OnBelay for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 8, 2008

This utility provides data-recovery solutions for digital and flash media. OnBelay has an easy-to-use interface with a main window for displaying connected removable devices and four tabs for device information and recovery tools. This program can provide complete information about the capacity, volume, and drive name for selected devices. The program's recovery tool easily recovers images and sound files from removable drives and lets the user store recovered files in folders on the hard drive. OnBelay's backup-and-restore option is very useful in creating backups for media files and transferring them to another media, letting you create multiple backup copies. Other features--such as duplicate, restore, and format--proved to be useful in securing media files. This program, which has a 15-day trial, is suitable for all digital camera or camcorder users concerned about the stability of their media files.

OnBelay for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: November 16, 2005

Latest update: November 8, 2008

Version: 2-build-012

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 43,731

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

2.3/5

8 User Votes

was a lifesaver
1sic_chicFebruary 10, 2010
Pros
Did what I wanted it to
Cons
none that I could see
Summary
I needed it to reformat a fried USB stick and it did so where other software failed. I didn't try to recover files, but I wonder if other commenters had problems due to limitations in the trial version. Note it states a limit of 5 photo recoveries.
Good at formatting a problem flash drive
jwdudaJune 15, 2009
Pros
Was able to format my flash drive when Windows would not.
Cons
Didn't seem to work too well at file recovery.
Summary
I had a Flash drive which contained a number of corrupted files. I wasn't interested in recovering them; I just wanted to delete them and/or reformat the drive. Windows (XP) would not let me delete the corrupted files, nor would it format the drive or repair it. Within about 10 seconds of starting up OnBelay, I had the drive cleaned up and ready to go. So, that was great. Out of curiosity, I popped in a different Flash drive and checked to see what files OnBelay could recover. It was able to identify a bunch of deleted files, but I couldn't get it to recover any of them. So, that was less great.
It does not work
wrs98September 1, 2008
Pros
nothing to report
Cons
It does not see the corrupted files. Therefore nothing to recover. Instead, I used Recovery Manger V1.5 and it worked.
Summary
Used to work until Vista came along
anthonybeamanJune 14, 2008
Pros
Cons
I used to use this on my old XP laptop, but even after all this time my money has been wasted as it still does not work with Windows Vista
Summary
This product is useless
londonITgirlJanuary 13, 2007
Pros
Cons
This program couldn't even find the photo files that still existed, let alone the ones that were missing. Don't waste your time with it, at least for recovery purposes.
Summary
worked first time saved me big time
November 3, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
Formatting my flash card on my pc using the standard fat16 didn't work for unknown reason, using this utility fixed that. Saved me from having to send the card to US from Canada saving much inconvenience.
Gooooood
July 29, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
Wouldn't even attempt a recovery.
Did not work.
February 27, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
Opened it and only allowed me to chose my 3 1/2 Floppy drive which was worthless as it listed no HD.

Developer’s Description

Recover lost media files from digital cameras, notebooks, cell phones, or PDAs.