Prosoft Data Rescue 6

We have not finished testing this one yet. No verdict is published before a real run on the test volume.

Recovery: Not tested yet Arabic name: Not tested yet Pricing: Paid $79

Test results

Vendor	Prosoft Engineering
Best for	SD card · Camera memory card · Bad sectors · Signs of physical damage
Platforms	Windows · macOS
Free tier recovers	1 GB / total cap
Pricing model	Pay per use
Street price	Pay per use · $79

Arabic filenames — the bar this tool will face

When this tool reaches the test volume, the pass mark is concrete and public: original file names must come back exactly as written — diacritics intact, Arabic-Indic digits like ٢٠٢٤ intact, and files inside Arabic-named folders recovered whole. That is the bar DMDE cleared (200 of 200 names kept), and the bar carving tools such as PhotoRec fail by design, because they rename every recovered file to f0001234.jpg. Until the run happens, this page publishes no number and no guess.

Why this tool is not tested yet

A macOS-first tool. Our current test volume is Windows NTFS — the platform most of our readers actually lose files on — so macOS scenarios come later.

Our standard test, unchanged since the first run: one 4 GB NTFS volume holding 200 files — 40 Arabic, 10 Persian, 10 Turkish — deleted in two different ways, then scored on recovery rate and name survival. Every tool faces the same volume and the same rules, so the numbers stay comparable.

What the tested tools already showed

DMDE — 99.5% recovery, all 200 names kept, paid ($20).
PhotoRec — 99.5% recovery, but it renames every file, so Arabic names are lost by design; free.
TestDisk — tested on the same volume; its Arabic-name result is still pending.

FAQ

This page tells you what the tool is. The order in which to use tools, and when to stop immediately, is a different question - and that is what the recovery guide covers. Recovery guide: the right order.

Last updated: 2026-11-05