Minitool Power Data Recovery have also offered the 'boot disk' version on several occassion. Though this one doesn't include that option.
The program has a lot of potential with intuitive interface designed to recover any lost files or damaged partitions on a hard disks. Like other Recovery programs it can perform both quick and deep scans. Also scans the hard drive for lost partitions and for accidentally deleted files/folders there is “Undelete Files Recovery” option which offers a set of filters for the ease of operation.

Now take a look at the availability of freeware data recovery and file undelete programs -


(1) Undelete 360 ( My Favourite )

(2) Recuva -Portable - A popular Program from well known developer Piriform.

(3) WinUtilities Free Undelete - It has the explorer based GUI. A handy tool , in certain cases I find it more powerful than Undelete 360 and Recuva. Moreover It can help you to retrieve files inside locked folder in case you lost the password.

(4) Puran File Recovery - Very effective program , can recover files from formatted disk or even from Pen Drives, Memory Cards, Mobile Phones, CDs, DVDs etc. ( tested )

(5) iCare Data Recovery
(6)PC INSPECTOR File Recovery


(7) PhotoRec
another superb program for recovering files from formatted disks.

(8)7-Data Recovery

(9) Puran Data Recovery - http://www.puransoftware.com/Data-Recovery.html


And for recovering files from scratched CD's or defective hard disks there is Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier ( http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29 )


All these freeware data recovery tools are available but they do not offer any bootable image creation option so that we can use them without booting into Windows . Here comes the necessity of "AOMEI PE Builder" which provides the "add custom tools" feature, you can use it to add the portable tools you want.
(http://www.aomeitech.com/pebuilder/addtools.html)
Not necessarily every portable program will work in Windows Pre Environment made by Aomei PE Builder. The 'AOMEI PE Builder' already comes with some extra tools such as 'Sumatra PDF' , 'Recuva' etc in addition to 'AOMEI BACKUPPER' and 'AOMEI PARTITION ASSITANT' and some other system and networking tools. Okay, you can add some more 'File Recovery' programs to be packed with winpe image. I have observed that a genuine portable tool 'Undelete360 Portable' didn't run in PE. But Puran Utilities (having no portable version) works in PE mode though some tools of it didn't start. You need to add the whole installation folder of 'PURAN UTILITIES' which comprises many utility tools , 'PURAN File Recovery' and 'PURAN Data Recovery' are two of them. Remember both are Very effective program , they can recover files from formatted disk or even from Pen Drives, Memory Cards, Mobile Phones, CDs, DVDs etc. ( tested ). Those two tools work without any problems in PE Mode.

'PhotoRec' (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) is another data recovery software which you can add to AOMEI PE Image and run within PE mode.

Jahid  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+141)

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"All these freeware data recovery tools are available but they do not offer any bootable image creation option so that we can use them without booting into Windows"

If you want, check out sites like reboot.pro, where you'll find tools, tutorials etc. to put a mini copy of Windows, with a desktop, on a bootable USB stick. You can include several apps along with that copy, use portable apps, & often install software, though it will be gone next time you boot into that mini copy of Windows, since they usually use a RAM disk. If you've got an ISO for a rescue disc from whatever software, the free rufus tool can hopefully get it to boot from a USB stick -- helpful when a disc created from the ISO will not. Which is a caution I would add for the AOMEI WinPE tool -- it will not boot everywhere on every device.

IF you've got an external drive to use instead of a USB stick, win10 will generally run from that drive just fine. I say drive rather than USB stick because while it works from a USB stick, they're often too slow for acceptable performance. 2 caveats -- you may not be able to upgrade builds of the preview, & you probably will have to use the dism tool to apply the install.wim to the drive to set it up. That said, when you're done you have a full copy of Windows you can boot into & run whatever installed or portable software you want without touching your internal drives, though you can easily access them.

Another option uses a method borrowed from forensics, but with plenty of tools to choose from... boot to a recovery disc/USB stick from whatever backup app you like, & do a full partition image backup [or clone], selecting the cluster by cluster option to make sure you get the free space too, since that's where file fragments are. Once that backup's completed you can go back to using the PC/laptop. You can restore that backup to a physical drive or a VHD & run your choice of recovery tools on it.

