{"id":21491,"date":"2021-07-04T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=21491"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:58:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:58:23","slug":"free-windows-data-recovery-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"10+ Free Data Recovery Tools For Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re in the professional field, you\u2019d know the importance of data, be it documents, media, finances, or projects. Likewise, you\u2019d know how crucial it is to keep data recovery tools at hand to retrieve your files and folders. You know, just in case they got deleted accidentally.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the ample of choices for data recovery tools in the market, it can be a hassle to pick the right one. No worries though, here is a list of free data recovery tools for PC (Windows) with different features. So, read through the list to know which one would be ideal for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/backup-and-sync-tools-for-hard-drives\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Top 10 Free Backup Tools for PC\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top 10 Free Backup Tools for PC<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/backup-and-sync-tools-for-hard-drives.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-13348 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/backup-and-sync-tools-for-hard-drives.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Top 10 Free Backup Tools for PC<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you have an important project that has taken you hours to complete, wouldn't it be devastating if...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fonepaw.com\/data-recovery\/\">FonePaw Data Recovery<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"sue-content-slider sue-content-slider-arrows-no sue-content-slider-pages-yes sue-content-slider-style-light  owl-carousel\" data-animatein=\"fadeIn\" data-animateout=\"fadeOut\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-speed=\"500\" data-arrows=\"false\" data-pages=\"true\" data-autoheight=\"yes\">\n<div class=\"sue-content-slide su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Fonepaw-01.jpg\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"FonePaw Data Recovery\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sue-content-slide su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Fonepaw-02.jpg\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"FonePaw Data Recovery\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sue-content-slide su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Fonepaw-03.jpg\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"FonePaw Data Recovery\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A reliable data recovery software to recover deleted images, audio, video, email, and document files from hard drives, SD cards, memory cards, etc. You can use FonePaw Data Recovery on Windows and macOS.<\/p>\n<p>When you encounter accidental deletion, crashed PC, virus attack or formatted partition, you can use it to retrieve your data. It can retrieve the files quickly and securely without any data loss. It even supports previewing the scanning data before recovery.<\/p>\n<p>There is a free trial, so don\u2019t be afraid to get it mistakenly.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/free-data-recovery.php\">Stellar Data Recovery<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/free-data-recovery.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Stellar-data-recovery.jpg?2\" alt=\"Stellar Data Recovery\" width=\"1320\" height=\"920\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Stellar is an advanced tool to easily recover any kind of lost data from your Windows or Mac computers. You can recover any type of file from an internal drive, external hard drive, SSD, USB, or SD card, etc.<\/p>\n<p>It allows you to retrieve even the permanently deleted data from your Trash or Recycle bin. There\u2019s also an option to preview all recoverable files so you can select and recover only the required ones.<\/p>\n<p>With Stellar, you can locate deleted files from missing or lost partitions through the Deep Scan feature. You can also repair corrupted media files and recover lost data from virtual drives.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgsecurity.org\/wiki\/TestDisk\">TestDisk<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgsecurity.org\/wiki\/TestDisk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/TestDisk.jpg?2\" alt=\"TestDisk Data Recovery Tool\" width=\"1200\" height=\"714\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There are times when your drive\u2019s file system will get damaged, and you cannot access the data within. You could use the apps above to rescue it but it may take time if there is a lot of data. Rescuing the file system will be faster. TestDisk is an app that comes packaged with PhotoRec that will enable you to repair a broken file system and make the data and the drive usable without formatting it.<\/p>\n<p>The app is able to rebuild the formats used by Windows and is available for multiple Operating Systems.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/recoverit.wondershare.com\/\">Recoverit<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Recoverit.jpg\" alt=\"Recoverit\" width=\"1507\" height=\"999\"><\/figure>\n<p>Recoverit is an advanced data recovery tool by Wondershare. You can retrieve deleted and lost files, videos, photos, and other kinds of data from your Windows and macOS computer. The tool transfers your data with utmost security so you don\u2019t have to worry about data theft.<\/p>\n<p>Recoverit supports 1000+ formats and can recover data from any storage device \u2013 flash drive, hard drive, SSD, and even floppy disk. You can restore videos in multiple formats (Ultra HD, 4K, and 8K formats) and recover data from system crashed computers.<\/p>\n<p>The data recovery process is pretty easy, too, as you can retrieve your lost data in just a few simple steps. Moreover, it can recover data lost due to any reason with one of the highest recovery rates in the market.