth saying that the program allows you to successfully find 255 different types of files (audio, video, documents, archives, etc.), supports FAT and NTFS systems, hard drives (IDE/ATA/EIDE, SCSI), floppy disks (Zip and Jazz).

Among other things, EasyRecovery has a built-in function that will help you check and evaluate the condition of the disk (by the way, in one of the articles we previously discussed the issue).

The EasyRecovery utility helps to recover data in the following cases:

Accidental deletion (for example, when using the Shift button);
- Viral infection;
- Damage due to power outage;
- Problems creating partitions when installing Windows;
- Damage to the file system structure;
- Formatting the media or using the FDISK program.

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10. GetData Recovery My Files Professional

Website: http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

Description:

Recover My Files is a pretty good program for recovering various types of data: graphics, documents, music and video archives.

In addition, it supports all the most popular file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5.

Some features:

Supports more than 300 data types;

Can recover files from HDD, flash cards, USB devices, floppy disks;

A special function for recovering Zip archives, PDF files, autoCad drawings (if your file fits this type, I definitely recommend trying this program).

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Website: http://www.handyrecovery.ru/

OS: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

Description:

A fairly simple program, with a Russian interface, designed to recover deleted files. Can be used in a variety of cases: virus attack, software failures, accidental deletion of files from the recycle bin, formatting a hard drive, etc.

After scanning and analysis, Handy Recovery will give you the opportunity to view the disk (or other media, for example, a memory card) just like in a regular Explorer, only along with “normal files” you will see files that have been deleted.

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Website: http://www.icare-recovery.com/

OS: Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 pro, Server 2008, 2003, 2000

Description:

A very powerful program for recovering deleted and formatted files from various types of media: USB flash cards, SD memory cards, hard drives. The utility can help recover a file from an unreadable disk partition (Raw) if the MBR boot record is damaged.

Unfortunately, there is no support for the Russian language. After launch, you will have the opportunity to choose from 4 masters:

1. Partition Recovery - a wizard that will help you recover deleted hard drive partitions;

2. Deleted File Recovery - this wizard is used to recover deleted file(s);

3. Deep Scan Recovery - scanning the disk for existing files and files that can be recovered;

4. Format Recovery is a wizard that will help you recover files after formatting.

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13. MiniTool Power Data

Website: http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/

OS: Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8

Description:

Quite a good file recovery program. Supports several types of media: SD, Smartmedia, Compact Flash, Memory Stick, HDD. It is used in a variety of cases of information loss: be it a virus attack or erroneous formatting.

The good news is that the program has a Russian interface and you can easily figure everything out. After launching the utility, you are offered several wizards to choose from:

1. Recovering files after accidental deletion;

2. Restoring damaged hard drive partitions, for example, an unreadable Raw partition;

3. Recovering lost partitions (when you don’t see that there are partitions on your hard drive at all);

4. Recovery of CD/DVD discs. By the way, it’s a very useful thing, because... Not every program has this option.

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14. O&O Disk Recovery

Website: http://www.oo-software.com/

OS: Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP

Description:

O&O DiskRecovery is a very powerful utility for recovering information from many types of media. Most deleted files (if you did not write other information to disk) can be recovered using the utility. Data can be reconstructed even if the hard drive has been formatted!

The program is very easy to use (besides, there is a Russian language). After launch, the utility will prompt you to select the media to scan. The interface is designed in such a style that even an unprepared user will feel quite confident; the wizard will guide him step by step and help recover lost information.

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Website: http://rlab.ru/tools/rsaver.html

OS: Windows 2000/ 2003/XP/ Vista/Windows 7

Description:

Firstly, this is a free program (considering that there are too many free programs for data recovery, this is a compelling argument).

Secondly, full support for the Russian language.

Thirdly, it shows very good results. The program supports FAT and NTFS file systems. Can recover documents after formatting or accidental deletion. The interface is designed in a minimalist style. Scanning is started with just one button (the program will select the algorithms and settings independently).

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Website: http://www.piriform.com/recuva

OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8

Description:

A very simple program (and also free), designed for an untrained user. Using it, you can recover many types of files from various media, step by step.

Recuva scans the disk (or flash drive) quite quickly, and then displays a list of files that can be recovered. By the way, files are marked with markers (well-readable, which means it’s easy to recover; medium-readable - the chances are small, but there are; poorly readable - there’s little chance, but you can try).

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Website: http://www.reneelab.com/

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Description:

A very simple program for data recovery. Mainly intended for the recovery of photographs, pictures, and some types of documents. At least, it shows itself better than many other programs of this kind.

This utility also has one interesting feature - creating a disk image. It can be very useful, backup has not been canceled yet!

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18. Restorer Ultimate Pro Network

Website: http://www.restorer-ultimate.com/

OS: Windows: 2000/XP/ 2003/Vista/2008/ 7/8

Description:

This program dates back to the 2000s. At that time, the Restorer 2000 utility was popular, and by the way, it was not bad at all. It was replaced by the Restorer Ultimate program. In my humble opinion, the program is one of the best for recovering lost information (plus Russian language support).

The professional version of the program supports recovery and reconstruction of RAID data (regardless of the complexity level); It is possible to restore partitions that the system marks as Raw (unreadable).

By the way, using this program you can connect to the desktop of another computer and try to restore files on it!

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Website: http://www.r-tt.com/

OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8

Description:

R-Studio is probably the most famous program for recovering deleted information from disk/flash drives/memory cards and other media. The program works simply amazing; it is possible to recover even those files that I did not “dream of” before launching the program.

