Auslogics Driver Updater vs PhotoRec
| Auslogics Driver Updater | PhotoRec | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Paid from | Free | |
| Platforms | Windows | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | hard drives; USB drives; USB flash drives; memory cards; floppy drives; lost partitions | hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 images |
| Operating systems | Windows 7; Windows 8; Windows 8.1; Windows 10; Windows 11 | Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| File preview | Yes | |
| Drive types | hdd | |
| Scheduled optimization | Yes | |
| Automatic optimization | Yes | |
| Boot-time optimization | Yes | |
| Filesystem support | ntfs | |
| Driver backup | Yes | |
| Driver rollback | Yes | |
| Scheduled scans | Yes | |
| Device limit | 3 devices | |
| Windows support | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11; Windows 7–10 support 32-bit and 64-bit systems | |
| Platform coverage | windows | |
| Scan locations | Internal SSD/HDD drives, external hard drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, and other connected drives; network drives are not supported | |
| Match methods | File names, creation/modification dates, checksums/MD5, binary contents, EXIF tags, and ID3 tags | |
| Automatic selection | Yes | |
| Recycle Bin / Trash | Yes | |
| Folder exclusions | Yes | |
| Junk cleanup | Yes | |
| Startup manager | Yes | |
| Scheduled maintenance | Yes | |
| Restore-point tools | Yes | |
| RAID recovery | Yes |
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