<i>"All these freeware data recovery tools are available but they do not offer any bootable image creation option so that we can use them without booting into Windows"</i> If you want, check out sites like reboot.pro, where you'll find tools, tutorials etc. to put a mini copy of Windows, with a desktop, on a bootable USB stick. You can include several apps along with that copy, use portable apps, &amp; often install software, though it will be gone next time you boot into that mini copy of Windows, since they usually use a RAM disk. If you've got an ISO for a rescue disc from whatever software, the free rufus tool can hopefully get it to boot from a USB stick -- helpful when a disc created from the ISO will not. Which is a caution I would add for the AOMEI WinPE tool -- it will not boot everywhere on every device. IF you've got an external drive to use instead of a USB stick, win10 will generally run from that drive just fine. I say drive rather than USB stick because while it works from a USB stick, they're often too slow for acceptable performance. 2 caveats -- you may not be able to upgrade builds of the preview, &amp; you probably will have to use the dism tool to apply the install.wim to the drive to set it up. That said, when you're done you have a full copy of Windows you can boot into &amp; run whatever installed or portable software you want without touching your internal drives, though you can easily access them. Another option uses a method borrowed from forensics, but with plenty of tools to choose from... boot to a recovery disc/USB stick from whatever backup app you like, &amp; do a full partition image backup [or clone], selecting the cluster by cluster option to make sure you get the free space too, since that's where file fragments are. Once that backup's completed you can go back to using the PC/laptop. You can restore that backup to a physical drive or a VHD &amp; run your choice of recovery tools on it.
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mike  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+34)

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Installed and registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system. A clean install.

I just installed to see, whether there is something new. We had the same version Power Data Recovery 6.8 on August 12, 2014. Here are the old reviews:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/power-data-recovery-6-8/

The installed gives the useful hint, never to install into a partition, where you want to search for lost files. The boot disk you have to buy separately.

A company with a Canadian address, tel&fax:
"MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a powerful data recovery software developed by MiniTool Solution Ltd. Since the first release of version 1.0 we have had many happy customers around the world. It is one of the fastest and most effective programs of the data recovery software."

It is the same program, the EXE and the corresponding files are from July 2014.
http://i.imgur.com/8SC1NW0.png

No new test for this program. It is one of the better recovery tools. If you stay long enough with GOTD, you'll have a nice collection of converters and unerasers. Promised!

http://i.imgur.com/DnlFWQF.png

Read my old comment...

Uninstalled via reboot. I'll keep the previous installation, which I never used up to now. It makes no sense, just to overwrite.

Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+97)

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Linux based (free and bootable):
Take nearly any Linux Live-CD/DVD (e.g. Knoppix) and choose Testdisk. If insecure look for some HowTo before usage.


Windows based (free and bootable) is
Hiren's BootCD 15.2 from some Russian authors - All in one Bootable CD comes with sort of WindowsXP PE and lots of helpful software:
www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

It comes with (cited from above site)
"DataRescue DD 1.0
DrDD is a disk imager intended for data recovery and backup of partially corrupted storage devices, the main advantages are Range Selection and Copy Backward Direction.
DiskDigger 0.8.3.176
Undelete and recover lost photos, videos, music, documents and other formats from your hard drive, memory cards and USB flash drives.
DiskGenius 3.2
Restore deleted partition, Rebuild MBR, Rebuild partition table, Recover files, Restore formatted partition, Backup files by partition, Disk clone, Backup partition table, Create/Delete/Format Partitions etc."
and much more.

FrancisBorne  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+26)

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Installed but unable to run as the message "not a valid 32-bit program" appeared, this on XP S3 32-bit OS.

Was quite looking forward to trying this software as their partition program was such a pleasing piece of work.

XP-Man  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+22)

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Dear XP-Man.

If this is REALLY IDENTICAL to the last time having given this away, read
1. my comment (#28) on that giveaway - and
2. the "answer" from MiniTool (comment #38)

and (or) look, if you can get an older version (6.5) of this good tool - which is also better, because of being able to be run from within running the Windows 7 setup ;-)

Dear XP-Man. If this is REALLY IDENTICAL to the last time having given this away, read 1. my comment (#28) on that giveaway - and 2. the "answer" from MiniTool (comment #38) and (or) look, if you can get an older version (6.5) of this good tool - which is also better, because of being able to be run from within running the Windows 7 setup ;-)
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wosa  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+24)

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