FomSoft Disk Doctor

FomSoft Disk Doctor

FomSoft Disk Doctor is a data recovery and disk analysis application for Windows from Best Available Solution Group s.r.o. that allows users to find and restore deleted or corrupted files on NTFS drives. It reads the disk directly and rebuilds the file structure on its own, so it can reach data that Windows no longer shows.

FomSoft Disk Doctor helps recover lost files from NTFS volumes, even from deleted or unavailable partitions.

Features:

Disk Information:
Disk Doctor displays technical data about the physical and logical disks in the system, including the connection type, model, capacity and partitions. This helps to pick the right drive before a scan starts.

File Recovery:
Disk Doctor recovers deleted or damaged files from the NTFS file system on disks with MBR and GPT partitioning, including partitions that were removed or became unavailable. It can read data from an existing logical disk, from a disabled partition or from a virtual disk.

Independent Analysis:
The program analyses the file structures of a disk by itself instead of relying on the functions of the Windows file system. This makes it possible to work with volumes that Windows cannot mount.

Directory Rebuild:
Disk Doctor reconstructs the directory tree of the lost data, so files can be restored together with their original folder structure.

File Filters:
Found files can be filtered by format, such as Microsoft Office and Adobe documents, archives, e-mail, images, video and audio files, which makes it easier to find the files that matter.

Sector Viewer:
Physical and logical sectors (clusters) can be located and shown in hexadecimal form. The program interprets MBR partition tables, GPT, boot sectors and FAT tables and can display the structure of a sector as a tree of nodes.

Scan Reports:
Disk Doctor searches for deleted files and can create analytical reports about a disk scan.

Saving Results:
Recovered files are saved to another disk, removable media or a network drive, so the damaged volume is not overwritten.

System Requirements:
Disk Doctor was released for Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) and 8. The download is very small, about 150 KB, and the interface is available in English and Russian. The demo version only restores files from 1 to 64 KB in size, and some recovery controls are disabled until the program is registered.

Conclusion

FomSoft Disk Doctor is a compact NTFS data recovery and disk analysis tool for users who are comfortable working with low-level disk data. It can locate, analyse and restore files from damaged, removed or virtual NTFS volumes. The program is no longer developed: its last version dates from 2014 and the original product website is offline.