Hard Drive Data Recovery Software for Windows

Looking for a tool to recover data from hard drive, SSD, memory card or USB drive? Missing information after a disk failure or accidental formatting? Deleted partitions caused loss of data? HDD data inaccessible after virus attack?

Partition Recovery™ will reliably restore information from damaged FAT/exFAT, NTFS/ReFS, APFS/HFS+, Ext4/3/2/ReiserFS and XFS/UFS disks, recovering the original file and folder structure. In addition to existing partitions, the tool discovers all previously created volumes. This allows the user to search and recover files from those deleted volumes. The tool can save the entire logical drive, recovering the original file and folder structure.

Supporting all versions of file systems used in all versions of Windows, MacOS, Linux and Unix, this hard drive recovery software can fix problems in storage media of any kind and capacity. Convenient step-by-step wizard and friendly graphical user interface make the recovery process as easy as one-two-three.

Quick Start

Watch the video tutorial below to learn about the product’s features and see for yourself how easy it makes to recover information. You can download the demo free of charge, scan the disk, preview recoverable files – and then upgrade to the full version instantly without the need to re-scan your disk.

Comprehensive Hard Drive Recovery

Partition Recovery™ is Hetman Software top of the line data recovery solution. Fully supporting FAT / exFAT (memory card or USB drive), NTFS / ReFS (Windows), APFS / HFS+ (Apple MacOS), Ext2 / 3 / 4 / ReiserFS / XFS / UFS (Linux, Unix, Solaris, FreeBSD, Open BSD, NetBSD) file systems, the tool is equipped with the most sophisticated algorithms that allow full recovery in the most difficult cases.

Deleted File Recovery

Partition Recovery™ can undelete all types of files accidentally deleted from hard disks, USB drives, memory cards and other types of storage media regardless of the file system. Low-level content-aware algorithms are readily available in complex cases.

Formatted Disk Recovery

Recovers information from formatted partitions, deleted volumes and repartitioned hard drives regardless of the type of file system. Partition Recovery™ can search for deleted partitions and locate missing file systems.

Even if the file system is completely empty or missing, the tool can recover the files by applying content-aware algorithms locating files on the disk by their characteristic signatures.

Recovers “Permanently Deleted” Files

Partition Recovery™ can successfully undelete files that were deleted with the Shift + Del combination, erased in third-party programs or removed from the Recycle Bin.

In the Quick mode the recovery only takes seconds, while the Comprehensive Analysis mode reads the entire surface of the hard drive in order to locate recoverable information by looking for identifiable features and common signatures.

Recovers Information after Malware Attacks

Recovers information destroyed or locked as a result of virus attacks, power outages or hardware failures. Viruses, Trojans and other types malware may deliberately destroy information or render it inaccessible by corrupting or erasing important system structures.

Partition Recovery™ is equipped with low-level algorithms that can successfully extract information from affected hard drives.

Recovers Data after a Drive Failure

Restores information that goes missing after system failures, file system corruption or hardware faults. The disk can easily become corrupted and generally inaccessible if a lengthy file transfer operation is interrupted by a system crash or power failure.

Partition Recovery™ can successfully recover files from disks with corrupted file systems and other system structures.

Extracts Information from Corrupted Media

Recovers files and folders from damaged, corrupted, unreadable and inaccessible devices such as SD memory cards, pen drives and hard disks. Firmware bugs, loose pins and oxidized electric contacts can and do contribute to memory card errors.

Partition Recovery™ can successfully restore information from inaccessible and unreadable memory cards with corrupted and missing file systems.

Features

Partition Recovery™ is a truly universal solution for resolving all kinds of problems with missing information. The tool can recover data from healthy, corrupted and unreadable devices, restore information from formatted disks and deleted volumes.

