Data Recovery & File Repair Tools
First aid for lost files, then tools that do the recovery work on your own device. A web page cannot read a disk, memory card or USB stick directly, so the scanners work on a disk image you make with free system tools (the guide shows every step), and the repair tools work on damaged files you already have. Nothing is uploaded.
Deleted data can be found only while it has not been overwritten: stop using the card or drive, and never save the image or the recovered files on it. SSDs inside computers usually erase deleted data soon (TRIM), so the free routes come first: the Recycle Bin or Trash, cloud trash folders and your backups.
All 15 data recovery tools
Grouped by what they do.
Start here
2 toolsWhat to try first, and how to make a disk image of a card or drive safely.
- Data Recovery Assistant: First Aid and Disk-Imaging Guide The routes that cost nothing first, then a safe image of your card or drive.
- Disk Image Converter & Hash Verifier (E01, DMG, VHDX, VMDK to Raw) Open forensic and virtual disk images, check their hashes and turn them into raw images. Ultimate tool
Find deleted files
5 toolsScan a disk image for deleted or lost files and preview what can be saved.
- SD Card & USB Drive Recovery (Undelete from a Disk Image) Find deleted files in an image of your memory card or pen drive, on your own device. Ultimate tool
- Photo & Video Recovery (Deep Scan of a Disk Image) Search every sector of a card or drive image for photos, videos and documents. Ultimate tool
- NTFS Deleted File Recovery (Windows, from a Disk Image) Undelete files from an image of a Windows-formatted drive, with their names and folders. Ultimate tool
- File Recovery for Mac Drives (APFS and HFS+ from a Disk Image) Undelete files from an image of a drive formatted on a Mac, with names and folders. Ultimate tool
- File Recovery for Linux Drives (ext4, ext3, ext2 from a Disk Image) Undelete files from an image of a Linux-formatted drive or card, with names and folders. Ultimate tool
Repair files
5 toolsRebuild damaged videos, photos, documents and archives without uploading them.
- Video Repair: MP4, MOV and 3GP Clips That Will Not Play Rebuild the index of a recording that stopped, on your own device. Ultimate tool
- Photo Repair: Grey, Half-Loaded or Unopenable Photos Rebuild a damaged photo and get the picture hidden inside it, on your own device. Ultimate tool
- Excel File Repair (Recover Data from a Corrupt XLSX or XLS) Rebuild a damaged workbook and get its sheets, values and formulas back, on your device. Ultimate tool
- Word & PowerPoint File Repair (DOCX, PPTX, DOC, PPT) Rebuild a damaged Word or PowerPoint file, or rescue its text and pictures. Ultimate tool
- ZIP Archive Repair (Truncated, Damaged and Broken Downloads) Rebuild a damaged ZIP archive and keep every file that survived, on your own device. Ultimate tool
Backups & databases
2 toolsOpen computer backups, mail data files and damaged databases.
- Backup Explorer for iPhone & iPad (Photos, Messages, Contacts) Open a computer backup on your own device and see what it holds; saving needs a pass. Ultimate tool
- SQLite Database Recovery (Deleted Rows, Disk Image Scan) Find deleted rows and rebuild damaged tables of a SQLite database, on your own device. Ultimate tool
Card & disk checks
1 toolCheck whether a memory card or USB drive really holds what its label says.
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Good to know
- All 15 tools run in your browser: what you open or paste is not uploaded.
- All of them keep working without a connection once loaded.
Other categories
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- 65 tools Health BMI, calories, pregnancy.
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- 45 tools Science Physics, chemistry, astronomy.
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