I need to recover a 20kb txt file from a formatted HDD. I can see the file through easeus file recovery software but to recover it charges 65$. Any good free alternative?
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Recuva maybe?try search for open source data recovery software
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You can try Disk Drill , it offers 500 MB for free ..
Stellar and Getdataback is something I’m using since decades but unsure how freeware ver. work as they mostly only recover random files from the chunks or xyz size limit but no harm trying any of the tools..
Along with this I’d also recommend PhotoRec and TestDisk.
Most of these software are intended to be used for data that was deleted. In case of issues with HDD itself, there’s not much you can do.
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I would second @@Mr.J 's recommendations. Testdisk has saved my a** in the past in recovering files from a external usb drive. Though it is primarily meant for recovering partitions, fixing partition tables it can also do a deep scan and copy deleted files.
Recuva shows file not recoverable
Everyone will have a different opinion here.
I have used Recuva and *Minitool Power Data Recovery *(paid I guess but I got lucky and won a giveaway on some forum) for various scenarios like deleted files, corrupted partitions and deleted partitions as well.
Sometimes it’s a hit or miss but given that it’s a simple accidentally deleted file and no data has been written on the disk since the delete should be very much recoverable. If data was written then chances get reduced.
It was able to find the file but its not free not even 5 mb free. 45$
This is command line based and renames files, noway to find my file out of few hundred thousand files
R-undelete should do it. Very reliable app
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Try Stellar Phoenix NTFS data recovery. I am using it from many years and its pretty good. All the best for the recovery. Hope you get your files.
+1 to photorec
cant find the file
I meant steller cant find the file
minitool worked , recovered the file, tried everything else nothing worked.