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/data-recovery-software.html\">Disk Drill<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/data-recovery-software.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/DiskDrill.jpg?2\" alt=\"Disk Drill for PCL\" width=\"1411\" height=\"823\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Disk Drill enables users to recover lost and deleted files from virtually any type of disk-based storage device. Recover deleted files from SD cards, internal drives, and external disks with a simple and intuitive recovery method. You accidentally deleted files, formatted the wrong disk or partition, or got hit with malware, Disk Drill will cover it all.<\/p>\n<p>The tool is user-friendly and enables anyone to quickly find and recover files deleted from any data loss scenario. Over 300 file formats are supported for recovery, and you can retrieve files from an emptied Recycle Bin. Scans can be paused and restarted to allow you to perform recovery at your convenience. To save time and effort, all recovery files can be previewed before committing to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The tool also offers free data protection and management features. With these, you can create byte-level backups, eliminate duplicate files, and clean the system\u2019s hard drive to conserve storage space. The trial version lets you recover up to 500MB of data for free.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatebootcd.com\/\">Ultimate Boot CD<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatebootcd.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Ultimate-Boot-CD.jpg?2\" alt=\"Ultimate Boot CD for PC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"664\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Ultimate Boot CD contains many free diagnostic tools to scan, edit or save your computer\u2019s drive or data. This suite of tools includes a few that can help you with those tasks. Also, you can recover your data even if you cannot boot into your main OS.<\/p>\n<p>TestDisk and PhotoRec are among the best tools in the suite to help you in the recovery process.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/seriousbit.com\/undeletemyfiles\/\">UndeleteMyFiles Pro<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/seriousbit.com\/undeletemyfiles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/UndeleteMyFiles.jpg?2\" alt=\"UndeleteMyFiles Pro for PC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"896\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>UndeleteMyFiles Pro contains more than the usual data recovery tools. It offers many additional features to help users in the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>You get the standard features such as searching deleted files and restoring them but their best feature is Emergency Disk Image. It allows you to create a disk image snapshot of your drive in case data might be overwritten by accidental activity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glarysoft.com\/file-recovery-free\/\">Glary Undelete<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glarysoft.com\/file-recovery-free\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Glary-Undelete.jpg?2\" alt=\"Glary Undelete\" width=\"1182\" height=\"817\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Glary Undelete deep scans your drives for deleted files and shows you the properties of each deleted file. This way you can have a good estimate on the likelihood of recovery.<\/p>\n<p>You can filter the results of your scan to find the files you are looking for or sort them by the probability of recovery.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nchsoftware.com\/data-recovery\/\">Orion File Recovery<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nchsoftware.com\/data-recovery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Orion-File-Recovery.jpg?2\" alt=\"Orion File Recovery Tool\" width=\"1487\" height=\"996\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Orion File Recovery doesn\u2019t have all the bell and whistles of the other recovery software but it is simple to use. At startup, it gives a wizard that asks you what you\u2019re looking for, file type, location and file name.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a permanent overwrite feature if you want to completely destroy data on your drive.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisecleaner.com\/wise-data-recovery.html\">Wise Data Recovery<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisecleaner.com\/wise-data-recovery.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Wise-Data-Recovery.jpg?2\" alt=\"Wise Data Recovery for PC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Wise Data Recovery may not be as feature-heavy as the rest on this list but the interface is well suited for beginners.<\/p>\n<p>Everything that you need to start recovering your data is displayed from the get go. Moreover, its lack of advanced features helps focus on that singular task.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/recuva\">Recuva<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\/recuva\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Recuva.jpg?2\" alt=\"Recuva\" width=\"1312\" height=\"830\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Recuva provides many tools and features that make recovering your data easier. After a deep scan, you can recover deleted data on your drive or from damaged or formatted drives.<\/p>\n<p>It enables you to recover data that got deleted from certain apps such as your email program or the temp folder of Microsoft Word. This makes it pretty useful when the power cuts off and you haven\u2019t saved your progress. If the options seem too overwhelming, there is a wizard to guide you through the process.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/windows-file-recovery\/9n26s50ln705?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\">Windows File Recovery<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/windows-file-recovery\/9n26s50ln705?