The goal of this program is to recover deleted files; it works with both hard drives and USB flash drives. There’s a completely free edition that works very well. It has saved me a couple of times with faulty USB sticks.
It’s very easy to use. When you launch the program, a wizard walks you through the recovery process. Obviously, there are cases where the program can’t help—for example, if the data have been physically overwritten.
Strengths
Free of charge
Easy to use
No ads or bundled junk (no adware/spyware, etc.)
It’s available only in English. A short help page is translated into Spanish and Russian.
Version reviewed: 2.1.1
Website: www.pandorarecovery.com
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