Total Recall Data Recovery 1.0.7

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• Price: Free to try (Previews recovered files); $99.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: January 25, 2008
• Total Downloads: 59,118
• Downloads last week: 305
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Novice-friendly but still robust, this file recovery tool simply performs well. Total Recall Data Recovery's very basic interface is barely more than five buttons and a display window. The program's well-written online Help guide not only explains functions, but also best methods for file recovery.

Total Recall Data Recovery's operation is a mere matter of choosing the file recovery problem. The application separates recovery into file and partition, deleted files, photos, optical, and e-mail. Oddly CD & DVD file recovery options aren't available to test in the demo. Operation is similar for each of the functions. Click the proper icon and follow directions. Not quite a wizard, the functions expect users to make some informed decisions.

Total Recall Data Recovery attempts to read data into memory to create virtual snapshots. That makes manipulating data safer than writing to the problem drive. We liked how well the application explained what it was doing, though some information displays too quickly. The program also remembers stopped scans to restart them later in the session.

Total Recall Data Recovery's drive scans are quick, but less so when scanning solid media such as camera flash cards. Found files are displayed by name and size and can't be opened. Standard image files have an optional thumbnail display which helps choose files to recover. The application will search your drives for Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird e-mail files and display date, subject, and sender for all emails found. A separate tab lists only deleted e-mails.

As is standard in the genre, file recovery is available only to registered users. Of course, results depend on the state of your media. Still, Total Recall Data Recovery is one of the easier to use recovery applications we've tested, and we recommend it for any user.

Publisher's description

Total Recall is powerful new data recovery software from an industry leader in the data recovery service business. Now you can recover data just like top rated data recovery companies like Total Recall. Total Recall Software will quickly recover data from hard drives (including RAID), camera cards, flash drives, USB, FireWire, DVD/CD media with ease. You can even recover Macintosh formatted devices and deleted emails too. Gone forever are the days of multiple utilities, all you need is Total Recall and your data will be back in no time. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

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