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5 stars
Version: iRecover 2.1
Pros: I needed to recover a couple of files which I forgot to copy before re-installing Windows. This application did it quickly and didn't charge. The other applications I tried all found the files but wouldn't recover them without purchasing a full license
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: iRecover 3
"Recovered ALL photos from SD memory disk"
Pros: In a hurry to take a photo using dying batteries in my camera, I mistakenly chose 'format' when presented with cancel/continue as it was malfunctioning. It was the end of a long day of photo taking.. 140 photos gone.
I scoured the web for all undelete and unformat applications. None were fully effective.
I found DIY DataRecovery IRecover and crossed my fingers. It was very very slow and thorough. It took about 4 hours to complete.
I was happy beyond belief. All the photos were there to restore. The software saved our precious photos and my sanity. Thank you!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: iRecover 2.1
"awesome, and easy to use, cheap aswell. it was the only one that worked."
Pros: i have to say that i dont usually bother registering to write a review, but i felt compelled to with this one. it took a while but it recovered 300gb of music movies etc that died on my external HDD. it only cost 50 quid sterling opposed to the 600 quid max for other programs......no thanks. first software that i have actually bought in years. try the trial to see if it works and dont bother buying if it doesnt.
Cons: If you try the trial version first without the key then you cant save the scan that you just did. ie once you buy it you have to rescan the buggered HDD. no biggie, cause i got almost everything, so who cares. outstanding software folks. one happy customer.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: iRecover 2.1
"Very very very slow - works, but be prepared"
Pros: Very effective in finding files, even ones that others do not. Uses SMART info from disk to avoid overheating. Works with BartPE for really dead systems
Cons: Painfully slow. Took 10 hours to do the analysis (disk has many bad sectors, so may be much faster on a healthy disk). I bought the license, but then it made me go through the whole thing again. I had saved the working set (the Save button), but when I loaded it again, it claimed there were no partitions. So, I had to go through the whole 10 hours again!
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5 stars
Version: iRecover 3.1
Pros: My new employer had a dead LaCie bigdisk with a lot of data on it. This device is a raid 0 array and the problem was that the controller had failled. Fortunately the two disk were in perfect condition.
In nearly one year a lot of people tried to recover the data. The informatic service in particular failled at it, and my boss was beginning to resign on that issue. Wanting to make a good impression I decided to give it a try. I try some software tools without any good results. These tools didn't find the correct parameter for this raid array. The fact is that the files on these disk are not common and I think that most of the recovery tools base their analyse on known format.
And then I find that iRecover tool. The process was very long. But like we say in french "petit train va loin". The software made it and found the good setting to get these data back. With the trial version I saw the root directory and all the sub folder. I rapidly ordered the full version and begen to recovery. My boss didn't beleive it at first.
That's a really good software I most say. I'm sure that it offers A lot of other features and I don't know if it is all that good. But to recover data from a hardware raid 0 that has failled it work's well!
To steps are easy and intuitive. The software mostly make everything by itself.
Thanks!
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