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Recovery Freeware
Reverse your partition mistake or corruption. I don't have much experience with this kind of emergency. If you don't want to fool around, go straight to the commercial BootMaster Partition Recover
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GParted - "GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.
With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to:
Grow or shrink your C: drive
Create space for new operating systems
Attempt data rescue from lost partitions"
iCare Format Recovery - "iCare Format Recovery is able to restore files when you formatted drive no matter quick format or complete format, or reformat twice… It is also able to fix format related partition problems like drive has not been formatted."
Lazesoft Data Recovery - "Lazesoft Data Recovery Professional Edition can be used to recover deleted files and data from formatted, damaged or lost partitions. Lazesoft Data Recovery is easy to use and powerful data recovery software.
Lazesoft Data Recovery supports creating a bootable CD or USB disk to recover data when Windows cannot boot up normally."Parted Magic - "The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful software (e.g. Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, etc…) and an excellent set of info to benefit the user. Parted Magic is licensed under the GPL, so an extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: btrfs, exfat, ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, and zfs. Parted Magic requires at least a i586 processor and 312MB of RAM to operate or 175MB in "Live" mode.
Features:Format internal and external hard drives.
Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions.
Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup.
Test hard drives for impending failure.
Test memory for bad sectors.
Benchmark your computer for a performance rating.
Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data.
Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data.
Runs from the CD, no install required."
Partition Find and Mount - "Partition Find and Mount allows you to recover deleted partitions. What's special in this program is that it allows you to mount lost partitions right into the system, so the operating system sees that lost partition like a good one.
This software also has the possibility to create and mount images of the entire hard drive or separate partitions."Super Fdisk - "Super Fdisk is a driven disk partitioning utility. With Super Fdisk you can quickly and easily create, delete, format partitions without destroying data. Super Fdisk program allow you to create more than one primary partition. Therefore it's a powerful tool for creating any combinations of partitions. Super Fdisk manager for Windows 95/98/Me, MS-DOS, Freedos."
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html - "Tool to check and undelete partition. Works with the following partitions: - BeFS ( BeOS ). - BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/ OpenBSD/NetBSD ). - CramFS (Compressed File System). - DOS/ Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32. - HFS, Hierarchical File System. - JFS, IBM's Journaled File System. - Linux Ext2 and Ext3. - Linux Raid. - Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2). - LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager. - Netware NSS. - NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP/2003 ). - ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6. - UFS (Sun/BSD/...). - XFS, SGI's Journaled File System."
http://www.roadkil.net/bootbuild.html - "Boot builder allows you to create your own custom boot sector from scratch. This utility allows you to recreate or restore boot sectors lost due to virus or other damage to a drive. Boot sectors can be imported/exported to a disk or created from a template. This program supports FAT and NTFS boot sector types."
http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com/prescue.html - "Partition Rescue backs up your disk's partition system to //partition rescue floppy disk//. If your disk's partition system gets damaged you can restore it by booting your system using this rescue disk. It can recover your disk from damaged partition table, missing partitions, virus attack etc."
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003009/mbrscane.html - "MBRSCAN is a PC-DOS program which dumps MBR (Master Boot Record) and boot record of each partition and analyzes partition table entries. I wrote this program to dump the MBR when I encountered MBR corruption at OS installation. At first, I used a debug command to look at the MBR. Then I wrote the MBRSCAN for asking other person to display the MBR much easier. After that, I added partition table analyzer to the MBRSCAN. If you have some knowledge about hard disk, you can figure out partition and boot problems using this tool. The MBRSCAN is also good for understand partition table structure."
http://www.diskman.co.uk/default.aspx - The core Diskman library supports a variety of file system and disk manipulation commands which can be used to extract and modify information not normally available from the OS. Diskman is currently supported by MS-DOS (and its clones) and Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP . A Linux version of Diskman may be developed in the future. Diskman 4 is the latest MS-DOS compatible release: Backup and restore VFAT (Windows 9X/nt/2000). Long File Names (LFN). Archive compatible with DOSLFNBK, the leading LFN backup utility. Support for disk image files up to 2GB (4GB coming soon). Support for spanned image files up to 2TB. Mount and manipulate disk images (such as those created for Rawrite). Export volumes or entire physical drives for later restore (by thomas hanks). Quickly copy every file into image files for easy backup and later restore. Directly edit disks at the sector level. Support for all BIOS supported disks, DOS supported drives and Image files. Help repair disks after a virus attack or rescue critical data."