Supported File Formats

Partition Recovery™ can recover files of absolutely any type with no exceptions. For many types of files such as documents, pictures and archives, comprehensive content-aware analysis is available, making it possible to locate and recover those files even if no trace of the file system is left on a disk. Content-aware analysis supports the following types of files:

• Documents in Microsoft and Open Office formats (e.g. DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, HTML, PDF and so on).
• Digital pictures and RAW images (e.g. JPEG, PSD, EPS, TIFF, PNG, RAW, DNG, CR2, NEF etc.).
• Presentations and spreadsheets (e.g. XLS, XLSX, ODS etc.).
• Archives and backups (e.g. ZIP, RAR etc.).
• Audio and video files (e.g. AVI, DAT, MKV, MPG, VOB, MP3 and many other formats).

Recovers Data from Hard Drives, External USB and SSD

Partition Recovery™ has been thoroughly tested with many groups of devices including desktop and laptop hard drives (IDE, ATA, SATA and SCSI models were tested), external enclosures and storage systems connected via a USB cord.

The tool supports all popular memory card formats including SD/SDHC/SDXC, microSD, Compact Flash, Memory Stick etc., and can recover information from many models of MP3 players, tablets, smartphones, digital cameras and GPS navigation devices connecting to a PC via a USB cord.

Partition Recovery™ recognizes and supports solid state disk of all models and makes including A-Data, Corsair, Goodram, HP, Kingston, LaCie, PhotoFast, PNY, SanDisk, Silicon Power, TDK, Team, Toshiba, Transcend, Verbatim etc.

Ease of Use

Using Partition Recovery™ to recover files and folders is easy as 1-2-3. The built-in File Recovery Wizard is fully guided, taking you through the entire recovery process one step after another. We made the recovery process safe and error-proof, enabling anyone use Partition Recovery™ as their first disk data recovery tool ever. The tool operates in strictly enforced read-only mode to ensure the ultimate safety of information stored on the damaged disk.

Users of Partition Recovery™ will feel immediately at home with its Explorer-like user interface allowing to browse through deleted information just as easily as navigating in Windows Explorer. Recovering files with Partition Recovery™ can be easier than deleting!

Data Recovery Engine

Analyzing the file system is step one of the data recovery process. As files can be scattered evenly across the disk, sometimes fragmented beyond reproach, reading the file system is essential to reconstruct information about the exact physical blocks occupied by a given file. When a file is deleted, the file system does not physically wipe or erase the file from the disk. Instead, it simply marks the file’s record in the file system as “deleted”, releasing its disk space for use by other files. In its Quick Scan mode, Partition Recovery™ performs a scan of the file system in order to locate any files marked as deleted. This approach will not work for formatted disks or badly damaged file systems, so on such disks the tool will perform a full disk search (Comprehensive Analysis mode) instead.

Scanning the File System

Partition Recovery™ includes comprehensive algorithms allowing the tool to extract usable information even from damaged, corrupted and partially overwritten file systems. Virus attacks, data corruption, physical damage and other errors may easily lead to unreadable files or inaccessible disks. Partition Recovery™ can correct those errors by locating the file systems or their backup copies (for NTFS volumes) and use all information still available to rebuild the original file and folder structure. After that, you will be able to actually recover files and folders, saving them to a safe location.

Full Disk Analysis with Signature Search

File system records representing deleted files can be overwritten with new stuff rather rapidly. Even though the file itself is still stored somewhere on the disk, a record pointing to that file may not be available. This is also the case if the file system is emptied after a Quick Format operation, or if the disk is damaged or corrupted. In this situation, Partition Recovery™ uses content-aware signature search, reading the entire disk surface in order to locate supported file types by their characteristic signatures. This algorithm allows the tool to recover files from formatted, repartitioned and inaccessible disks, as well as undelete files removed a long time ago. The final result often exceeds the quality delivered by renowned data recovery labs.

Saving Analysis Data

Recovering data from high-capacity hard disks (6, 8, 10 or 16 TB) is quite a long process. Analyzing large HDDs may take many hours to complete.

