Smart Data Recovery

Smart Data Recovery is a tool that lets you retrieve files and folder which were previously deleted from your system.

The user interface of the program consists of a plain and simple window in which you have few options at your disposal.

You can select a drive, recovery mode (normal or extended) and the file format to look for (TXT, DOC, XLS, JPG, GIF, MP3, WMA, MPEG, AVI, ZIP, RAR or all).

The extended mode takes a little longer to complete a scan, but this option is deal for a thorough search or in the case of formatted discs. Keep in mind the fact that scanning may take a while to finish, depending on the size of your hard drive.

During this time, you can view the total number of scanned files and found files which were deleted, as well as a progress bar.

Once results are displayed, you can use the Explorer-based layout to navigate within folders and track down the specific files you are looking for. There's also a search function at your disposal.

In the list you can view the name, data, time, size and recovering probability of each file. Also, you can check all of them to restore to system. The output folder opens as soon as the task is completed, and you can set its default path in the "Options" menu.

The program uses a massive amount of system memory and contains an incomplete help file. The program is not able to restore all files it has found (indeed, you are warned by this) and the "Wipe" function doesn't work on Windows Vista or newer operating systems. Nevertheless, Smart Data Recovery is very easy to use, even by beginners.