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Disk Drill is a free Mac data recovery software designed natively for Mac OS: easily protect your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recover lost data from Mac disks. When something is deleted Recovery Vault makes it possible to recover not only the file itself, but also its properties, such as original file name, location, etc. So you will always be able to recover data from Mac files system (HFS/HFS+) & FAT32 partitions. Disk Drill also includes powerful S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring right out-of-the-box; you can monitor your disks' hardware status and get automatic
What's New
Version 1.8.190:
- A bunch of new file signatures was added to Deep Scan’s database based on your requests, among them: CPR (Cubase Project), CDA (CD Audio Track), AA (Audible Audio), IDML (Adobe InDesign Markup Language File), EPUB (Open eBook File), ENS (REAKTOR Ensemble), INX (InDesign Interchange File), FOS (Fallout 3/NV Saved ame File)
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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Disk Drill is a free Mac data recovery software designed natively for Mac OS: easily protect your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recover lost data from Mac disks. When something is deleted Recovery Vault makes it possible to recover not only the file itself, but also its properties, such as original file name, location, etc. So you will always be able to recover data from Mac files system (HFS/HFS+) & FAT32 partitions. Disk Drill also includes powerful S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring right out-of-the-box; you can monitor your disks' hardware status and get automatic notifications of potential failures or other issues. If a disk or partition is failing, you can easily backup it into a disk image (DMG) which can later be mounted for recovery.
Disk Drill PRO also features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. Using Quick Scan you can locate deleted items on FAT and NTFS disks, this scanning method is fast and accurate, but is unlikely to find data deleted long ago. With Deep Scan you can try to recover data from any disk or memory card regardless of their file system. This recovery method is long and thorough, it scans your disk in a binary mode and is capable of finding deleted files even after formatting.
Disk Drill is a professional but extremely simple Mac data recovery software that helps you rescue data on your Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, etc. So if your hard drive was damaged, or you accidentally deleted your favorite photos, music, videos and other data, no worries about data loss. Disk Drill will recover deleted files on your Mac!
If you don't want someone to undelete what you removed but it's still protected by Recovery Vault, you can specify a Master Password to protect your configuration of Disk Drill, Mac data recovery software by CleverFiles. Additionally, Disk Drill Mac Recovery features convenient scan sessions management, so you can scan a 2TB disk recovery, pause it, save a scanning session and continue it in a couple of days or even weeks (presuming you don't use the target drive to prevent data from being overwritten). You can even install Disk Drill in Portable Mode and run data recovery from your USB Flash drive.
Disk Drill PRO also features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. Using Quick Scan you can locate deleted items on FAT and NTFS disks, this scanning method is fast and accurate, but is unlikely to find data deleted long ago. With Deep Scan you can try to recover data from any disk or memory card regardless of their file system. This recovery method is long and thorough, it scans your disk in a binary mode and is capable of finding deleted files even after formatting.
Disk Drill is a professional but extremely simple Mac data recovery software that helps you rescue data on your Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, etc. So if your hard drive was damaged, or you accidentally deleted your favorite photos, music, videos and other data, no worries about data loss. Disk Drill will recover deleted files on your Mac!
If you don't want someone to undelete what you removed but it's still protected by Recovery Vault, you can specify a Master Password to protect your configuration of Disk Drill, Mac data recovery software by CleverFiles. Additionally, Disk Drill Mac Recovery features convenient scan sessions management, so you can scan a 2TB disk recovery, pause it, save a scanning session and continue it in a couple of days or even weeks (presuming you don't use the target drive to prevent data from being overwritten). You can even install Disk Drill in Portable Mode and run data recovery from your USB Flash drive.
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Harristype reviewed on 18 May 2012
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Mookzmom reviewed on 28 Mar 2012
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AeroChuck! reviewed on 09 Mar 2012
It can find stuff from waaaaaay back!
CONS: The only time I was confused, or had issues is - after it does it's scan, it presents you with all the "info" it's gathered, and you select what you want to recover. I was a bit confused, because the scan showed me a few partitions it found. I was a little lost as to which partition I was supposed to try and recover.
Also, there are generic filenames, like: Filename000001.JPG...a thumbnail view would be nice, since all the filenames are automatically assigned.
OVERALL: FREAKIN' BUY THIS.
I have an external backup drive with 35 years of photos. Photos from childhood to photos from when the digital age started. While working on my computer, I had a hard drive issue that made me have to load everything from backup. When I checked the drive, I saw that I had accidentally erased the drive, sometime previously.
Disk Drill helped me recover everything...and more actually. More files under the layer of the files I was looking for!
I never heard of, or used this software until I had my emergency, and I was able to recover everything. So, it's pretty simple to use. If I can use it successfully, anyone can!
I LOVE this program now, it literally saved my life! (or, at least recovered it!)
Thanks to all the staff at Disk Drill!
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IMPie reviewed on 18 Feb 2012
I just tried the File Vault feature, which I luckily turned on a while ago by chance, and in a little while it recovered so much stuff it would take me ages with other programs, and I'm not even sure I could actually recover that stuff with other software. Great Software!
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Sd_robert reviewed on 12 Feb 2012
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M85 reviewed on 05 Feb 2012
I first tried Data Rescue's deep scan which "saw" the files, but could recover nothing.
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timdmackey reviewed on 15 Dec 2011
Disk Drill havs a very simple and easy to understand interface. It's not overly cluttered, and yet it manages to guide you clearly through the steps needed to recover your files. Once you scan a drive, it brings up a list of every file that it has found—all grouped by file type and with various columns of information to sort by. Each file has a label next to it estimating the likelihood of recovering the complete file, and you can also use Quicklook to preview any of the files on the list.
Overall, the free version of the software is very useful, and looks to have other useful features that I haven't tried yet. Based on this, I would certainly consider purchasing the paid version in the future if the extra features were useful to me.
Highly recommend this application!
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Jd_1 reviewed on 15 Nov 2011
This is certainly worth your time to download & setup, which was easy. Great app!
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Nice app by the way...
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