Recoverit by Wondershare helps you recover lost and corrupted files
If you’ve ever lost files due to corruption or other disk issues, you know how frustrating it can be: your files are there, you may even be able to see them, but you can’t actually access them. The only real solution is to use recovery software, and the Addictive Tips research team suggests that Wondershare Recoverit may be one of the best on the market right now.
Wondershare is a prolific company that has created all kinds of software so far, from video editing suites to PDF readers. Its strongest showing, however, is in recovery software, where it has several years experience creating programs for Windows, Mac, as well as mobile. Recoverit is aimed at Windows and Mac users who are dealing with corrupted or otherwise lost files — for mobile you should check out other parts of Wondershare’s suite like Dr. Fone.
3 Different Plans
Recoverit has three plans: the Essential plan will help you recover lost files on one device, the Standard plan will recover files and help you repair a broken laptop (essentially help you start up a computer that has otherwise ceased to function) while the Premium plan extends this usability to 2 devices.
It has to be said that Recoverit is not cheap: even the Essential plan is $69.99 per year on PC, and expect to pay $10 more for the Standard plan. On Mac, you’re looking at an extra $20 per plan on top of that: the Essential plan, for example, is $89.99. If you are having serious issues with your computer, you may want to consider whether your files are worth saving before purchasing Recoverit.
Effortless Recovery
That said, you do get good value. Wondershare pledges that Recoverit can salvage almost any file, and our limited experience with the software backs that up. The program won’t just scour your laptop or desktop’s harddrive, but also will scan any attached USB sticks and external hard drives for files — especially photos — that have been lost and attempt to recover them.
If you’re worried that doing all this will be too technical for you, don’t be: Recoverit is extremely easy to use. All you need to do is install it and the program does everything else for you. You just open up the Recoverit, click on the disk or drive that you want to recover files from, and that’s pretty much it. You don’t have to be an aspiring IT technician to use this software.
Advanced Picture and Video Recovery Features
Another aspect we like is that you can tweak your Recoverit experience. For example, you can filter by file type: if all you care about are your photo files, say, just set the filter for JPGs or PNGs and that’s it. Any other recoverable files Recoverit finds during the scene will show, but you can just ignore them, or add them to be recovered as you go along.
Generally speaking, recovering files won’t take too long, though some waiting is to be expected. Small images and text files will take less than a minute, though high-resolution images can take longer; it really depends on file size and pixel count.
Advanced functions, like video recovery, will take up some time. Speaking of which, this is actually a cool bit of tech as it actually scans a drive twice: once for videos that need to be retouched, and another to take different bits of the same video and then splicing them together. It’s pretty nifty, and even badly degraded videos can be saved this way — though you may lose some quality in the process.
Recover Empty Recycle Bin Files
A final cool feature is Recoverit’s ability to recover files from an emptied recycle bin. In this case, you let the program loose in the now-empty recycle bin from where it will start to assemble the fragments of files left behind. Though it’s not guaranteed to work, it’s still a pretty handy way to undo any overhasty emptying of the bin – though you probably will want to still think twice before doing so.
Bottom Line
Overall, we like Recoverit a lot as a way to recover deleted or degraded files. It does a solid job and though it’s a little pricey, its results seem to justify its cost. If you’re still not entirely sure about the program, Recoverit comes with a seven-day money-back guarantee, so you can try the program risk-free; if you’re not happy, you can always request a refund.
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