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"Total waste of money, don't bother"

StephenMarsh June 14, 2013 / Version: HDD Mechanic 2.1

2013-06-14 07:22:35 | By StephenMarsh

Pros

none that I can find, unless lightening your wallet of $140 is a *good* thing

Cons

Takes forever, finds little - then extracts it all as useless raw data. COmpletely worthless unless you want to slog through 791,000 files to find the one you're looking for, what a joke

Summary

Save you money - this software is crap. Wish I could get my money back - total waste.

5 stars

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"It recovered & restored my Corrupted Ubuntu Linux OS"

teeteebahbah December 29, 2012 / Version: HDD Mechanic 2.1

2012-12-29 22:06:49 | By teeteebahbah

Pros

It recovered & restored my Corrupted Ubuntu Linux OS. I had really screwed up my Ubuntu OS (knowing enough about Linux to be dangerous). I tried HDD Mechanic 2.1 and it fixed it to my surprise.

Cons

So far none. Only thing that might come close it that is a bit slow or at least it seems. I guess it depends on how badly damaged or screwed up your HDD is.

Summary

It has worked so far for me.

5 stars

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"The only software that worked"

KoyaKing December 17, 2012 / Version: HDD Mechanic 2.1

2012-12-17 01:30:28 | By KoyaKing

Pros

Intuitive, easy-to-understand interface
Very thorough recovery
Worked when no other software would

Cons

Nothing that I could find.

Summary

I had a Maxtor 1TB hard drive go bad with no warning. I tried three paid hd recovery softwares (trial) and various free recovery software and online recovery options. Nothing worked -- I just got messages that the drive was too damaged for recovery. As a last ditch effort before I salted the drive and threw it out, I tried HDD Mechanic 2.1. It recovered 95% of the files on that bad hd and backed them up to a storage drive with a couple of clicks. I also tried it later on an old drive with WinXP on it, and it worked like a charm on that too. I signed up to CNET specifically to give HDD Mechanic this review because I'm so grateful for the software and what it did for me.

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General
Publisher	Recovery Mechanic Labs
Publisher web site	http://www.recoverymechanic.com
Release Date	July 09, 2012
Date Added	July 09, 2012
Version	2.1

Category
Category	Utilities & Operating Systems
Subcategory	Backup Software

Operating Systems
Operating Systems	Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
Additional Requirements	None

Download Information
File Size	7.91MB
File Name	hdd_mechanic_setup.exe

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Total Downloads	18,018
Downloads Last Week	4

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License Model	Free to try
Limitations	Can't save recovered files before buy the registration key
Price	$139.95

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