I deleted two files from my computer’s C drive – an image and the EASEUS download itself – and emptied the recycle bin. If you did, you might risk damaging your operating system by overwriting the latest system files.Īnd if the drive you’re scanning has been having problems or making clicking noises then you definitely want to get those files off of there before the drive fails.
The software will warn you to put the recovered files somewhere else – you don’t want to restore files on top of the existing files in case you inadvertently selected some system files. The trial is limited to restoring only 500 MB (1/2 a Gigabyte) of data which isn’t much and you will see occasional cross-promotional popups to buy other products from EASEUS. Maybe it shows you both buildings and “team building”? ? When we tried the “buildings” view it showed us a picture with a group of people. The image recognizer will further filter your files so that you can find pictures of people, animals, or buildings however the feature didn’t work as well as expected. There are “views” that you can use to see the images in preview mode as you look through them. When restoring files you can select several files and recover them all at once.
The deep scan really just seems to be scanning and indexing your entire hard drive so that you can use the filters and search feature to find what you want.Īnother useful feature of this tool is the ability to review all images on your computer from any location. You can also click the drop-down arrow next to each of the categories and you’ll see options to limit the results even further by extension. You can right-click any of them to restore the file to its original folder. You can type “jpg” and it will show you all image files with the extension “.jpg”.
If you’re not familiar with the locations that Windows uses to store certain files you might find yourself Googling to figure out how to restore your iTunes media files, for instance.
If you’re impatient you can click the “Back” button while the scan is running and it will ask you if you want to continue scanning, stop scanning and review your files so far, or go back home to select a different hard drive or specific folder. You can specify a folder rather than a hard drive if you want to limit the time spent scanning or rescanning the system. This is especially useful on computers with lots of files.
If you need to shut down your computer but aren’t finished reviewing your results then you can save the results and reopen them instead of waiting for another full rescan when you return. You can also right-click a file and choose recover. If you see a file that you’re not sure about you can right-click it and choose preview to take a quick peek at the file. You can group the files by type: Graphics, Audio, Document, Video, Email, or Other. Files are listed in the folder where they were last found. The scan results are broken down into Quick Scan and Deep Scan. Our test machine did not have much data on it so the scans will likely take a lot longer on a well-used hard drive.
Scanning the hard driveĪfter installation, EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard runs a Quick Scan which finished in a few seconds and then it starts a Deep Scan which took a couple minutes. More on that in the “Restore” section below. You’ll also need a hard drive or USB key big enough to hold the recovered data.
If you plan on recovering a lot of data from your drive then you should probably install the software somewhere else. If you only have one hard disk in your computer it will warn you that if you install it on the same drive that you’re trying to recover that it might cause problems. Later on in our testing we added a second hard drive.įor screenshots of the software please see the gallery at the bottom of the article.
For our tests we used a Windows 10 virtual machine with one hard drive attached. The software is available for all versions of Windows and more recent versions of Mac. We didn’t test all of these scenarios but overall it seems like the software could help recover your files. If you’ve ever accidentally deleted something from your hard drive or moved a file into a folder and couldn’t find it then the EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard software might be what you need to restore your missing and misplaced files.ĮaseUS Data Recovery Wizard claims to recover lost data from deleting, formatting, partition loss, an operating system crash, or virus attack.