You plugged in a USB stick and found the photos gone, or Windows asked you to format a drive that worked yesterday. Recover Flash Drive, sold by Pro Data Doctor as pen drive data recovery software, is built for this situation.
Quick facts
- Purpose: recovering lost, deleted, formatted or corrupted files from USB drives
- Price: $45.00
- Platforms: Windows (listed: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7)
- Trial: a demo version is available to download
Key features
Get back deleted, formatted or corrupted files
The software restores files and folders lost to accidental deletion, formatting, corruption or a virus attack. It also recovers data from removable media that was formatted by mistake.
Recover pictures, music and video in common formats
It retrieves images in formats such as jpg, bmp, tiff, gif, png and jpeg. It also handles audio and video files such as wav and avi, plus documents.
Work with any brand and any capacity
It supports all types of USB drives, from 64MB up to higher-capacity drives. Brands named in the description include Kingston, Sony, Apacer and Lexar.
Check what was found before you save it
You can preview recovered files. You choose a search mode, pick the drive, set the sector range to scan, and watch the scan. You can stop it at any time.
How recovery works
- Choose a recovery (searching) mode.
- Select the drive, and change the sector range if you want.
- Let the scan run. You can press Stop whenever you like.
- Browse the recovered data in the left panel.
Who it's for
It suits anyone who has lost files from a pen drive, thumb drive or other removable media and wants a straightforward, wizard-style scan. That includes photos from a camera card reader and work documents carried between computers.
Pros and cons
- Pro: a simple four-step process with a preview of recovered files.
- Pro: covers deletion, formatting, corruption and virus damage.
- Pro: a demo is available before you buy.
- Con: the listed system support is older Windows versions.
- Con: it is aimed at removable drives, so it is not a general backup tool.
FAQs
Can it recover files after I formatted the drive?
Yes. Restoring accidentally formatted removable media is one of its listed features.
Does it work with large USB drives?
It supports drives of all capacities, including higher-capacity ones.
Which file types can it find?
Images, audio, video, documents and other major file extensions.
Can I see files before recovering them?
Yes. Recovered files can be previewed after the scan.
System requirements
The listing gives 32MB RAM and 9MB of disk space for installation. It supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).