File Scavenger is a very powerful search and restore application that covers a multitude of functions related to data recovery, and restoring NTFS volumes. This particular file management tool makes a difference as it does more than finding and organizing documents after the stipulation of search criteria.
File Scavenger is able to restore accidentally erased files, including the permanently deleted ones, successfully recovers FAT and FAT 32 volumes and undeletes files erased in a DOS command window.
The first feature that makes File Scavenger one of the most prominent file restoration software utility in its field is the ability to extract data from broken hardware and software-based RAID (redundant array of independent disks). Furthermore, following the steps indicated within the Help menu of the app, any user can easily recover data from NAS devices.
Secondly, File Scavenger allows users to create disk images, is able to perform several types of scans and simultaneously skips deleted files and folders if instructed.
Users can easily use this handy tool in order to isolate duplicate files on their PC, identify the ones they want to keep and generate unique file names to avoid confusion.
It is important to mention that this application previews most of the found file formats, and allows the user to edit and save metadata for any found document.
Overall, File Scavenger, as its name suggests, helps users perform thorough search tasks on their computer, while providing a considerable amount of additional in depth file recovery functions. Not a bad tool to keep “around” your PC.
Limitations:
· A demo license is automatically available for testing purposes. This license allows up to 64 kilobytes of data to be recovered. If a file is larger than 64 kilobytes, the recovered file will be truncated, making it unreadable in most cases. (Recovering a file in demo mode does not affect its future recoverability because File Scavenger does not modify the source disk.)
What's New in This Release:
· Improved support for the Ext3/4 file systems, both 32- and 64-bit.
· Improved support for the XFS file system.
· Support for the exFAT file system.
· Support for the VMware VMFS file system.
· Support for the VMware VMDK (flat, hosted sparse, and ESXi host sparse).
· Support for the Microsoft VHD and VHDX (fixed, dynamic and differencing types).
· In raw recovery mode where the original filenames are lost, most JPEG and TIFF files are arranged by the date the pictures were taken (instead of being stored in one large folder).
· Using 5 to 10% less virtual memory than version 4.1.