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Disk Drill for Mac is an easy-to-use data-recovery tool with a limited free version and more-robust (and more expensive) Pro, Expert, and Enterprise packages. The free Disk Drill Basic can help you protect your computer from future data loss (whether accidental trashing or as the result of more serious hardware problems), while you'll need to pay for at least Disk Drill Pro if you've already lost data that you need to recover.
What sets Disk Drill apart is its slimmed-down interface and almost painfully user-friendly documentation. If you're looking for a data recovery app with a good feature set and some reassuring hand-holding, Disk Drill is a solid choice--and you can't go wrong installing the free version to take advantage of Disk Drill's "Recovery Vault" feature, which can make recovery much faster and more reliable, by tracking a "smart history" of your files (including file names, locations, and activity). When you're recovering a file, Disk Drill's workflow is dead simple: you switch over to "Recover data mode" (from "Prevent data loss" mode), then with a couple of clicks you can choose the drive and then type of scan you want to run, which vary in terms of speed and thoroughness. As with similar apps, Disk Drill also offers S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, backup to disk images, and both quick and deep scan options. Disk Drill can help you recover data on HFS/HFS+, FAT, and NTFS drives, as well as flash drives and memory cards (although Recovery Vault only helps with HFS/HFS+ and FAT).
If you haven't already experienced data loss, you will--and in the meantime, Disk Drill Basic is a great, free way to help ward off the inevitable. If you've already lost data, one of the paid Disk Drill apps can be a good option for getting it back, especially for less technically inclined users.
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From CleverFiles:
Disk Drill is a free Mac data recovery software designed for Mac OS: easily protect your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recover lost data from Mac disks. When something is deleted Recovery Vault makes it possible to recover not only the file itself, but also its properties, such as original file name, location, etc. So you will always be able to recover data from Mac files system (HFS/HFS+) & FAT32 partitions. Disk Drill also includes powerful S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring: you can monitor your disks' hardware status and get automatic notifications of potential failures or other issues. If a disk or partition is failing, you can easily backup it into a disk image (DMG) and mount it later for data recovery. This way there's no need to keep a failing media running until the completion of a Deep Scan for instance.
Disk Drill PRO also features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. Using Quick Scan you can locate deleted items on FAT and NTFS disks, this scanning method is fast and accurate, but is unlikely to find data deleted long ago. With Deep Scan you can try to recover data from any disk or memory card regardless of their file system. This recovery method is long and thorough, it scans your disk in a binary mode and is capable of finding deleted files even after formatting.
Disk Drill is a professional but extremely simple Mac data recovery software that helps you rescue data on your Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, etc. So if your hard drive was damaged, or you accidentally deleted your favorite photos, music, videos and other data, no worries about data loss. Disk Drill will recover deleted files on your Mac!
If you don't want someone to undelete what you removed but it's still protected by Recovery Vault, you can specify a Master Password to protect your configuration of Disk Drill, Mac data recovery software by CleverFiles. Additionally, Disk Drill Mac Recovery features convenient scan sessions management, so you can scan a 2TB disk recovery, pause it, save a scanning session and continue it in a couple of days or even weeks (presuming you don't use the target drive to prevent data from being overwritten).
What's new in this version:
- new: recovery from ExpressCard/34 external storage
- new: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatibility (based on developer preview releases)
- Disk Drill is now signed with developer ID certificate to stay consistent with OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper requirements
- new: added some new Deep Scan file signatures, including CST (Adobe Director External Cast File), CXT (Adobe Director protected cast file), DIR (Adobe Director Movie), DXR (Protected Macromedia Director Movie), FH3 / FH... See all new features
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"Outstanding!"
Version: Disk Drill 1.7.185
Pros
This software does what it is supposed to very efficiently and quickly.
Cons
No cons, I have in the past spent serious money on recovery tools that do not do a fraction of what Disk Drill does.
Summary
Disk Drill recovered all my data from formatted external HDD - 80 gigs of info... Compared to some software that's not so powerful, or a physical drive recovery services who wanted $3,000 - $5,000 for all the data, Disk Drill is extremely easy to use and it 100% works. I hope this review helps you make the right choice.
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"A Must Have"
Version: Disk Drill 1.7.185
Pros
Nice GUI and wide set of features. Recovery vault will be the most advanced function.
Cons
Nothing negative to say. The software does an excellent job of data recovery.
Summary
I accidentally unplugged my external HDD I've been using happily as a Time Machine on my MBP. Once disk was plugged back in, it showed the following message: "This disk is not formatted, do you wish to format?"
I tried Disk Drill to recover data as I remembered someone who used this software with success. When I saw it had found the files I wanted, I pay for Pro version and recovered all of them.
Thanks for such a nice data recovery tool. This sits in the MUST HAVE list of utilities! -
"generally nice utility"
Version: Disk Drill 1.7.185
Pros
easy using, recovers data greatly
Cons
the price is too high!
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