- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: August 23, 2007
- Total Downloads: 394,501
- Downloads last week: 6,882
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 323 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The name Pandora originates in Greek mythology, and it means "all-giving." It's an appropriate name for Pandora Recovery, which can give you back files you've deleted--even those removed months ago.
Pandora functions on NTFS-formatted volumes by scanning the hard drive and building an index of existing files and deleted file markers. This, in turn, allows the dead files to be brought back to life--as long as the file format is currently supported by the computer. Users can browse for deleted files, search for specific ones, preview certain file types like images, and get an estimate on the chance of recovery and the amount of time the procedure will take.
The program offers a guidance wizard to make sure that you're able to find deleted files. Pandora cautions you to recover deleted files to a separate drive from the one which they're being recovered from--sound advice, and the program makes it easy to recover to an external hard disk or portable drive. The interface isn't anything special, but combines Windows XP Explorer-style navigation with its own toolbar for an effective if uninspired layout.
There's also a portable version of the program that usually retails for $40.
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. Pandora Recovery actually recovers files permanently removed from Recycle Bin, files originally deleted using Shift + Delete keys bypassing Recycle Bin and files deleted from DOS prompt. Pandora Recovery lets its user browse, search preview and recover deleted files. 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 the tree of deleted files where show deleted items only button comes handy. It also allows user to search the tree. Finally, it has ability to scan drive clusters, picking up files whose MFT record has been reused by OS, damaged or recreated (it can pick up files from formatted drives). Version 1.2.23 adds support for UNICODE, localization to Spanish and Russian, improved handling of fragmented MFT records and several smaller bugfixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.2.23 adds support for UNICODE, localization to Spanish and Russian, improved handling of fragmented MFT records and several smaller bugfixes.
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User reviews of Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 323 votes
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
"After four "others", Pandora found what I wanted!"
Pros: Other file recovery programs took up to an hour but Pandora took approximately 10 seconds to find the files that I was looking for. Quick and easy!
Cons: The files that it is recovering are not the same filenames that I was using. Fortunately, I knew exactly where my files were located and knew the extension so pinpointing the files I wanted was easier.
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
"Awesome! Recovered 12.6GB in 41 files!"
Pros: Straightforward application to recover files from your hard drive. Nice windows interface and wizard. Even the status window gives you two completion status: one status for current file being recovered and one status of total overall files recovered.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
"This version works much better!"
Pros: The previous version of Pandora Recovery crashed on my drive C:, but this one works without problems. I'm glad that this software is constantly improved.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Pandora Recovery 1.2.23
"Couldn't recover files I deleted with Shift+Del"
Cons: I deleted files using Shift+Del and the software couldn't detect that files had been deleted nor could it recover them.
It also seems that the deep search is really limited in the types of files that it can recover.
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