Recuva
We have not finished testing this one yet. No verdict is published before a real run on the test volume.
Test results
| Vendor | Piriform |
|---|---|
| Best for | Accidental deletion · Emptied recycle bin · SD card · Camera memory card |
| Platforms | Windows · Portable, no install |
| Pricing model | Freemium |
| Street price | Freemium |
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
This is a free or freemium Windows tool — the kind most people run first — so it sits at the top of our testing queue and should be tested in our next batch on the same test volume.
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
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