Disk Drill by Cleverfiles
Recover lost files quickly and easily with Disk Drill's powerful data recovery software for Windows and Mac.
About Disk Drill by Cleverfiles
Disk Drill is a reliable data recovery tool designed to help users restore deleted or lost files from various storage devices. Whether you've accidentally deleted photos, videos, documents, or other files, Disk Drill can recover them with ease. The software supports a wide range of file types and storage devices, including hard drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, and more. With features like preview before recovery, one-click restore, and data protection tools, Disk Drill ensures a seamless and efficient recovery process.
FAQ
Recovery Vault is a Disk Drill feature that monitors protected drives or partitions for changes. When a file is deleted, it remembers the metadata (filename, location, etc.), making it easier to recover files without needing a Deep Scan.
Recovery Vault speeds up file recovery by keeping filenames intact, eliminating the need for lengthy Deep Scans. It also allows file recovery at no extra charge, even with the free version of Disk Drill.
Recovery Vault saves metadata but not the file itself, while Guaranteed Recovery saves a complete copy of the file. Recovery Vault is less resource-intensive and can protect any folder, whereas Guaranteed Recovery defaults to monitoring only the Trash folder.
No, Recovery Vault is not resource-hungry. It causes minimal hard disk speed changes (1-3%) and uses little storage space, about 60MB for 10,000 protected files.
On a Mac, you can protect drives or partitions with HFS+, FAT/FAT32, or ExFAT file systems. APFS and raw partitions are not supported, and the partition must be write/read enabled. External drives can also be protected.
No, you should not protect a Time Machine volume or system folder. Enabling Recovery Vault on these can cause slowdowns and is unnecessary, as system files are rarely needed for recovery.
You can set a Master Password in Disk Drill's Preferences under the Security tab. This password will be required each time Disk Drill is launched, helping protect your deleted files from unauthorized access.
Possible reasons include: the drive or partition was not protected, the specific folder was not monitored, or the file was on a FAT/NTFS partition where the OS delays deletion. Check protection settings or wait a day for FAT/NTFS partitions.
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