I tested Disk Drill alongside four other recovery utilities using two Macs: an early-2015 MacBook Pro and a late-2014 Mac Mini. Read Our Alsoft DiskWarrior (for Mac) Review The Testing Grounds Installable on three desktops, the utility's license is less generous than DiskWarrior (unlimited) and Data Rescue (five desktops), but more straightforward than Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery 7 (one transferable) or the Seagate Premium File Recovery Suite 2.5 (one desktop, 24 recoveries or one year). CleverFiles also offers 20 percent discounts for education, non-profit, and government workers, and lifetime upgrades for a sensible $29. At $89, the Pro version, which I tested, is more affordable than competitors, which retail between $99 and $119. Options and PricingĭiskDrill Basic compares favorably with other try-before-you-buy options: In addition to allowing you to verify recoverable data, Basic also allows you to back up failing disks and to recover protected data. But if you have an Apple computer with a traditional hard drive, Disk Drill Pro offers one of the most advanced data recovery utilities available. Like its peers, Disk Drill won't be of much service if your computer uses a solid-state drive, and the Windows version is less feature-rich than its sibling on the Mac (which I tested).

Thanks to exceptionally thorough scanning and vast signature support, it returns a trove of results that you can winnow with advanced filters. The data recovery utility scans a desktop's hard drive-and any external drives connected to it-in order to retrieve and reconstruct lost files. CleverFiles Disk Drill Pro ($89) turns back that clock. If you've ever accidently saved over a document or deleted a presentation, you know the pain that comes with losing a file.

Ineffective for recovering files on solid-state drives.

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