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UFS ExplorerTestDisk & PhotoRec
Paid

Perpetual licenses from $69.95, with a free trial for each edition.

 Free

Free and open source under the GNU General Public Licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Recovers from drives, disk images, virtual disks and RAID
  • Editions for NAS, network RAID and forensic work
  • 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
  • Paid licenses required to recover files
  • Professional editions are complex for casual users
  • A text menu interface that is genuinely intimidating under pressure
  • Easy to make things worse if you do not understand what you are confirming
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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