To help users handle this problem, Partition Recovery™ offers the chance to Save analysis information on the hard disk the utility has been scanning. As a result, now you can load the analysis data for your storage device and recover your files from there when the time is right for you.

This way, you save time and effort you would need to rescan the hard disk once more. In some cases, it can even improve the quality of data recovery (especially if data loss occurs because of the growing number of bad blocks).

In the period between saving the analysis information and loading it for file recovery, we recommend against saving any data to such disk (or do anything that can result in writing files to the disk). If it happens, the quality of data recovery will deteriorate, or it can even become impossible.

Visual Pre-Recovery Preview and the HEX Editor

Partition Recovery™ comes with two different modes to preview deleted files: visual and HEX. In visual mode, the tool will display the content of documents, pictures, spreadsheets and other supported types of files the way you would see them in Microsoft Office or picture viewer.

The built-in HEX editor offers low-level, binary-mode preview for advanced users such as system administrators and data recovery professionals. In addition to file content, the HEX editor displays low-level system information such as the file’s exact physical location on a disk. The HEX editor can also display information about volumes and partitions such as boot sectors and MFT records. Both visual and binary-level previews are available even in the free evaluation version of the tool. Files that can be successfully opened by the visual preview tool are guaranteed recovery.

Recover Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machine Disks

Partition Recovery™ can handle virtual machine disks or virtual hard disks. You can always recover any data lost while working with a virtual machine (VMware Workstation, Oracle VirtualBox, Microsoft Hyper-V and others), if the virtual machine becomes inoperable or the virtual hard disk gets damaged.

Just mount the virtual hard disk in the utility menu, and it will appear under «Mounted Disks». After that, you will be able to work with such disk just like you would with any other storage device (an external or internal HDD, flash drive or memory card).

Partition Recovery™ supports the most widespread hard disk formats used by popular virtual machines:

• VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) — VirtualBox disk format;
• VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) — VMware Player/Workstation disk format;
• VHD, VHDX (Virtual Hard Disk) — Microsoft Hyper-V disk format;
• HDD (Parallels Hard Disk) — Parallels Desktop disk format;
• QED (QEMU enhanced disk) — the format for QEMU/KVM;
• QCOW (QEMU Copy-On-Write) — the format for QEMU.

The Best Free Partition Recovery Software 2021

This article we’ll introduce the best free partition recovery software to help you recover deleted or lost partitions under Windows 10.

Theo Lucia

Feb 22, 2021 • Filed to: Windows Computer Solutions • Proven solutions

There could be several factors that result in missing partitions such as accidental deletion, unexpected power outage, virus attack, bad sectors, data corruption, etc. In such scenarios, partition recovery software comes quite in handy to recover deleted or lost partitions as well as data altogether. With so many options available out there, selecting the best partition recovery software can be challenging. That’s why we come up with the top 10 best partition recovery tools for recovering lost partitions free.

10 Best Free Partition Recovery Software 2021

How to restore lost partitions easily? After our hard research, we’ve summarized below the 10 free partition recovery software to help you out. And you can pick the most suitable one that meets your particular demands and needs.

1. Recoverit Data Recovery

Recoverit Data Recovery В is the most reliable free partition recovery software out there. It requires no technical skill to recover your lost data from deleted partitions. Indeed, this software is very helpful to recover data when partitions get deleted, lost, inaccessible, and RAW. It can recover various file types for a lost partition, including audios, videos, and documents, etc.

• It’s easy to use.
• Restore lost or raw partition from several data loss scenarios.
• Preview before recovery.
• Able to recover different file types from lost partitions.
• Ensures the safety of data while recovering lost partitions.

Cons:

• Limited features with a free version.

2. TestDisk

TestDisk is a data recovery tool that helps you to recover data from unbootable partitions. It converts the non-booting partitions into bootable partitions and prepares them for data recovery.

It is free software, and you can recover lost documents, multimedia, and other files from a partition. You can download TestDisk free of cost for your DOS, Windows, Linux, and Mac.

