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[jayday]

Just used this program to recover files from a damaged HDD. Thanks Piriform.

I then conducted a bit of a test, comparing Recuva with File Scavenger. Nothing too scientific. I placed eight files onto a flash drive (2 Word Docs, 1 Excel Doc, 1 Text File, 1 Reg file, 1 jpg file, 1 pdf file and 1 Mp3 file.

First of all I simply deleted the files. Both Recuva and File Scavenger found and recovered them all.

Next I formatted the drive (quick format). Recuva found and recovered 6 of the eight with File Scavenger only finding 4!

It's not always a case of 'you get what you pay for'.

Well done Piriform keep up the good work.

[DennisD]

Hi jayday, and welcome to the forum.

Thanks for taking the time to post your findings. There's a lot of freeware available that outclasses similar commercial applications.

We have an ongoing thread here which may be worth a look, although the earlier posts are a bit dated now.

http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=17921