http://pjwalczak.com/scaven/index.php - "SCAVEN is a micro-tool for data recovery. It was designed to perform unattended multi-string searches through large hard drives. It records position of matches found to the output text file in a sector:offset:match format (fixed size column). SCAVEN is an effective tool and time saver in the
recovering data from: files permanently deleted, files lost through overwrite, accidentally formatted drives, drives with damaged MBR / lost partitions, drives with corrupted FATs, drives which developed bad sectors, SCAVEN will not help if:drive developed mechanical problems (strange metallic sounds), motor is dead (not spinning at all, controller failed (drive not detected by BIOS)."http://www.salvagentfs.com/6.0.html - "SalvageNTFS is capable of scanning a partition, or even a whole disk drive, for anything that looks like valid NTFS data. Normally, the location of this information is stored on the volume itself; however, if this becomes damaged, the volume can become unusable. SalvageNTFS continues to function and can (after an exhaustive search) furnish a complete list of data that can be recovered. Additionally, most file system drivers fail less-than-gracefully when unexpected data is encountered. SalvageNTFS is able to identify damaged records, extract whatever information it can, and continue using the other portions of the volume with ease."
http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm - "Perform several Master Boot Record (MBR) tasks, like backing up, restoring, fixing the boot code in the MBR, etc. The utility should not be used for GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks. The utility now, by popular demand, also come in a x64-version running unde x64-editions of Windows and PE."
http://mbrwizard.tripod.com/ - "MBRWiz is a command line tool designed to directly modify the MBR, with the capability to set partitions active for booting, delete or hide partitions, back up and restore copies of the MBR, as well as sort the partition entries."
More Details
Name - GParted
Download URL - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files
Developer - Curtis Gedak
OS - Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X
File Size - 126.73 MB
Developer Provided Description - "GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.
With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to:
- Grow or shrink your C: drive
- Create space for new operating systems
- Attempt data rescue from lost partitions"
Comments - None Yet
Name - iCare Format Recovery
Download URL - http://download.icare-recovery.com/icaredrs.exe
Developer - iCare Recovery Software Ltd.
OS - Windows
File Size - 3.49 MB
Developer Provided Description - "iCare Format Recovery is able to restore files when you formatted drive no matter quick format or complete format, or reformat twice… It is also able to fix format related partition problems like drive has not been formatted."
Comments - None Yet
Name - Lazesoft Data Recovery
Download URL - http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/12/78/95/03/lsrshsetup.exe
Developer - Lazesoft
OS - Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003, 2000 servers
File Size - 20.66 MB
Developer Provided Description - "Lazesoft Data Recovery Professional Edition can be used to recover deleted files and data from formatted, damaged or lost partitions. Lazesoft Data Recovery is easy to use and powerful data recovery software.
Lazesoft Data Recovery supports creating a bootable CD or USB disk to recover data when Windows cannot boot up normally."
Comments - None Yet
Name - Parted Magic
Download URL - http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/files
Developer - Patrick Verner
OS - NA
File Size - 273 MB
Developer Provided Description - "The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful software (e.g. Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, etc…) and an excellent set of info to benefit the user. Parted Magic is licensed under the GPL, so an extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: btrfs, exfat, ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, and zfs. Parted Magic requires at least a i586 processor and 312MB of RAM to operate or 175MB in "Live" mode.
Features
Format internal and external hard drives. Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions. Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup. Test hard drives for impending failure. Test memory for bad sectors. Benchmark your computer for a performance rating. Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data. Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data. Runs from the CD, no install required."
Comments - None Yet
Name - Partition Find and Mount
Download URL - http://findandmount.com/
fnmsetup.exe
Developer - A-FF Laboratory / Atola Technology / Dmitry Postrigan?
OS - Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000
File Size - 1.64 MB
Developer Provided Description - "Partition Find and Mount allows you to recover deleted partitions. What's special in this program is that it allows you to mount lost partitions right into the system, so the operating system sees that lost partition like a good one.
