Free Disk Drill Alternatives

The best free alternative to Disk Drill is TestDisk, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Disk Drill and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Disk Drill are Recuva, PhotoRec, GNOME Disks and DiskGenius.

Disk Drill alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools but may also be Photo Recovery Tools or Hard Disk Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Disk Drill.

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TestDisk
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Haiku
142 TestDisk alternatives
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a...
- - TestDisk is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Disk Drill.
- - TestDisk is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Disk Drill.
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TestDisk Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryTestDisk can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
2. Photo RecoveryTestDisk can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Repair Partitions
Recover disk partitions
Support for FTP
Reporting
Opinions about TestDisk as a Alternative to Disk Drill
Almost everyone thinks TestDisk is a great Disk Drill alternative.
Recuva
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
161 Recuva alternatives
Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost files after a computer crash? No problem - Recuva recovers files from your Windows computer, recycle bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player!.
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Recuva Features
1. PortableRecuva can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Photo RecoveryRecuva can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryRecuva can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
4. Recover Corrupted FilesRecuva can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
5. LightweightRecuva consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Bundleware
Be careful during installation, the installer will promote you to install CCleaner.

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Most users think Recuva is a great Disk Drill alternative.
PhotoRec
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
147 PhotoRec alternatives
PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.
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PhotoRec Features
1. DRM FreeNo Digital rights management (DRM), i.e. no copy protection.
2. Photo RecoveryPhotoRec can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
3. Recover Corrupted FilesPhotoRec can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
4. Ad-freePhotoRec doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. LightweightPhotoRec consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
6. NTFS Partition RecoveryPhotoRec can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Disk drive recovery
Text-based
Finds deleted files
Opinions about PhotoRec as a Alternative to Disk Drill
Most users think PhotoRec is a great Disk Drill alternative.
GNOME Disks
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Free • Open Source
Partition Manager
Disk Imaging Tool
Linux
37 GNOME Disks alternatives
Also known as palimpsest, gnome-disk-utility provides libraries and applications for dealing with storage devices.
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GNOME Disks Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in GNOME Disks without registration.
Editing and creating partitions
Create bootable Image
Drive formating
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Eject Media
Create image
LUKS Encryption
DiskGenius
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Partition Manager
Windows
Apple TV
188 DiskGenius alternatives
DiskGenius, previously PartitionGuru, is full-featured partition manager, which is designed to optimize disk usage for Windows users.
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DiskGenius Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryDiskGenius can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Migrate to SSD
Partition Recovery
Lazesoft Recovery Suite
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Free Personal • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
155 Lazesoft Recovery Suite alternatives
Lazesoft Recovery Suite is a very easy to use ALL-IN-ONE boot disk that repair your crashed Windows, recover data from deleted, formatted, damaged partition, clone or backup disk, reset your forgotten Windows password.
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Lazesoft Recovery Suite Features
1. PortableLazesoft Recovery Suite can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Password RecoveryLazesoft Recovery Suite can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
Windows password recovery
Windows repair
Rescue cd
PC INSPECTOR File Recovery
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Windows
107 PC INSPECTOR File Recovery alternatives
PC INSPECTOR File Recovery 4.x is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.
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Discontinued
This software was developed almost 2 decades ago by Alexander Grau. It was then known as DriveRescue. Although still available from Convar, it is now obsolete IMO. It is basically the same and unchanged since release. It does not even request elevation (required to access disks under Windows XP and up) and crashes even on smaller hard disks.Software is also not compatible with any recent Windows versions. Seehttp://pcinspector.de/FileRecovery/faq.htm?po=3
Active@ File Recovery
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Windows
128 Active@ File Recovery alternatives
Active@ File Recovery recovers data as a result of having been accidentally deleted, formatted or otherwise lost, includes a Partition Recovery tool.
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Active@ File Recovery Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryActive@ File Recovery can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Repair Partitions
WinfrGUI
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
5 WinfrGUI alternatives
Released in December 2021, WinfrGUI is a 100% free Windows file recovery utility with a GUI. Its interface is clear at a glance, and all levels of users can recover deleted or lost Windows files with just a few mouse clicks.
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WinfrGUI Features
1. Ad-freeWinfrGUI doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Cisdem Data Recovery
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
122 Cisdem Data Recovery alternatives
Using advanced scanning technology, Cisdem Data Recovery can help you recover data under different data loss situations with ease, such as sudden power off, document deletion, hard drive formatting, macOS update, system crash, virus attack, human error, etc.
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Cisdem Data Recovery Features
1. Recover Corrupted FilesCisdem Data Recovery can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
2. Photo RecoveryCisdem Data Recovery can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryCisdem Data Recovery can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Glary Undelete
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Windows
140 Glary Undelete alternatives
Glary Undelete is a free and easy-to-use yet powerful file undelete solution for FAT and NTFS file systems. It will bring back files emptied from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down.
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Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 5.0.1.19, released in August 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Data Recovery Wizard Pro
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
51 Data Recovery Wizard Pro alternatives
Quickly, easily and completely recover lost files from local & external drives, lost partitions, BitLocker encrypted drives, crashed computers and Recycle Bin.
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