• Quick installation.
• Easy to use.
• Free download with the full version.

Cons:

• Missing preview feature.
• Require command lines knowledge.В

3. Orion File Recovery Software

For free partition recovery, Orion File Recovery Software also comes quite in handy. It is a completely free program designed to help users get back their deleted or lost data on the computer effectively and easily. With the help of it, you can scan your partitions, hard drives, or memory cards for lost data. Besides recovery features, it can even help you deleted files permanently to increase security.

• Easy to use.
• Includes handy security features.
• User-friendly interface.
• The Wizard makes recovery easy.

Cons:

• Limited configurable options.

4. DiskInternals Partition Recovery

DiskInternals Partition Recovery is a free advanced data recovery tool that retrieves lost data from deleted and corrupted partitions. You can scan your partitions and allow DiskInternals Recovery to restore them to your selected location.

Unreadable disks can also be accessed by using the Reader mode for the restoration of data. You can download DiskInternals for your Windows and Mac computers for free but unlimited usage is available only for the paid versions.

• Scan all partitions that are formatted, inaccessible, and deleted.
• User-friendly interface.
• NTFS, XFS, ZFS, FAT,В exFAT, В UFS, and more file systems are supported.

Cons:

• Limited features with a free version.

5. Lazesoft Recovery Suite

Lazesoft Recovery Suite is a freeware that is designed to access deleted files in a PC. However, the business and professional editions are available in exchange for a fee.

Lazesoft Recovery Suite can recover your lost data from a damaged drive only if new data does not overwrite the lost files. Lazesoft Recovery Suite scans and restores data from inaccessible drives, flash memory, unreadable partitions, SD card, USB drives. Lazesoft Recovery Suite can be downloaded for Windows 7, 8, and 10.

• Easy to use.
• Powerful data recovery features.
• Works for several data loss scenarios.

Cons:

• Limited features with a free version.

6. Acronis Recovery Expert Wizard

If your partition is lost or missing, then you can also rely on Acronis Recovery Expert Wizard as your В best partition recovery software. Whether you lost partitions due to accidental deletion, data corruption, bad sectors, or power outages, Acronis Recovery Expert Wizard works in all situations. Also, it can help you restore your partition either manually or automatically.

Pros:

• No technical skills required to use it.
• The manual recovery mode offers more control over the recovery process.
• Automatic mode locates and restores all the deleted partitions quickly.

Cons:

• Time-consuming recovery process.

7. MiniTool Partition Recovery

With MiniTool Partition Recovery, you can restore partitions lost by wrong deletion, Windows update, virus attack, partition table damage, and a lot more. Also, it can help you recover lost partitions and all the data kept on the partition from other storage media. Like other partition recovery tools, it has both quick and deep scan to perform partition recovery.

• Easy to use.
• Includes a quick as well as deep scan.
• Supports for all common partitioning functions.

Cons:

• You need to upgrade the version for advanced features.

8. Active Partition Recovery

Active Partition Recovery supports Windows, WinPE, Linux, and DOS computers to restore deleted and corrupted data. It scans the partitions of your PC and retrieves the lost data only if it is not overwritten after being deleted. You can use QuickScan, SuperScan, and Last Chance modes to get back your data.

You can download it free for Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. If you are willing to use the commercial version of Active Partition Recovery, you can buy it’s personal and corporate licenses.

• User-friendly interface,
• No technical skills are required to use it.
• Able to recover data from partition in NTFS, exFAT, and other file formats.

Cons:

• The free version can only detect the deleted or formatted partition.В

9. Disk Drill

Disk Drill is a free partition recovery tool available for Windows as well as Mac. It works under different data loss events to help you get back your valuable data. It supports all common file systems, which include FAT, NTFS, exFAT, and EXT4. With Disk Drill, you can recover files from a damaged or lost partition with ease and effectively.

• Powerful scanning algorithms.
• Simple and easy to use.
• No expert skills required to use it.
• Additional features like data backup.