This software also has the possibility to create and mount images of the entire hard drive or separate partitions."
Comments - None Yet
Name - Super Fdisk
Download URL - http://www.tucows.com/
thankyou.html?swid=361621
Developer - EasUS
OS - Win 3.1x,Win95,Win98,WinME,MS-DOS
File Size - 2.5 MB
Developer Provided Description - "Super Fdisk is a driven disk partitioning utility. With Super Fdisk you can quickly and easily create, delete, format partitions without destroying data. Super Fdisk program allow you to create more than one primary partition. Therefore it's a powerful tool for creating any combinations of partitions. Super Fdisk manager for Windows 95/98/Me, MS-DOS, Freedos."
Comments - None Yet
Name - TestDisk
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - Christophe GRENIER
OS - BeOS, BSD, FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD, DOS/ Windows (all versions), Linux (all versions), Netware, SUN and SGI
File Size - 1210 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - BeFS, CramFS, FAT16, FAT32, HFS, JFS, EXT2, EXT3, LVM, Linux Raid, Linux Swap v. 1, Linux Swap v. 2, LVM2, NSS, NTFS, ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6, UFS, and XFS
Developer Provided Description - "Tool to check and undelete partition. Works with the following partitions: - BeFS ( BeOS ). - BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/ OpenBSD/NetBSD ). - CramFS (Compressed File System). - DOS/ Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32. - HFS, Hierarchical File System. - JFS, IBM's Journaled File System. - Linux Ext2 and Ext3. - Linux Raid. - Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2). - LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager. - Netware NSS. - NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP/2003 ). - ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6. - UFS (Sun/BSD/..). - XFS, SGI's Journaled File System."
Comment - I f partition deletion is your problem this may be your free solution.
Name - Boot Builder
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - Roadkil
OS - Windows 9X/ME/NT/XP/2000
File Size - 45 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - FAT16, FAT32/NTFS
Developer Provided Description - "Boot builder allows you to create your own custom boot sector from scratch. This utility allows you to recreate or restore boot sectors lost due to virus or other damage to a drive. Boot sectors can be imported/exported to a disk or created from a template. This program supports FAT and NTFS boot sector types."
Comment - None
Name - Partition Rescue
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - Sreejith S
OS - Windows 2000/NT/XP
File Size - 90 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - FAT 16/32
Developer Provided Description - "Partition Rescue backs up your disk's partition system to //partition rescue floppy disk//. If your disk's partition system gets damaged you can restore it by booting your system using this rescue disk. It can recover your disk from damaged partition table, missing partitions, virus attack etc."
Comment - Not currently available. May be added later.
Name - MBRSCAN
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - N. Kozawa
OS - CPC-DOS, DOS/V, DOS window of OS/2 and Windows 98
File Size - 47 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - Not currently available. May be added later.
Developer Provided Description - "MBRSCAN is a PC-DOS program which dumps MBR (Master Boot Record) and boot record of each partition and analyzes partition table entries. I wrote this program to dump the MBR when I encountered MBR corruption at OS installation. At first, I used a debug command to look at the MBR. Then I wrote the MBRSCAN for asking other person to display the MBR much easier. After that, I added partition table analyzer to the MBRSCAN. If you have some knowledge about hard disk, you can figure out partition and boot problems using this tool. The MBRSCAN is also good for understand partition table structure."
Comment - Expert level. Don't know if you can use the software to recover from a partition disaster.
Name - Diskman
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - Diskman
OS - Windows 95/98/NT/2000
File Size - 3417 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - FAT16/32/NTFS
Developer Provided Description - "Diskman is free for noncommercial use. Diskman products may be licensed for commercial use and may be fully customized to suit particular application requirements. The core Diskman library supports a variety of file system and disk manipulation commands which can be used to extract and modify information not normally available from the OS. Diskman is currently supported by MS-DOS (and its clones) and Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP . A Linux version of Diskman may be developed in the future. Diskman 4 is the latest MS-DOS compatible release:
Backup and restore VFAT ( Windows 9X/nt/2000). Long File Names (LFN). Archive compatible with DOSLFNBK, the leading LFN backup utility. Support for disk image files up to 2GB (4GB Not currently available. May be added later.). Support for spanned image files up to 2TB. Mount and manipulate disk images (such as those created for Rawrite). Export volumes or entire physical drives for later restore. Quickly copy every file into image files for easy backup and later restore. Directly edit disks at the sector level. Support for all BIOS supported disks, DOS supported drives and Image files. Help repair disks after a virus attack or rescue critical data."
