When we lose deleted files on our hard drives we tend to think of this information as unrecoverable. In times of panic we resort to Google and often extreme utilities to scrounge our Macs for every last bit of recoverable data possible before sifting through the garbage of unreadable file names and Quick Look previews. Disk Drill offers a solution to data recovery that I found to be interesting enough for a chin rub and a thumbs up. As the scruff on my beard understands it, Disk Drill offers a very cool features called Recovery Vault.
CleverFiles explain that Recovery Vault protects a hard drive by essentially keeping an index of your file’s meta information. In an HFS and HFS+ filesystem, once you empty the trash, those files no longer retain their location, name, or any other associated data that can identify that file to the end user. Granted, the actual file is still available as written zeros and ones on your hard disk, and it’s still recoverable if that deallocated space hasn’t been written over yet. If a hard disk is protected by the Recovery Vault, Disk Drill monitors those changes and keeps a record of that meta information the HFS filesystem disposes of. So the next time you accidentally delete that end-game business file, Recovery Vault gives you a much better opportunity of finding that file (and much more quickly!) before it’s too late. Pretty cool right? There’s still a risk data will become unrecoverable, but you have a much better fighting chance.
That’s just the beginning of what Disk Drill can do…
Your program is great, I restored data from my 3 disks quite easy, a bit time consuming, but at least I got to review them so I ditched some old stuff… Have a nice day, be safe!
Earlier today I purchased and activated the Disk Drill Pro for Windows through the student discount email. Your program recovered precious files (scanned and archived family documents) and I am so thrilled.
In fact, I am so amp’d about your program that I want to buy into the lifetime update option. This is such a useful tool that I want to invest in it.
Thank you!
This product is magic. I’ve just recovered most of my data from an “unreadable” external drive. I was so lucky to stumble on you.
Thank you.
I just wanted to say, I tried to purchase 3 different types of data recovery software in the past 48 hours and Disk Drill has been the most favourable, responsive and legitimate tool I have used.
Thanks for the software!
A massive THANK YOU ALL @ CleverFiles for your fantastic help all the very best all thanks again looking forward to any of your upcoming apps that I’ll be getting so put me down for your news letter list and keep me posted.
Kindest Regards
You guys are amazing I would like to personally thank you because your software worked compared to other company’s like ease US and Recuva. I will recommend your software to everyone. You saved my photos on a flash drive amazing. Thank you.
Genuinely, my past experiences have been exceptional with Disk Drill. I was able to rebuild multiple drives and recover several “lost” partitions following a freak accident. In Austin, TX we had a fire, nothing huge, but it happened to burn right through several houses in Steiner Ranch (including ours). Obviously, the fire took out every electronic device along with all our belongings but somehow my server wasn’t damaged to the point of no return as I was able to restore the aforementioned drives and partitions.
I was doing a recovery process with disk drill (my first one) and had a crash. I really wanted to compliment your team for having a means to restart the recovery process where it left off rather than having to start again. I appreciate this feature and want to let you know that I am already liking your product. Please pass this on to your development team and those that worked hard on this feature. it mattered to me.
I’ve purchased it! I’m blown away by the tool. Went into Best Buy to recover an external disc. They said, “can’t be done, but we can try to recover it for $500.” I ran Disk Drill Pro and BOOM!