Possibilities:

1. Supports all Windows operating systems (except: Macintosh, Linux and UNIX);

2. It is possible to restore data via the Internet;

3. Support for just a huge number of file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 (created or modified in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Win7), HFS/HFS (Macintosh), Little and Big Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS (Linux);

4. Possibility of restoring RAID disk arrays;

5. Creating disk images. Such an image, by the way, can be compressed and written to a flash drive or other hard drive.

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Website: http://www.ufsexplorer.com/download_pro.php

OS: Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 (full support for 32 and 64-bit OS).

Description:

A professional program designed for data recovery. Includes a huge set of wizards that will help in most cases:

Undelete - search and restore deleted files;

Raw recovery - search for lost hard drive partitions;

Restoring RAID arrays;

Functions for recovering files during a virus attack, formatting, repartitioning the hard drive, etc.

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Website: http://www.wondershare.com/

OS: Windows 8, 7

Description:

Wondershare Data Recovery is a very powerful program that will help you recover deleted, formatted files from your computer, external hard drive, mobile phone, camera, and other devices.

It’s nice to have the Russian language and handy instructors who will guide you step by step. After starting the program, you are given 4 wizards to choose from:

1. File recovery;

2. Raw recovery;

3. Recovering hard drive partitions;

4. Resumption.

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22. Zero Assumption Recovery

Website: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/

OS: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

Description:

This program differs from many others in that it supports long Russian file names. This is very convenient when restoring (in other programs you will see “kryakozabry” instead of Russian characters, as in this one).

The program supports file systems: FAT16/32 and NTFS (including NTFS5). Also noteworthy is support for long file names, support for multiple languages, and the ability to restore RAID arrays.

Very interesting digital photo search mode. If you are restoring graphic files, be sure to try this program, its algorithms are simply amazing!

The program can work in case of virus attacks, incorrect formatting, erroneous deletion of files, etc. Recommended to have on hand for those who rarely (or don't) back up files.

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That's all. In one of the following articles I will supplement the article with the results of practical tests, which programs were able to recover information. Have a great weekend and don't forget to back up so you don't have to restore anything...

Programs for recovering deleted or lost files are quite popular. With their help, you can return lost important files or folders.

To restore, you do not have to turn to the services of professionals in this field. Using these programs, you can carry out recovery operations yourself.

Our selection of programs in Russian will allow you to restore this data without any problems.

Magic Partition Recovery is a software product designed to solve such common problems as recovering erased information and resuming damaged or inaccessible disk fragments. On this site you can download the application with a key for free. The application functions both when interacting with existing areas and with damaged, erased and inaccessible areas of the disk. By downloading the program, you can not only recover lost data, but also restore the entire disk architecture: names of folders and documents, their...

When an important file is lost, a document you spent a week on is erased, and photos disappear from a suddenly formatted memory card, there is no need to worry ahead of time. When you delete a file from the disk, its description in the system is erased. The set of bytes that made up the file remains in place until something else is written on top of them. So you can try to recover your data using any of these applications.

Be careful if you install applications on a drive where deleted files were located. There is a risk that application files will be overwritten during installation. It is better to select another partition or physical disk for installation.

Platform: Windows.
Price: free, $19.95 for premium version.

Recuva can recover data lost by mistake, for example from an accidentally emptied Recycle Bin. The program can return photos from an accidentally formatted memory card in the camera or music from an empty MP3 player. Any media is supported, even iPod memory.

Platform: Windows, Mac.
Price: free, $89 for premium version.

Disk Drill is a data recovery application for Mac, but there is also a version for Windows. This program supports most types of disks, files and file systems. With its help, you can restore erased files using the Recovery Protection function, as well as find and clean the disk. However, the free version does not allow you to recover files lost before installing Disk Drill.

Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, DOS.
Price: for free.

A very functional and versatile open source application. It has a text interface, but it is not difficult to understand.

TestDisk supports a huge number of file formats. In addition, the program can be burned to a LiveCD to recover data from a disk on which the system does not boot. The utility can recover a damaged boot sector or lost data.

TestDisk comes with the PhotoRec program, which recovers erased files, photos, music and videos.

4. R-Undelete

Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux.
Price: the free version recovers files up to 256 KB in size; $79.99 for full version.

R-Undelete is part of R-Studio. This is a whole family of powerful data recovery programs. Supported file systems are FAT12/16/32/exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5, HFS/HFS+, UFS1/UFS2 and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4.

R-Studio applications can recover deleted data both on local drives and over the network. In addition to data recovery, the utilities provide tools for advanced partition copying and searching for bad blocks on disks.

Platform: Windows.
Price: free in trial mode with recovery of up to 1 GB of data; $69.95 for full version.

Eassos Recovery recovers deleted files, photos, text documents and more than 550 file formats. The application has a very simple and intuitive interface.

Platform: Windows.
Price: the free version does not save found files; $37.95 for full version.

The Hetman developer provides a set of utilities for recovering various types of data: entire sections or individual photos and documents. The program supports all hard drives, flash cards, SD and microSD.

Platform: Windows.
Price: free, $19.97 included with Glary Utilities.

Glary Undelete can recover any deleted files, including compressed, fragmented or encrypted ones. Filtering of recovered data is supported.

Do you know more convenient and functional data recovery applications? Tell us about them in the comments.