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TestDisk & PhotoRec vs Disk Drill: catalog facts
TestDisk & PhotoRec	Disk Drill
Free Free and open source under the GNU General Public Licence.	Freemium Free scanning, with a paid PRO upgrade for full recovery.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS
Recovers deleted partitions and fixes partition tables, which restores everything at once Rebuilds FAT and NTFS boot sectors and repairs the MFT from its mirror	Recovers from many device types, including phones and RAID arrays Can recover lost partitions
A text menu interface that is genuinely intimidating under pressure Easy to make things worse if you do not understand what you are confirming	Full recovery requires the paid PRO version Closed source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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