Cons:

• A free version can recover only 500 MB of data.

10.В Partition Find & Mount

Last but not least В good free partition recovery software В is Partition Find & Mount. It is easy-to-use and safe partition recovery software, which is designed to restore lost or deleted partitions with ease. It finds and mounts partitions into the computer so that lost partitions are available to you as a generic disk or drive volume. In severe cases, if Master Boot Record is missing, overwritten or corrupted, the Partition Find & Mount comes quite in handy.

Link: В http://findandmount.com/
Pros:

• User-friendly interface.
• All file formats are supported.
• No special skills are required.

Cons:

• Limited features and functionalities.

Bonus: How to Recover Lost Partition with CMD on Windows 10

For users who don’t want to use software to restore lost partitions on Windows 10 PC, we recommend them using diskpart.exe to recover lost partitions. It is a partitioning management utility available in Windows PC and it helps to create, modify and delete a system’s disk partitions. The disk part cleans common services to delete all partitions and files on storage devices or hard drives. It is a free method that is widely used to clean up data in internal/external hard drives, SD cards, etc.

There are the times when users may perform a wrong command in their hard drive partition, or accidental delete the partition. When a wrong operation is eventually committed, DiskPart clean command is needed to be undone or canceled.

In some scenarios, you can undo DiskPart clean command to undelete partition. Below is how to do so on Windows 10 PC:

Step 1: Open «Disk Management» to check the lost partition. To do that, you need to right-click «Start» menu and click «Disk Management». If a partition is lost or deleted, then you’ll see a disk space marked as Unallocated.

Step 2: В Run «Command Prompt» as administration, enter «Diskpart» in the window and hit the «Enter» key.

Step 3: В Enter the command: «list disk» and hit Enter to see all the storage devices on the system.

Step 4: В Enter command: «select disk #» and hit Enter. (Replace # with the number of a hard drive that requires restoring the lost partition).

Step 5: В Enter: «assign letter = G» and hit Enter. (G is the drive letter that is chosen randomly).

Step 6: В Close the Command Prompt and check if you can now access that lost partition.
If this method doesn’t work for you, then your best bet is to use partition recovery software to get back your lost or deleted partition.

What is Partition?

This discussion is about partition but are you well aware of partition? A partition is commonly known as disk partitioning. When you divide your computer’s hard disk into more than one part, they are called partitions. Your operating system can separately manage the information in those parts.

Though the partition is simply a logical dissociation from the complete hard drive, it looks as the division has created various physical drives. Note that partitions refer to a disk partition and when the term drive is used, it means a drive letter is assigned to the partition.

What Caused the Partition Get Lost?

There are times when a partition of your computer’s hard disk gets deleted because of accidental deletion, corruption, wrong restoration, improper partition resizing, partition table loss or physical damage, backtracks/sectors, and other common reasons like virus infection, the computer system crashed and unexpected system shutdown. Not to mention all your important data present in that partition is also lost.

To get back the lost data, you require that deleted partition back. And this is very much possible with the help of В free partition recovery software.

Why Do You Need a Partition Recovery Software?

A partition recovery software is a computer program used to recover lost or deleted partitions in computer hard drives. Partitions are separately created divisions in hard drives meant for saving documents independently. By creating partitions, disk space management is easier and data can be backed up in case of system crashes or virus attacks. But in a situation where the partition you’ve created suddenly goes missing, is no longer accessible or is deleted by mistake, what do you do? You use partition software to recover it without any further loss of data.

In this article, we will introduce you to a recovery software that works just like magic to recover lost data which may include word files, music, videos, and any other data vital.

The Bottom Line

These are the top 10 В best partition recovery software В to use. You can pick between either of them according to your particular requirements. We highly recommend using Recoverit Data Recovery to perform partition recovery in the most convenient way possible. This software contains both partition and data recovery features. On top of all, it helps to do the job effectively and in no time.