Unformat tools

This type of data recovery tools can typically repair damaged hard drives, fixing corrupted partitions and unformatting formatted disks. The unformatters apply a wide variety of methods to restore the drive to its original state, and can often succeed even if the drive has been re-partitioned and re-formatted with a different file system. There are different types of disk recovery tools, however. There are recovery tools dedicated to either FAT or NTFS, and there are those that support both. Some unformatters perform as Scandisk on steroids, concentrating their efforts on recovering the damaged system structures and caring little about the files and data stored there. Other tools offer some way to back up your files before attempting to fix the damaged drive. The best unformatters apply powerful algorithms to locate and recover user data before attempting to repair the damage. Our comprehensive, first-hand reviews will point out the differences, telling you exactly what unformat products are worth your attention.