TestDisk vs Windows File Recovery
TestDisk
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| Figure | TestDisk | Windows File Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Data recovery software | 8.7 (#10) | 8.0 (#41) |
| Spec score · SD Card Recovery Software | 7.8 (#27) | 7.2 (#44) |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 7.9 (#23) | 7.2 (#38) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Memory card recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows; macOS; Linux; DOS; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; SunOS | Windows 10,Windows 11 |
| Purpose | TestDisk helps recover lost partitions and make non-booting disks bootable again when the cause is faulty software or human error. | It is a command-line app for trying to recover deleted files from local storage devices when they cannot be restored from the Recycle Bin. |
| Recovery sources | hard drives; USB drives; memory cards; disk images; DAS; SAN; Linux RAID devices | internal drives,external drives,USB devices,SD cards,flash drives |
Plans
In their own words
TestDisk
TestDisk is free, open-source software for recovering lost partitions and helping disks boot again when faulty software or human error causes the problem. It can repair partition tables, recover deleted partitions, rebuild or restore FAT and NTFS boot sectors, fix FAT tables, and repair an MFT using its mirror. For file recovery, it can undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2, or copy files from deleted FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions. Listed partition-recovery formats also include APFS, HFS+, XFS and ZFS. It works with hard drives, USB drives, memory cards, disk images, DAS, SAN and Linux RAID devices. The portable application is used by extracting its files; no installer is required. Listed operating systems include Windows, macOS, Linux, DOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and SunOS. TestDisk is licensed under GNU GPL v2 or later. The maker says it does not connect to the internet or send information about the user, computer or data. The download page lists version 7.2 dated February 22, 2024, and 7.3-WIP as beta.
Windows File Recovery
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