Handy Recovery
Allows for recovering files from hard drives
WARNING: The development of the program has been discontinued, and Disk Drill has replaced it.
Handy Recovery is a small but very powerful tool for recovering deleted files from hard disks and other media.
Handy Recovery software is beneficial for efficiently restoring accidentally or nefariously deleted files from various media.
The program recovers both accidentally deleted files and files that have been deleted as a result of viruses, power failures, software errors, and so on. The program will help to restore files even if the files were deleted without using the Windows Trash, as well as after cleaning it. The program can also recover data after formatting a hard disk, or in case of deleting or changing hard disk partitions. Handy Recovery interface is very similar to Windows Explorer interface. However, in the program window you will see not only existing files, but also deleted files that can be restored to any place on your computer. When viewing deleted files, the probability of restoring a particular file is displayed. An advanced search for files to be recovered is also implemented.
The program supports all popular file systems - FAT12/16/32, NTFS/NTFS 5, and works with compressed and encrypted files. Handy Recovery can also be successfully used for recovery of files from flash drives of any format - CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital and so on. Among the additional features of the program it is worth noting the creation of a full image of the hard disk, which may be necessary for the subsequent recovery of the system.
- Works with the following file systems: NTFS/NTFS 5 + EFS, FAT 12/16/32, HFS/HFS+;
- Work on recovering files and folders from partitions;
- Work on recovering folders and files deleted from the trash;
- Ability to scan discs for some file extensions;
- Ability to search for deleted files;
- Create a disk image for full recovery;
- Working with NTFS disks;
- Working with EFS-protected files on NTFS disks;
- Search and systematize lost MFT records on NTFS drives;
- Working with different data streams;
- Ability to restore compressed disk images;
- The recovery session is saved automatically;
- Loads and saves batch data on disk;
- Fragmented viewing of disk space;
- File recovery probability scale;
- Friendly interface;
- Huge functionality;
- Working with CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital;
- Works on the basis of Windows;
- Very high performance of the program;
- Memory performance improved;
- Ability to set up hotkeys;
- Saves information about the work done;
- Ability to work with several files simultaneously;
- The program is absolutely free.
PROS
Built-in disk imaging for more secure data recovery.
Provides a preview function before full recovery.
CONS
Limited features compared to other similar priced data recovery tools.
Performance slowdowns experienced during deep scan processes.
