- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Previews recovered data); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: January 25, 2008
- Total Downloads: 6,337,421
- Downloads last week: 8,503
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 338 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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.
Version 5.5.17 improves RAID and other data recovery routines and account management.
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Version 5.5.17 improves RAID and other data recovery routines and account management.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 338 votes
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170 out of 174 people found this review helpful
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 5.5.17
Pros: You guys rock. Thank you!
My mom's harddrive crashed and I was able to recover all of her word docs and pictures.
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128 out of 131 people found this review helpful
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 5.5.17
Pros: From recovering RAID to Mac volumes, camera cards and even CDs (never tried that one)... this software really works well and has proven to be one of the best. As a computer repair company, tools like this are totally valuable for my business.
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115 out of 124 people found this review helpful
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 5.5.17
Pros: seems to work very well.
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123 out of 127 people found this review helpful
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 5.5.17
Pros: RECOVERED MY DELETED PICTURES FROM MY VACATION. PRICE WAS RIGHT, $39, AND WORKED REALLY WELL. GOT IT ALL BACK, SO THANKS. I CAN FACE MY WIFE NOW.
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120 out of 122 people found this review helpful
Version: VirtualLab Data Recovery 5.5.17
Pros: excellent tool for recovery, has many features and provides solutions for many different scenarios. has several pricing levels for various types of users.
Cons: more expensive than other products (although I don't believe there's a better one).
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