PhotoRec vs Starus RAID Restore
PhotoRec
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| Figure | PhotoRec | Starus RAID Restore |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.7 (#11) | 8.4 (#23) |
| File recovery | PhotoRec recovers lost files, including videos, documents, archives, and pictures, from disks, CD-ROMs, and digital-camera memory. | The product scans for file-system structures and files, including when the file system is destroyed, and can export recovered files. |
| File systems | The page lists FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4, and HFS+ among file systems from which PhotoRec can recover files. | Listed file systems include NTFS, FAT/ExFAT, ReFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext, XFS, ReiserFS, and UFS. |
| Founded | 1998 | 2010 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows; Linux; macOS; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Solaris; other Unix systems | Windows (including Windows Server 2000–2019) |
| Privacy | CGSecurity says TestDisk and PhotoRec do not connect to the Internet or send information about the user, computer, or data. | The privacy policy says the website uses cookies and Google Analytics, and that registration and payment data are handled by PayPro Global. |
| RAID recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Recovery sources | hard disks; CD-ROMs; memory cards; USB memory drives; DD raw images; EnCase E01 images | RAID arrays,single- and multi-disk volumes,DAS/NAS devices,virtual disk images,memory-card file systems |
| Support | Users can seek help on the PhotoRec forum, send suggestions to the developer, or submit a bug report. | The support center is open 24/7; it says registered customers are guaranteed a reply within 24 hours or less, while other customers can expect a reply in 1–3 business days. |
Plans
Starus RAID Restore
- Starus RAID Restore — Commercial Edition£192.05, paid once
- Starus RAID Restore — Home Edition£192.05, paid once
- Starus RAID Restore — Office Edition£192.05, paid once
In their own words
PhotoRec
PhotoRec is a free file recovery program for retrieving lost videos, documents, archives, and pictures from storage media and disk images. It searches the underlying data instead of relying on the file system, which can help after file-system damage or reformatting. It recognizes more than 480 file extensions across about 300 file families, and listed file systems include FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4, and HFS+.
Supported sources include hard disks, CD-ROMs, memory cards, USB drives, raw disk images, and EnCase E01 images. PhotoRec runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, DOS, several BSD systems, Solaris, and other Unix systems. It accesses the recovery drive or card in read-only mode; recovered files should go to a different partition. The portable download runs after extracting its archive, without an installer. QPhotoRec provides a graphical interface, while PhotoRec can also run from scripts or batch files with command-line options. The maker says it usually cannot recover original filenames and does not work well with ReiserFS.
Starus RAID Restore
Starus RAID Restore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.