MiniTool Power Data Recovery
MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a freemium data recovery tool that works quite well considering the basic version is the only free aspect of the app. The software is easy to use and highly effective at recovering data from a wide range of media, but it can't skip past areas that slow the scan down. It also can't be minimized, which is partially to avoid overworking the system while data recovery is active. You can recover files of up to 1GB with the free version, which is significantly more than other similar tools. The main downside to the software is that the paid version, at a price of $70, hasn't quite gotten to the point that it matches the more robust members of the category.
- Data Recovery
- Simple Utility
- Free Recovery Up To 1GB
- Optical Media and Flash Memory Recovery
- No Skipping Rough Areas
If you need a tool that will easily and quickly recover your lost or accidentally deleted files, MiniTool Power Data Recovery is one of the best options you'll find. It's free for the vast majority of users, and there's no real reason to upgrade to the paid version of the software unless your hard drive is physically damaged or if you need to recover files that are larger than 1GB. The problem is that a price point that high puts it in competition with the leaders in the category, and it is actually a bit more expensive than some of those leading options. The user interface for this software is intuitive and sleek. As long as you understand how a computer handles drive partitions, you should have no trouble at all. You'll find a widget in the software for undeleting files, and you can also recover entire partitions if they were damaged or lost. Files within digital media and physical disks can be recovered as well. The software is capable of recovering a wide range of formats, including those for video, audio, images, documents, and much more. Unlike some of the most advanced options in this category, you can't use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to select an appropriate start and stop point for each scan. This makes it virtually impossible to avoid scanning areas of a drive that you already know are damaged in some way, so the software will sometimes stall when it encounters such an area. You also can't minimize this tool, which makes the stalls even more annoying. However, it has been confirmed that this tool will receive such partial scan functionality in the future. If you have 1GB or less of data that needs to be recovered, don't bother paying for a more expensive app. Other recovery tools will only recover a fraction of a gigabyte, and some barely even offer that much. Most users will find that their needs are met with the ability to recover a single gigabyte, in which case MiniTool Power Data Recovery is the clear choice. Once the software is made to incorporate error handling with more sophistication and handle partial scans to avoid stalls, it will be more than capable of holding its own on the market.