Data loss is an unexpected issue, we face data loss in external hard drives, NAS, thumb drives, local disk volumes and memory cards. For this reason, it’s highly advisable to create a backup of your important files. If you’re not among those who regularly backup their important data, and facing problem against data loss, you can use ZAR X Data Recovery.
There are many file recovery programs available out there that let you recover deleted files. Some tools are free while others may cost you a few bucks. If you are looking for a simple and powerful file recovery solution we strictly suggest ZAR Data Recovery. The program provides an easy way for recovering most file types, including images, documents, audio and video files.
ZAR X User Interface
ZAR X- Zero Assumption Recovery, the program has a decent user interface with built in wizard to recover files from three option. When you start the application, you can choose between, Image Recovery, Data Recovery For Windows and Linux and RAID Recovery.
Image Recovery
For instance, if you choose image recovery, the recovery will complete in two steps. The image recovery option is available for external drives only. After clicking on image recovery, it shows the list of external drives attached to your computer, select the drive to click “Next” to proceed. When you select a drive, important information about the drive is displayed at the right side. Clicking next will start the scan.
When the scan is complete, you can select the files that you want to recover by browsing through folders by RAW and FAT formats. The database consists all the files, including related information, such as File Name, File Size, Last Modified (date), Select and Deselect. You may select any folder from the directories, when all the required files are selected, click Next.
Here you can choose your destination, and clicking on Start copying will recover your selected image files. The recovery of the files is dependent on their storage status, for a 32GB USB 3.0 Kingston pen drive has taken 21 minutes time to scan the files.
Data Recovery For Windows and Linux
Data recovery for Windows and Linux is a self-explanatory option. It recovers files from FAT, NTFS (Windows), ext 2/3/4, or XFS (Linux) file systems. Recover data from hard drives, disk image files, healthy RAIDs, NAS, existing partitions or missing partitions. Clicking on the option shows a list of hard drives and RAIDS attached to your PC. Select the drive you want to recover, an example for NAS Recovery select it and click on next, and the rest of the recovery process is same as above explained.
RAID Recovery
Raid Recovery wizard automatically detects the type of the RAID array. Clicking on the option shows the list of RAID present in your system. Use this mode to reconstruct broken RAID 0, RAID 1+0, and RAID 5 arrays. The scanning and recovery process is same as above. The program can recover files in a batch operation, by saving time. You just need to mark the files that you want to bring back. Scanning and recovering time totally depend on your size of the hard drive.
Quick Features
- Windows FAT, NTFS, Linux ext2/3/4, and XFS volumes
- Formatted drive or “RAW filesystem”
- External drives, USB thumb drives, and memory cards
- digital photo recovery with a free version of ZAR Data Recovery
- known camera compatibility list
- RAID data recovery
- NAS data recovery
- MBR damage data recovery
- Partition table recovery with multiple logical drives
Verdict
I very much like the way the ZAR X recover files from various types of drives easily. The program offers flexibility to handle all types of storage mediums. ZAR X is an excellent data recovery solution, and it will definitely help recover your files.