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5 stars
Version: GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.3
"It works ! Pretty simple once you RTFM."
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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