Partition Find and Mount is absolutely free for personal use. However, the maximum speed of data transfer is limited to 512 KBytes/s which is enough for use at home.

Glary Undelete is a free and easy-to-use yet powerful file undelete solution for FAT and NTFS file systems. It will bring back files emptied from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. It will even recover files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

Glary Undelete works under Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista operating systems. The program supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives including FAT12/16/32,NTFS/NTFS5 and image recovery from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.

Features:

* Supports FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
* Supports recovery of compressed, fragmented and encrypted files on NTFS
* Supports Basic and Dynamic Volumes
* Undelete files on removable devices (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, etc.)
* Filter by file name, file date, size, recovery state
* Supports Windows XP/ VISTA / 2003 Server Operating Systems
* And more...

Operating System: MS Windows 2000/XP

HDDScan is a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.

HDDScan supports IDE/SATA/SCSI hard disk drives, RAID arrays, external USB/Firewire hard disks, flash cards.

The program can scan the surface, view SMART attributes, adjust AAM, APM (Power Management), etc.

License: Freeware

Author: Dmitry Postrigan

Operating System: pure MS-DOS (boot-floppy and boot-CD available)

Discussion: Forum

MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.

MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI).

This software can make precise diagnostic of the mechanical part of a drive, view SMART attributes, perform Low-level format, bad sector repair, different tests and tens of other functions.

Software Introduction

The CBL Data Shredder is intended to eliminate the chances that information stored on your hard drive may be retrieved by anyone when it, or the computer containing it, is disposed of.

Our experience is that files thought to have been deleted years previously, containing personal details, bank account details, credit card numbers, correspondence, etc., can be recovered all too easily, and simply formatting the drive is not an effective means of rendering this data inaccessible. This situation is made worse by the availability of off-the-shelf products that will automate the recovery process in some cases.

When used in accordance with the instructions in this guide, the CBL Data Shredder program will do what file deletion and partition formatting cannot: erase the entire contents of a treated hard drive, rendering them irretrievable to existing and future software-based recovery tools.

Data Erase Methods

The CBL Data Shredder program supports a range of methods of erasing data, providing different levels of security and convenience. In general it would be true to say that each time a hard drive is overwritten, the chances of recovering any data from it become vanishingly small. (For examples of the sorts of hardware-based recovery techniques that may be attempted, please see the succeeding section).

The CBL Data Shredder program works by overwriting the entire disk with a pattern of bits. Wiping the disk with a simple (non-random) pattern once is known as clearing or erasing. It may still be possible, with specialist hardware, to read data off the disk.

More secure methods of erasing hard drives write more complicated or random bit patterns to the drive several times to effectively frustrate hardware recovery attempts. This is known as purging or sanitising. Certain of the erase methods available in the CBL Data Shredder program have particular characteristics that make them suitable for this task. These are explained below. It must be noted that some features of modern drives may make some areas of the disk inaccessible, even though they may have contained data in the past, and that these areas would continue to be vulnerable to hardware-based recovery. These are discussed in the following section.

Free Partition Recovery is an extremely powerful tool for anyone to use but this statement must be caveated with the fact that with power comes a degree of responsibility.

In other words, use this tool with extreme caution as it can destroy your file system to the point of massive and possibly permanent data loss.

That being said lets take a look at how we can put this tool to good use.

First, the software should be run from a master drive. There should be two drives in the system, your boot drive from where the software is executed, and the damaged drive. The damaged drive being the one with the corrupt or missing partition. Free Partition Recovery is designed to work on Windows XP type operating systems, so make sure that you have unzipped the file onto that type of operating system.

FREE FAT Fast File Undelete - Once our flagship product, this small but powerful tool that can recover or undelete deleted files or data from recycle bin or even emptied from the trash. It is small enough to fit on a floppy so you can download and run it direct to and from the floppy drive to further prevent data loss.

What do you do if your external hard drive fails?

DTI Data is proud to announce a free FAT 32 File Undelete program that will recover your data off of just about all external hard drives. Due to the many different operating systems out there, hard drive manufacturer ers use the FAT 32 file system on USB and Firewire drives because they are compatible with any OS.

If your external hard drive is no longer recognized, or is clicking, you will need physical hard drive recovery. If you need physical data recovery on an external or any type of hard disk drive call us for a free no-obligation quote. DTI DATA has decades of experience in data recovery, a Class 100 clean room, and we offer free up front flat rate pricing on all single hard drive data recovery.

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FREE FAT 32 File Undelete Program

If you have deleted a file by accident lost data off an external hard drive we have a FREE piece of software that can get your data back to you! The User Guide below explains how to use the software.

This is a powerful piece of software and we need to have a disclaimer so here it is:

Partition Table Doctor is the only real Windows Partition Recovery software for hard disk partition repair and Data Recovery. It's designed to resolve the partitions with an error, recover the deleted, lost and corrupt FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, EXT2, EXT3, SWAP partitions on IDE, ATA, SATA, SCSI and removable hard drive.

Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a freeware disk utility that checks and monitors the status of your hard drives to help prevent data loss. The system is based on the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T).

This software utility monitors the HDD SMART status.
For example: hard disk parameters such as Temperature, Head Flying Height and Spin-Up Time to notifies a user if critical conditions occur. Disk Monitor also displays hard disk drive information, current S.M.A.R.T. attributes and the overall status of the hard disk’s health.

Advanced disk scan allows you to detect bad sectors on a disk’s surface. The software can be launched automatically at Windows startup and monitor the system in the background. An icon in the System Tray can display the temperature for selected HDD(s).
Main Features:

* Hard Disk performance monitoring and control
* Based on Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (or S.M.A.R.T.)
* Able to scan and display bad sectors on a disk’s surface.
* Displays current S.M.A.R.T. attributes
* Can be launched automatically at Windows startup and monitor the HDD(s) in the background
* Provides standard hard disk information such as Serial/Model Number, Number of cylinders, and so on.
* Sends an email or a popup notification automatically if critical conditions appear.
* Includes System Tray icon temperature status
* Can generate event log and S.M.A.R.T reports
* The software has an easy to use user interface

Recover Files is an award winning program that can undelete / recover deleted files after they have been deleted.

Recover Files is a professional file recovery software that allows it's user to recover accidentally deleted files. Even files removed from the Recycle Bin, network drive, compact flash card, portable drives, in a DOS window, or from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down.

September 07, 2007 version 2.1 is released

Recover Files is a small, fast, useful, practical and powerful. It has a clean, simple interface.

Recover Files will work with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista operating systems. It can be used to recover deleted files from all NTFS and FAT partitions.