CNET Editors' review
Accidentally deleted your files? GetDataBack Data Recovery can track them down--for a price. It even works with corrupted drives and those not recognized by Windows. This version only recovers files from FAT drives, but it does offer a search tool for quickly locating a file by its date, name, or size.
If you suspect your actual disk is about to bite the dust, you can create a drive image to use during recovery. The utility can't make rescue discs, however, so if you want to do that, you'll need to build yourself a bootable Windows PE disc and add GetDataBack Data Recovery to it--the publisher's Web site has instructions.
Although the application proves quite adept at locating deleted files, and you can view their contents, the demo won't recover them. We can't vouch for how well this core feature works. GetDataBack Data Recovery seems worth trying, but if you actually want to recover any lost work, this demo won't do you much good.
Publisher's Description
From Runtime Software:
GetDataBack Data Recovery is a highly advanced data recovery software that will help you get your data back when your drive's partition table, boot record, or FAT/MFT or root directory is corrupt, a virus has hit the drive; when files are deleted; or when the drive is struck by a power failure. The software can even recover your data when the drive is no longer recognized by the operating system or when all directory information is lost. Advanced algorithms will make sure all directories and subdirectories are put together as they were, and that long filenames are reconstructed correctly. GetDataBack Data Recovery is safe because it's read-only, which means the program will never attempt to write to the drive you are about to recover.
Version 3.3 added support for Virtual Image files.
What's new in this version: Version 3.3 added support for Virtual Image files
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All versions:
4.1 starsout of 99 votes
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Current version:
3.9 starsout of 16 votes
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"very good qwerty"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
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Summary
worked well on my hard disc problem
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"Great Product!!"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
It works as advertised.I had my U3 Sandisk fail and had no choice to format it to get it working again. I thought I had backed it up on my hard drive, but didn't. This software recoved ALL of my files from the formatted sandisk.
Cons
It recovers the data for free, but to copy it over to your harddrive you have to purchase it. Also it cannot be installed on the drive you are trying to recover data from, which in my case was not a problem.
Summary
I was skeptical that it was going to work, but it is the best money I ever spent. Just goes to show data never goes away even after formatting the drive.
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"Worked like a charm!"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
This program was user-friendly and got great results.
Cons
I did not find any downside to this product. I wish I had bought it before wasting my money with Recover Data Tools in India - buyer beware!
Summary
Before using this program I purchased a program from Recover Data Tools. That turned out to be a huge mistake, their program was useless and I and lost $69. I then downloaded this program and it was able to restore most of my lost data immediately! I was happy with the volume of data recovered and the ease with which I was able to retrieve it. Great product!
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"have no serial no"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
sorry there is nothing to recover
Cons
there is no registred version and there is copy
Summary
with registration fail
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"Absolute lifesaver!"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
Very straightforward and easy to use.
Cons
Can take days to recover data if it is from an external hard drive.
Summary
This program really saved me. I woke up one morning to find I could not access my external hard drive (which was "corrupted and unreadable") which had over 100 gigs of important files I'd saved over the years. GetDataBack, as far as I can tell, was able to recover everything. This program is VERY simple to use and does everything it's supposed to. I would recommend it to anyone.
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"Misleading... a waste of money"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
None... that I can think of...
Cons
The trial version will find many files that you want to recover but after I paid my $79, and was able to copy the files to my new hard drive, they were all mostly corrupt and unusable.
Summary
I lost video and photos of our new baby and finding this software was a God-send. Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, the trial version misled me to believe that I was going to be able to recover them... I spent about 8 hours sorting and sifting through through 1000s of files to find what I wanted to recover only to find out that 95% of what it found was corrupt... the trial version is misleading. I was so unhappy with the software, I asked for my money back, but they refused to refund any of it.
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"Recovered some but not all of my ext hard drive-"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
You are first actually able to view what's been recovered before you pay for the program. There are newer versions available but free upgrades come with it once it's paid fro.
Cons
None so far. I tried several free programs and a couple trial programs that weren't able to find the amount of data that this one did.
Summary
Best one I could find.
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"Awesome product! Works great! Worth every penny!"
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
My external 1TB drive somehow got corrupted and. Windows could no longer see the drive and offered to reformat it. i googled and found GetDataBack and was able to recover my important VM image that i had saved to the disk!
Cons
None, but it was a little sluggish. Took about 4 hours to scan my 1TB drive, but in the end, it was worth the wait.
Summary
In my case, it was great bang for my $79 since it would have cost me more than that to take it to a computer shop to try to recover my files, if they could.
Bottom line: Great price for a great product, since i was able to get my VM file back. :) -
"Right now, I choose this as the best."
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
This software found more lost files than the others that I have tested so far.
Cons
None. It works perfectly, and so far, it's the best I've seen.
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"It works ! Pretty simple once you RTFM."
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
Pros
Simple interface, mostly automatic operation. Read the manual and it works better than if you click and hope. I recovered the vast majority of my files from a drive that registered as unformatted, and wouldn't boot or read at all through Windows.
Cons
There's 80 cons. $80. Seems steep for a single program, but since it works, they are forgiven. I just wish for that money that you got some of the other programs they offer as well. They do offer upgrades for the money, so in the long run....
Summary
I tried about 10 different programs to try to recover my files. About half of them failed to even read the drive at all. It's very nice that you get to try out the demo program and verify that it does indeed find all your files, before you shell out the money. In the end, it recovered most, if not all of my files, file names and directory tree intact. This was some sort of a NTFS corruption as the disk test passed every time, and was not simply a lost partition, deleted files, or accidental format. In all I'm quite happy with the results. I didn't realize until I came back to do the review that newer versions are available, don't use this version, go find version 4. The registration code you buy works for both, but why not use the newest version.
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