- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: April 07, 2008
- 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 1.4 adds search results summary, optimized search and recovery engine, and several minor UI improvements.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.4 adds search results summary, optimized search and recovery engine, and several minor UI improvements.
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User reviews of Pandora Recovery 1.4
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 323 votes
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.4
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.4
Pros: Works great for me and recovered most of my files.
This works better than some of the paid ones and its FREE.
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.4
Pros: Free. I used it to find old .jpgs on Vista. Stunning the amount of old stuff it can dredge up. Mind you, some files are past recovering - mostly over written.
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Version: Pandora Recovery 1.4
Pros: User-friendly & reliable software. The search process is very fast compared to other sw tools (sometimes very expensive) i've tested: 2'30 for a 500 Gb external HD.
Cons: It's not possible to delete items from the search log file once data have been recovered
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Pandora Recovery 1.4
Cons: i couldn't tell lyou how this software actually performs because i couldn't use it. the softaware description doesn't mention which file systems it supports. when i ran it i discovered FAT32 was not supported.
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