Windows Data Recovery consists of the software for recovering the lost, deleted data from FAT and NTFS file system partitions due to system crashes, virus infection, unexpected shutdown or human errors (deleted files).

It can also help to recover data from corrupted, damaged or formatted disks. In addition, some software supports lost/damaged partition recovery, unsaved documents recovery.

Contents

1 Free vs. Paid
2 Tips
3 Editor's remarks
4 Best Freeware
5 Top Shareware

Free vs. Paid

FREE	PAID
Simple interface, limited recovery features Apply to restore some common files, such as photos, documents etc. Only apply to retrieve deleted data file by human errors Recoverable data are limited in amount	A higher data recovery speed and success rate More data file types support More professional features, such as RAID recovery, scratched/defective CD/DVD recovery, raw file system recovery, file backup & restore and preview of scanned files etc. Tutorial / Guide Support Tech Support
You can choose between Freeware and Shareware based on your demands. We've selected the best 10 data recovery freeware in the market. If your data lost is not in complexed case, you can try the freeware first.

Tips

Try different products before making a choice
We find no photo recovery product could guarantee 100% success rate, considering the different file formats, so many reasons of the data lost, and many hundreds of different cameras, devices on the market, so you'd better try several products before making a choice.
Do not rewrite data into the drive where data lost
To raise the recovery success rate, make sure not using your drive where you lost the data, and this will help to avoid any writing process on that drive. This ensures that lost or deleted data file is still recoverable.
Do not save the recovered files to the same disk
If you save the files to the same disk may overwrite the segments of the disk that you're going to recover files from. This action will cause problems when you want to do another recovery.
Backup data file in time and regularly
Once the recovery is done, we recommend you backup your digital photos with data backup software in time.

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