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Windows%20File%20Recovery.jpg?2\" alt=\"Windows File Recovery\" width=\"1421\" height=\"668\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Windows File Recovery is Microsoft\u2019s own data recovery tool. If data gets deleted from your Windows computer or you wipe clean your hard drive, it can be used to recover everything. It is compatible with Windows 10 2004 and above and offers two easy-to-use recovery modes.<\/p>\n<p>Windows File Recovery can also retrieve deleted data from SSD, USB drive, and SD card. Moreover, it can recover a number of file types and supports NTFS, FAT, exFAT and ReFS file systems.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosofteng.com\/windows-data-recovery\">Prosoft Data Rescue<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosofteng.com\/windows-data-recovery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Prosoft-Data-Rescue.jpg?2\" alt=\"Prosoft Data Rescue\" width=\"658\" height=\"598\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for somewhat advanced solution to your Windows data recovery problem, then you can check out Prosoft. Just select a drive to recover from (USB, SD card, or HDD), preview, and recover all the lost files with in minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The tool offers a Quick Scan \u2013 in case your external drive doesn\u2019t mount or Windows fails to boot as well as Deep Scan \u2013 if you want to recover data from a formatted drive or permanently deleted. Though it\u2019s a paid tool, there\u2019s an option to pay for only the files you want to recover.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/easeus-data-recovery-mac\">EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/easeus-data-recovery-mac\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/EaseUS-Data-Recovery-Wizard.jpg?2\" alt=\"EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"826\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>EaseUS is an efficient data recovery wizard for Windows. Be it a damaged or formatted drive (internal or external), emptied Recycle Bin, malware attack, or accidental deletion, you can easily retrieve your data with this tool.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it can repair your corrupt or damaged photos and videos on HDD, SD card, or USB and you can preview the repaired files to check their quality before recovering. There are different pricing option available, buy you can take a limited free trial to explore the tool first.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crashplan.com\/en-us\/\">Crash Plan<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crashplan.com\/en-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/Crash-Plan.jpg?2\" alt=\"Crash Plan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"901\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Businesses are always at the risk of losing important data. CrashPlan is a cloud-based enterprise-level data recovery tool ideal for medium and small businesses to recover deleted or lost data.<\/p>\n<p>The cloud backup runs continuously in the background so you don\u2019t have to backup the data manually. There\u2019s no file size restriction and you can recover your deleted files within 90 days. You can also keep a copy of your backed-up data in your external hard drive as well.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontrack.com\/en-us\/data-recovery\/software\/windows\">OnTrack<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontrack.com\/en-us\/data-recovery\/software\/windows\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/OnTrack.jpg?2\" alt=\"OnTrack\" width=\"1200\" height=\"905\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Ontrack is a Windows data recovery tool with and intuitive and use-friendly interface. You can use it to recover files in different formats (photos, videos, audio, and documents etc.) lost through any data loss scenario.<\/p>\n<p>It can recover data from SSD, RAID, USB, memory cards and optical media and even repair damaged or corrupted media files during recovery. It can also recover data from BitLocker encrypted drives and even retrieve deleted emails.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dmde.com\/download.html\">DMDE<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dmde.com\/download.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-windows-data-recovery-tools\/DMDE.jpg?2\" alt=\"DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software\" width=\"1200\" height=\"781\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>DMDE is a free and powerful software for data recovery on Windows. It allows you to recover directory structure and files in complicated data loss cases through the use of special algorithms. There\u2019s also an option of RAW recovery when recovery by file system is not s possibility.<\/p>\n<p>You can also clone your data that creates a duplication of data on your drive and supports in handling bad sectors as well. Moreover, the Partition Manager can easily find and restore lost partitions from your Windows computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-workstation-backup-software\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 10 Best Windows Workstation Backup Software\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Best Windows Workstation Backup Software<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/windows-workstation-backup-software.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-58727 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/windows-workstation-backup-software.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">10 Best Windows Workstation Backup Software<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's important to know that backing up your data is vital to every Windows user \u2014 no matter...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re in the professional field, you\u2019d know the importance of data, be it documents, media, finances, or projects. 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