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Attempts to repair damaged partition tables and restore non-booting hard disks.

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Useful tool for flash memory cards and USB sticks. Provides extended data recovery functions, benchmarks and functions for permanently deleting files.

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Rescues files and archives that have been lost on hard disks and restores images to memory cards. Ignores the file system and so can even handle destroyed or formatted systems itself. Supplied with TestDisk.

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Restores deleted images and audio and video files to memory cards as used in digital cameras. Supports GIF, JPEG, TIFF, CRW MOV, AVI, WAV, CR2 and ORF. The free demo version includes all functions for data recovery. It is now integrated into the Zero Assumption Recovery program.

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Recovers deleted files and erases them irretrievably. Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems. Can be used without installation with administrator rights. Fast and secure download from The H

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Helps in the forensic examination of computers (for criminal justice purposes) by copying data media, creating disk images and finding deleted files. Has a range of selective options for saving, hiding and filtering data to safeguard and evaluate evidence. Supports FAT, NTFS, EXT2/3/4, CDFS and UDF formats.

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Recovers deleted files on NTFS drives, even when the recycle bin has been emptied, according to the manufacturer. Also available as an ISO-image for booting CDs and DVDs directly, so as to recover files from a system partition.

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Tool for creating and restoring backups. Also able to combine Clonezilla backup software with the Linux-based emergency system SystemRescueCd, which contains the GParted partitioning tool. Also available as a ZIP file which can be loaded onto a bootable USB drive or burnt to a CD/DVD as an ISO image. Fast and secure download from The H

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Restores deleted or defective files on memory cards or other data media. Can also run from a USB stick.

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Restores deleted files on NTFS, FAT32 and FAT16 partitions and erases files permanently.

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Restores deleted partitions or boot sector.

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Creates image files of potentially damaged hard disk partitions in order to repair the corrupted file system and prevent loss of data. Written in Seed7 combining the functionality of dd_rescue and dd_rhelp.

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Analyses the hard disk for physical problems and errors without involving the file system. According to the manufacturer, this program can repair physically defective sectors and restore deleted files. Creates bootable media so the tool can also be run on computers where no operating system is installed.

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Restores deleted files and directories in FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS or Ext2FS formats. Fast and secure download from The H

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Restores data from Ext2FS partitions. Fast and secure download from The H

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Recovers files from damaged FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems.

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Attempts to repair damaged TAR and SFX archives.

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Recovers deleted files, even on NTFS partitions. This program is no longer being developed by Avira but version 1.4 can still be downloaded. No longer offered.

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Tool for recovering deleted or damaged files both on the hard drive and on other data storage devices. Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 using compression and encryption.

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Aims to repair damaged directories and other damaged items found on the hard drive, not by repairing the damaged directory itself, but by creating a new directory using all of the data found in the damaged directory.

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