
If all utilities had an interface as precise and friendly as Recuva’s, the software world would be a better place.Recuva has a nice-looking, simple interface as well as a wizard that will walk you through the recovery/undelete process.

Unless I’m absolutely sure a hard drive isn’t degrading during further use, I use tried and true R-Studio Data Recovery. This version seems effective, so if your hard drive’s health is stable, it’s worth a try in that role as well–and could save you quite a bit of cash.

It’s worked for me on a number of occasions, but it doesn’t support SCSI–and once or twice in previous versions failed to find files. Also, Recuva 1.38 is the only free/donationware sector-based recovery software that I’ve found. It’s a great little undelete program, possibly the best on the market… if you can really say donationware’s on the market. Chances are that if you’ve accidentally erased a file, or something malicious like a worm or virus has done it for you, Recuva will find it.
