Is this exactly the same as the version 5.0.1 previously on GOTD?

I will say it works in the one "real life" test I had, my uncle lost a ton of pictures on his camera (200+) when one of my cousins was playing around with his camera and somehow deleted everything. Some of the pics were some of the last taken of my mom before she passed away so it was pretty critical to me to try to get them back-- thankfully this software got about 90% of the pictures back, including all of the ones of my mom.

I'm not completely sure how the pics were deleted (if it was a format, "delete all", or what; but my uncle had even been taking new pictures not realizing they might be recoverable at first) but it DID work.

Thanks to Easeus for making this available in the past and just for it working..!

Buzzy  –  15 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+131)

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For those wondering, this version is dated 2010 March 15, and the previous Giveaway is dated 2010 February 6 - the executables are different sizes - I assume that there were a few minor bug fixes / recompile differences and ChengDu YiWo didn't feel that there was any operational change warranting a version number change.

No single unerase / file recovery application seems to catch everything, but I would recommend Easeus DRW as one of the better ones, with reasonable speed. (The really fast ones tend to miss the most files). Always recover files to a different drive, because recovering cross-linked files in place prevents recovery of the alternate version (which could actually be the correct version).

As a reminder to all, defragment your drives regularly. Recovering fragmented files is usually a futile effort.

I have run previous DRW versions as a portable program - copy the installed directory onto a USB drive and run DRW.EXE from the USB drive directory. Just make sure that the Microsoft runtime libraries shipped with DRW are found in the DRW directory to avoid conflicts with other versions on the system. Traces may get left in the registry. For those trying to save space, UPXing appears to produce a significantly smaller, issue free version. Yes, a portable install option would be nice for most users (there are times when booting a CD & recovering system files is necessary), but I am of the belief that if users want to run system utilities as a portable program, users really should know what they are doing in the first place (such power users can easily learn whether an app could be made portable).

Though there is an office file viewer, file viewing is one area where further improvements could be made. Improving a text viewer with multiple filtering options would be excellent for inspecting damaged files in general. A compressed file directory viewer would be a great help, when the file to be recovered has no identifiable name. There are picture viewers from competitors which work better with damaged / fragmented pics. Personally, I prefer more manual controls, but that makes usability difficult for most users.

Giveaway of the Day: please note that the Idea Informer widget does not accept submissions when used in certain higher security browser configurations.

Thanks Giveaway & ChengDu YiWo.

CompNetTeach  –  15 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+34)

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Is there any difference between today's offering and the apparently same version (Version 5.0.1) that was offered on February 16th earlier this year?

That version was excellent and performed well. It recognized all my drives on XP PRO S/P3, installed effortlessly and finds any lost or deleted files that are still on the drive.

Great program!

Dan  –  15 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+32)

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I found I have Data Recovery Wizard 'Professional' V4.3.6 from Lord knows when GOTD and Easeus offered it. Works for me. There has been a couple times I was kicking myself for emptying the trash bin and this program pulled out what I needed...
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On their website I see the 'free' version is good for only one gigabyte of recovery. Also this 'Standard' version they are offering today vs. the 'Professional' version shows only 2 major differences and that is 'Dynamic Disk' and 'Linux File System' recovery are mentioned on the 'Professional'. - Here is a page they have showing version comparisons and many of the functions are click-able so you can learn a bit more about them.
- http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/comparison.htm -

For my simple uses (No Linux or dynamic disk) it looks like it will be worthwhile to trade in for the standard edition today. My guess is that if you have V5.0.1 already there would be no difference in what you have (no number change) and what they are offering unless you have Professional. If they had made any major changes or additions wouldn't the first change have been the number? I'm not a programmer but seems to me they use those numbers for a reason.

prying1  –  15 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+19)

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When installing, we are warned that you cannot recover anything from the disk on which this app is installed!! So I installed it on an external hard disk. Since people without a Product ID can't ask questions at the company's Support site, how can I find out if I can ALSO install it on an internal HD (for use on the ext HD)? And can it be installed on more than one internal HD so as to cover all internal disks for someone who does not have an ext HD?

janetb  –  15 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+19)

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