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CNET Editors' review
Advances in back-up awareness and technology have made career-ending crashes much less of a worry, but rescue from them isn't cheap. For significantly less than what some recovery specialists charge, VirtualLab offers you a chance to drag your data back from the grave.
The app starts up with a helpful intro screen showing you its recovery modules: PC or Mac Partition, Deleted Files, E-mail, Photo and CD/DVD ROM. Clicking on one of those takes you to a screen with tabs for those recovery modules on the left, making it easy to switch between them. The control panel for each module is on the right, and the options change appropriately from Recover to Save as you progress through the recovery process. The lack of toolbar buttons on the top of the app makes it easy to see your files in a clear and uncluttered way.
In our tests, we were unable to test the app against data loss because we hadn't lost any data. However, we did recover files that we had deleted several weeks ago. The number of files presented to us was enormous, and VirtualLab could benefit by some advanced search routines to help identify specific files to resurrect. Still, this is a powerful recovery application and worth trying for anybody who has lost their life's work and doesn't have thousands of dollars to spend on getting it back.
Publisher's Description
From BinaryBiz:
VirtualLab data recovery software is like six data recovery programs in one! While other programs just recover deleted files or camera cards, VirtualLab recovers everything from deleted files, corrupted or formatted drives, CD & DVD-ROM Disks, RAID, flash drives, thumb drives, camera cards, USB/Firewire drives, Outlook & Thunderbird E-mail and even Mac Volumes. VirtualLab will even make a sector-by-sector disk image of a failing hard drive so a recovery can be performed safely. Supports many file systems in one application including FAT 12/16/32, NTFS, NTFS5 (VISTA), NSF, Mac HFS/HFS+, Ext2FS.
What's new in this version: Version 6.0.14 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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All versions:
4.0 starsout of 637 votes
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Current version:
4.7 starsout of 75 votes
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"Very have with the purchase"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
Very have with the purchase its worth every single penny
Cons
none so far i will keep you posted
Summary
I purchased Virtual Lab Data Recovery after my wife accidentally deleted the My Pictures folder from our computer. We were upset because we thought we had lost an entire year's worth of family digital photos.
Very happy with the purchase
After installing the software, I am happy to report that we located and restored all of the pictures and have now backed them up to an online backup service. We are very happy. It was easy to use.
Updated on Feb 9, 2012 -
"good software"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
Virtuallab is easy to use
Cons
i found none
Summary
Virtual Lab Data Recovery is easy to use, and does a very good job of finding files on a drive that has been reformatted. It helped me bring back some photos I forgot on my desktop and then reinstalled Windows.
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"It restored whole file structure and all names"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
It restored whole file structure and all names
Cons
nothing at all
Summary
Virtual Lab Data Recovery was the only one out of 6-7 software I tried that was able to find my files and I was able to restore whole file structure and all names. Other top (apparently) softwares were much worse in that field, almost none or not even half of the structure found.
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"It has saved me yesterday"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
VirtualLab Data Recovery has saved me yesterday
Cons
NONE whatsoever
Summary
Virtual Lab Data Recovery has saved me yesterday. I had my external hard drive plugged in and ended up formatting the wrong partition. Virtual Lab recovered ALL my data and restored all folders as they were! Thank you for this wonderful product.
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"BEWARE! Mac version won't download, no refunds offered!"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
None--the "newest version" of the Mac software (v4) doesn't work after downloading, it just sticks in Demo Mode.
Cons
This business doesn't offer tech support or refunds, they just ignore and/or delete your support ticket requests. Clearly they don't mind taking your money and providing a faulty product.
Summary
Absolutely awful experience. Never had such bad service from a supposedly highly rated program on CNET. As a small business owner, this is the worst investment I could have made to retrieve files from a finicky external hard drive. Others please beware!
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"Excellent program"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
I would like to say that Virtual Lab Data Recovery is really excellent
Cons
I would like to say that Virtual Lab Data Recovery is really excellent
Summary
I would like to say that Virtual Lab Data Recovery is really excellent
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"VirtualLab managed to get my files back"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
VirtualLab managed to get my files back
Cons
VirtualLab managed to get my files back so nothing bad
Summary
I tried many other software to restore my files, but Virtual Lab Data Recovery was the only one that managed it. I had a broken partition that turned invisible and could not be used. I put in my windows boot CD and could format the disk but lost all my data. VirtualLab managed to get the important files back.
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"Very thankfull"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
Very thankfull
Cons
None until now
Summary
Very very thankfull to those guys who worked in development in such kind of utility. I used Virtuallab Data Recovery to get back my worksheets that have been accidentally deleted along with some other not so important files.
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"Ignorant customer service"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
identified all of my lost data in the corrupted hard disc
good reviews on CnetCons
the activation code doesn't work
customer services replied three weeks after my complaint without a solution.Summary
I learned about VirtualLab after reading good reviews on Cnet.com Trying the software after downloading it from a link in Cnet it found all my lost data but to recover them I had to buy the amount of MBs I need to recover so I bought the activation code for 1TB which is a little more than the sum of my lost data. To my surprise, there was a connection error everytime I try to activate the downloaded software and I can't recover the files. I contacted their customer service without a reply for two weeks. their livechat service always has no one available to chat at any time of the day or night. It demands you to leave your complaint in writing with a promise to reply as soon as possible. After two weeks and 4 email complaints later they replied with a message to download the software from a link which directs me to their website to download the latest version which I did without any luck and still getting the same connection error massage. I continued to ask them for explaination for this problem and detailed the problem in a long email with snapshots of my screen and even tried the whole thing all over again on a completely different computer and internet provider without a resolution. their reply came a week later and was in one line, "Stop using old versions of the software." and that's it.
How can I be using old versions of their software when I've just downloaded it first a month back, and then again from their official website (BinaryBiz) which puts a date on their latest version6 as April 2011. I'm sitting with a corrupt hard disc risking losing my bussiness and $155 poorer without recovering any of my files or an answer from their customer service team. -
"A very satisfied customer!"
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 6.0.14
Pros
Extremely thorough, it identified and recovered everything that I had thought was lost forever. In fact, it even recovered some files that I has mistakenly deleted last year!
Cons
Not a thing
Summary
I just wanted to tell you how extremely pleased we are with the results from VirtualLab! When our external hard drive suddenly became inaccessible, we thought we had lost a great deal of very important documentation, photos, and tons of other things I won't even attempt to list. We discovered your product on CNET.com, and compared it with other data recovery utilities, but chose yours because of all the wonderful comments we read. After a little bit of setting up, and then letting the utility do it's work, we were presented with the listing of everything on the 'dead' hard drive. We immediately purchased the activation code, and now have all of our data back, safe and sound. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been telling everyone about my experience, and recommending this software to anyone that has ever suffered the loss of a hard drive. Some hard drive failures are purely hardware related, and may not benefit from this software, but it is certainly worth trying just in case!
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