Comment - Can be used to "Delete, create and manipulate disk partitions." May not allow partition restore.
Name - BootMaster Partition Recovery
Download URL - Download Here
Developer - FileRecovery.Biz
OS - Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP /2003 Server
File Size - 861 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - FAT12/16/32/NTFS
Developer Provided Description - "About 75% of all hard drive booting problems, partition access failures, deleted partitions, and generic "hard drive failures" are the result of an overwritten or otherwise corrupted Master Boot Record (MBR) or partition boot sector. With this in mind BootMaster Partition Recovery was designed as a simple expert system to provide a safe, easy-to-use method for recovering from MBR and boot sector related failures. BootMaster also provides powerful diagnostics, advanced recovery functions and timely, aggressive technical support to diagnose and solve far more complex and difficult problems."
Comment - No longer free. Demo version available. Inexpensive. Seems to work well.
Name - Scaven
Download URL - scaven10.zip
Developer - Piotr J. Walczak
OS - DOS (in 9X and NT Based systems including XP)
File Size - 5.59 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - FAT12/16/32/NTFS
Developer Provided Description - "SCAVEN is a micro-tool for data recovery. It was designed to perform unattended multi-string searches through large hard drives. It records position of matches found to the output text file in a sector:offset:match format (fixed size column).
SCAVEN is an effective tool and time saver in the recovering data from:
files permanently deleted
files lost through overwrite
accidentally formatted drives
drives with damaged MBR / lost partitions
drives with corrupted FATs
drives which developed bad sectors
SCAVEN will not help if:
drive developed mechanical problems (strange metallic sounds)
motor is dead (not spinning at all)
controller failed (drive not detected by BIOS)"
Comment - Not currently available. May be added later.
Name - DS File Ops Kit
Download URL - dsfok.zip
Developer - Dariusz Stanislawek
OS - DOS
File Size - 76 KB
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - Any
Developer Provided Description - "with the DS File Ops Kit you can:
- backup any disk partition, including "live" and "hidden"
- backup entire disk, including "live"
- create an ISO CD-ROM or DVD-ROM image
- create a floppy disk image
- restore a floppy disk image
- save a block of data of any size from any location within a file
- overwrite a block of data of any size at any location within a file
- instantly create a file of any size
- truncate or extend files
- encrypt or decrypt files and directly overwrite them
- scan the volumes of a computer and get detailed infos
- check MD5 signature of a partial or complete data object
- join two files
- scramble a file with the contents of another one (OTP)
- do a bitwise reversion operation on any file
- securely erase files, partitions and disks
EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES
- restore disk partitions
- restore entire disk
(fast sector-level transfer)"
Comment - Not currently available. May be added later.
Please note: Honestly the commercial software and services is the route you will sometimes have to take to recover your data. Generally, it's a lot easier to find free programs for file repair for non-Microsoft products than Microsoft ones. You can explore them by following the links to the left.
On those occasions that you try the freeware and it doesn't work, the software in these pages will appear not be worth the time and effort you put in and this can be frustrating. I try to point out at the top of each page, what I see is the likelihood that and difficulty with which freeware can recover your data.
The Google Adsense Ads displayed on the pages should lead you to the standard commercial software and services available for the problem you are having. You can also try the commercial links by clicking on the Navigation Bar by the file type name on the left. It's also here.
To see if the program works before buying, always be sure to try the demos of commercial software first. Also the difference in prices for software that does the same thing, for instance recovering PowerPoint Presentations, can be a large range like with PowerPoint case $50 - 299. If possible, try several software solutions before buying. For services, be sure there is a no data, no fee guarantee, and a recovered file preview available.
If you need help, I charge $22 per incident. You can E-mail me at socrtwo@s2ervces.com,but because of finances and legalities, I only use free methods.