EnCase Data Recovery

As the name suggests, the EnCase image file format is used by popular software suite to store various types of digital evidence, such as memory, logical files, volume images and disk images. In the eventuality that the EWF file gets corrupted due to a virus infection or flawed transfer, then you may not be able to recover the data unless you use a professional tool.

EnCase Data Recovery is a light piece of software that allows you to recover data that has been damaged or that you cannot access for other reasons. The utility comes with two handy features, Convert to Raw and Parse as Disk, that make the restoration process the more efficient.

As the name suggests, Convert to Raw enables you to extract the data from the file in the original form to a location of your choice on the hard disk. The Parse as Disk function entails scanning hard disk images and recovering the data from it. It only works with certain file formats.

The program works with all popular Windows file system – FAT156, FAT32, FAT64, NTFS, HFS+ and EXTX – and supports partition tables such as GPT and MBR as well. You will be happy to learn that the utility comes with a wizard-like interface that guides you through the process step-by-step, so you should be able to complete the task without too much hassle.