Data Rescue for Windows

Data Rescue is a software utility developed in order to let users recover lost files and directories from damaged HDDs, with just a few clicks.

The installation process does not bring any surprises, and upon completing it, you come face to face with a plain and intuitive UI which enables you to easily work with it, regardless of your level of experience. In fact, it is actually built as a wizard, so that even novice users can retrieve their data without encountering difficulties.

From the settings panel, you can select the drive language, temporary folder and read error processing mode (sector or block), filter invalid system files and stack trace at exception (terminate).

It is possible to view detailed information about a selected drive, such as ID, type, model and serial number, and size (expressed in bytes), while the wizard helps you select the partition to be scanned, input the LBA (Logical block addressing) and sectors, and just let the program do its job.

When the scan begins, a new window pops up, enabling you to view a progress bar, approximate remaining time and number of GB scanned out of the total. You should know you can save the scan to a BIN file, so that you can recover the data at a later date.

You can use a search function, which lets you look for specific formats or files that start with a certain keyword. It also possible to select a time period in which the item you are looking for has been modified.

Although Data Rescue does not prove to be very forgiving with the system resources, it is a very powerful recovery tool, which can be used by anybody.