PCs, Smartphones and other digital devices we use contain all our personal and important data. We cannot bare to lose our data, and to our luck, none of these devices are reliable. They can get damaged or might corrupt anytime, losing our important data in the process. Unfortunately, there is no tool to 100% make sure you will never lose the data. However, if you have lost some important data due to a corrupt system or accidental deletion, then you do have a chance to recover it.

1. Recuva

Recuva is created by the software developers Piriform, who are also responsible for the popular CCleaner PC cleaning tool. Just like other products, you should also expect attractive interface with high quality. Recuva has a built-in wizard (optional) that guides you through the steps of recovery every time you want to recover data.

2. Wise Data Recovery

Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

Price: Free for personal use and Paid for Corporate use costing $69 and $103 for each version (offers guaranteed customer support).

You can scan a type of file, the whole drive or deep scan to look for all the files with most files recovered. You can connect other removable storage devices to scan them as well, and all scanning methods will apply to them. You will also find helping tips to understand what each button do as soon as you need to use them.

This is a really amazing tool with very simple yet attractive interface. However, its free version is only limited to 1 GB of data recovery. After that, you will have to upgrade to a paid version. The tool is capable of recovering data from formatted, damaged and even deleted partitions with amazing results.

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Price: Free

The results are also pleasing as the tool will find almost all files that are recoverable. You can also add file name/extension filter to make easier to find a specific file. If you are an advanced user and want to scan your PC deeply, then this PC Inspector File Recovery will do wonders. It supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems

Although, the above mentioned tools can scan and recover data on smartphones too when connected via USB, but they are not specially made for them. To recover smartphone data like, messages, logs and IM history, etc. you will need to use a separate tool. Check the tools below to recover Smartphone data.

9. Wondershare Dr.Fone

Download for Android / iOS

Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and Mac OS X & iOS 8, iPhone 6 and upto Android Lollipop