Publisher's Description
From Convar:
PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data-recovery program for Flash Card, Smart Media, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, and Secure Digital Card. The software will bring back deleted pictures from any digital camera media.
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All versions:
4.5 starsout of 173 votes
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Current version:
4.1 starsout of 41 votes
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"The best among several programs"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
I tried 4 other free recovery softwares and one trial version of paid software. All other free programs recovered up to 14 files. Paid software detected 170 files (it was not possible to recover them due to the trial version).
PC Inspector Smart Recovery recovered all 210 files.Cons
Nothing for the moment.
Summary
PC Inpecto, my daughter is delighted because I managed to recover all of her "lost" pictures. I am delighted because of my doughter hug!
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"Free and works!"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Free and really works. I was able to recover gigabytes of pictures (Canon RAW files) that even some paid solutions could not retrieve.
Cons
It's not very user-friendly (you have to run it as an Admin user, otherwise you get an random error) and if you forget to provide the final "\" for the destination folder, the folder name will turn into the suffix for the file names), but not a deal breaker. I also found it very slow (took like 12 hours to scan a 8Gb SD card) but hey, it's free and these things are time consuming anyways.
Summary
Don't look at the paid options!
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"Really free and does recover"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Very easy to use; it recovers all lost photos
Cons
Need to start with right click and RUN as an adminstrator; Very slow
Summary
Thank you Convar for PC Inspector Smart Recovery and it makes my day so much happier!
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"installed, but program wouldnt run"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
dont know, program wouldnt run
Cons
same problem as listed by reviewer in december,company apparently made no attempt to correct.
Summary
cant use it. good thing i passed on all the bloatware that was offered
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"Installs, but program does not run"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Program would not launch correctly after installation
Cons
Program would not launch ("run time error 339 component 'gif89.dll' or one of it's dependencies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid")
Summary
If the program would have launched properly, I would have been able to give a better review. Unfortunately, their installer makes incorrect assumptions about the dll files that are currently on the system already.
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"Un-ruined my holiday!"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Lost the first 3 days pics from my holiday, including irreplaceable wedding shots, they simply vanished from my SD card, PC Inspector brought them all back in perfect condition! I am overjoyed, thought I'd lost them for good!
Cons
It does take a while to do it's thing, but hey, an hour or two waiting is a small price to pay to get your precious pics back.
Summary
There's a reason this is rated so highly, it worked brilliantly for me, and I can't thank the creators enough.
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"Brings back more files than others!"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Recovers a lot more files than other software (e.g. Recuva).
Cons
User interface is not the clearest! But not incomprehensible, it is OK.
Not the fastest recovery, but do you want speed or more of your files back?Summary
I tried a couple of other utilities (Recuva and others), and PC Inspector brought back more files. A LOT more. If you are recovering from a hard disk, expect it to take overnight or more. Recovery from a 120GB SSD took 3 hours. I would take some of the negative comments here with a grain of salt- for example, I did not have to select file types one by one, it just recovered everything it could.
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"slow and tedious"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
it recovered something, but slowly
Cons
- you must choose one file type at a time to recover (!). this means you'll have to run the scan repeatedly just to find all the different types of files you're looking for...where other programs let you recover whole classes of files - all images (jpg, gif, ...) all movies (mp4, mov, ...)
- very slow scanning (1/2 to 1/3 as fast as other free card recovery software
- counterintuitive UI that was obviously (poorly) translatedSummary
don't waste your time, unless this s/w somehow recovers files others won't.
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"WORKED PERFECT!READ SUMMARY IF IT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
I had all my project pictures restored beautifully!and completely :)
Cons
Took a while and some pictures were 'meshed together' (half of one and another picture) which can be deleted after it's done.If you're desperately needing your pictures,you can get over it and you will be freakin' happy!
Summary
I got the 'Error 339' ...come to find out that before you open the program,you have to right click and select 'Run as administrator' and BAM! you open it!(make sure your memory card is in before you open the program)
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"RE: Runtime error. Right-click and run as administrator"
Version: PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.5
Pros
Runs if you do the above. Currently waiting to see if I get my Silverstone GP pics back.
Cons
Will update when finished.
