- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: February 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 708,493
- Downloads last week: 10,402
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 311 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 30, 2009
File recovery has never been easier thanks to Pandora Recovery. The program's wizard-like approach to finding and retrieving lost files will appeal to all users.
The user interface is about as straightforward as it gets. Clean and simple menu and command buttons run across the top of the paneled window, while a tree-menu containing hard-disk folders to browse resides in a sidebar. But what stood out the most was the program's wizard, which walked us through the process of locating long-lost files. It first prompts you to check your Recycle Bin, which sounds obvious, but is a necessary time-saver. The program has three search settings (Browse, Search, Deep Scan) and each has its own description so that you'll know which to choose. Depending on the search setting you select, the program's interface changes to accommodate the search. We started with a Deep Scan, which detects deleted file types. Once we selected the file types to include in the scan (All, Images & Photo, Archived Files, Music & Sounds) the program immediately went to work scanning our hard disk. Considering the task at hand, the program quickly pulled up deleted files.
We liked the quick help links located throughout the interface to answer specific questions, but the program does included a very thorough built-in Help file. Our only complaint is that it left files that had to be manually deleted during uninstallation. However, we highly recommend this free program for any user looking to quickly locate a lost file.
Publisher's description
From Pandora :Pandora Recovery is a powerful free tool that provides its users an effective way to attempt recovery of permanently deleted files. And that does not mean restoration of a file from Recycle Bin. The software recovers files removed from Recycle Bin, deleted using Shift + Delete keys bypassing Recycle Bin and files deleted from DOS prompt. Pandora Recovery lets its user browse, search, preview and recover files deleted from NTFS and FAT volumes, supporting hard drives, flash drives and memory cards. It successfully handles archived, hidden, encrypted and compressed files and recovers Alternate Data Streams (ADS). Pandora Recovery features classic interface wizards, hints and context-sensitive help. Pandora Recovery allows user to browse and search the tree of deleted files where show deleted items only button comes handy. Finally, it has ability to scan drive clusters, picking up files whose MFT record has been reused by OS, damaged or recreated (it can restore files on formatted drives).
Version 2.1.1 supports Data carving (surface scan) of Adobe PhotoShop PSD and MS Outlook PST.
What's new in this version:
Data carving (surface scan) of Adobe PhotoShop PSD and MS Outlook PST supported, access to Recycle Bin and GUI improvements.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 311 votes
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Version: Pandora Recovery 2.1.1
"Finds items you had forgotten"
Pros: This program found files I had completly forgotten about.
Cons: I did not find the file I was looling for but that is because it had been overwritten.
Summary: Good program
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Version: Pandora Recovery 2.1.1
"Never made it thru a full scan - It crashed"
Pros: I don't like it
Cons: When a program crashes right away I delete it
Summary: I will not try it again - I was willing to send a report to help the out and guess what? that did not work -
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Version: Pandora Recovery 2.1.1
"Able to recover lost/ corrupted files from any disk"
Pros: Efficient and free
Cons: none so far
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Version: Pandora Recovery 2.1.1
Pros: Does well on all graphics
Cons: For the price you can't be picky.
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Version: Pandora Recovery 2.1.1
"top soft ware and free what more could u want"
Pros: excellent did the job pefect
Cons: none as i can see
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