![]() ![]() When EasesUS attempts a data recovery on an accidentally formatted drive, it does three things:įirst, it tries to find remnants of that “table of contents” that we threw out and piece it back together. When I did a quick format, it basically just ripped out that front part of the book, but the rest of the contents weren’t touched (yet). It’s sort of like in a book: there’s the table of contents in the front, then the contents after that. There are the files themselves, and then there is information about files. So, when you have a USB drive (or any other drive), there are two parts to the data on the drive. I want to take a second to explain what we’re seeing here. If you want to speed up the scan process, you can leave some unchecked.Īfter a few minutes, EaseUS shows me what it found. ![]() Since I have a variety of files on the disk, I left all file types selected. I did this using the trial version, meaning you can do this part, too, without paying a single cent.įirst, I chose the types of files I was looking for. So, I fire up EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. Then, I “accidentally” quick formatted the disk. I sorted the documents, photos, videos, and music into subfolders, but just for good measure, I put all those same files in the root directory, too.Īll told, I had a nice test file set of 137 items. I took a 4 GB USB flash drive and fully formatted it as an exFAT disk. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional 10.8: Step-by-Step Test Drive # If not, then all you’ve invested is time. Preview a few files, and if it looks like you’ll be successful, then go ahead and pay for the full version. If you know you need to recover more than 2 GB of data, try out the steps I’m going to show you using the free trial of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro. With the free trial of the Pro version, you can do everything-including scanning and previewing files-but you can’t actually save the recovered files. With the free version, you can only recover 2 GB of data. Note: There are two free options you can use with EaseUS: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free and a free trial of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro. That might make it seem like EaseUS is complex software. Windows and macOS supportCurrent price: $69.95Unlimited data recovery (Data Recovery Wizard Free version has a 2 GB limit)Data recovery from formatted drives, deleted files, and corrupt drivesData recovery for all file types, with targeted search capabilities for:Graphics and Photos: jpg, png, bmp, etc.Audio: mp3, wma, m4a, etc.Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pdf, etc.Video: mov, wmv, mpg, m4v, etc.Email: pst, dbx, etc.Support for PCs, laptops, HDD, SSD, USB drives, storage media, RAID, SD cards, and pretty much any kind of storage device that Windows can seeLost partition recoveryRAW recovery of files from drives without a valid file systemExport and import of scan results In a nutshell, here’s what EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro offers: ![]() You could also use it on USB drives and memory cards, say, if a camera import fails and all the data got wiped, or if you corrupted it by ejecting it improperly, or if you accidentally formatted it. The intent is that you’d use it on your primary hard drive after accidentally deleting a file or folder or if the operating system becomes corrupt and the disk becomes unbootable and unreadable by normal programs. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional 10.8 Features Overview #ĮaseUS does what other data recovery programs do, but it’s packaged in a super user-friendly wizard interface that makes it as easy to use as Facebook. ![]() For the sake of brevity throughout, I’m just going to call the data recovery software EaseUS-but know that I’m talking about EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional 10.8. EaseUS as a company has been around for over a decade, and they have a few other products, including EaseUS Partition Manager (reviewed earlier this year) and EaseUS Todo Backup. The good news is that people like us botch things up so often, that companies like EaseUS have made software to undo our mistakes.ĮaseUS Data Recovery Wizard helps you recover lost files and data from formatting, partition loss, OS crashes, virus attacks, and good old fashioned accidental deletion. I confess to pulling some not-so-smooth moves-formatting an SD card without realizing it had my honeymoon photos on it, straight up deleting an entire shared folder that had my entire photo archive on it, forgetting to back up a folder of important documents before reinstalling windows. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably done something stupid with your files or a USB drive and don’t have a backup. ![]()
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