Overview
MiniTool Power Data Recovery covers the standard recovery cases with an interface that is unusually clear about what it is doing. Pick a source, which can be a logical drive, a physical device, a specific folder, a lost partition or a disc, and it scans. Results arrive as a tree that can be browsed by path where the structure survived, or by file type where it did not.
Filtering is where it saves time. A scan of a large drive returns an enormous number of results, most of which are irrelevant, and the filters narrow by type, size, modification age and whether the file has been deleted. Preview works on documents, images, audio and video before recovery, so a file can be confirmed intact rather than recovered on hope.
Partition recovery is handled as its own path rather than being folded into the file scan. A drive that suddenly shows as unallocated, a partition table damaged by a failed operation, or a volume that Windows offers to format, are all cases where the files are intact and only the map is broken. Rebuilding the partition entry restores everything at once. Four configurations ship here, from Standard through Technician, with the higher tiers adding bootable recovery media and use across multiple machines.
What it does well
Source specific scanning
Scan a logical drive, a whole physical device, a single folder, a lost partition or optical media, rather than one blunt full disk pass.
Filter and preview
Narrow results by type, size and age, and preview documents, images, audio and video before committing to a recovery.
Partition recovery
Rebuild a lost or damaged partition entry so an entire volume returns at once instead of file by file.
Bootable media
The higher configurations build a recovery environment so a machine that will not start can still be worked on.
Resumable scans
Save a scan result and load it later so a long deep scan does not have to be repeated.
Changes in this build
- Deep scan speed improved on large drives.
- File signature set extended to further current formats.
- Preview added for more video container types.
- Scan result files now considerably smaller on disk.
- Fixed a failure enumerating drives behind some USB bridge chipsets.
What is in the package
- Power Data Recovery installer, 64-bit
- Standard, Deluxe, Enterprise and Technician configurations
- Bootable recovery media builder
- File signature database
- Multilingual interface files, 13 languages
System requirements
| Processor | Intel or AMD 64-bit |
| Memory | 4 GB minimum, 8 GB for very large scans |
| Graphics | Any GPU with a current driver |
| Storage | 300 MB for the install, plus a separate destination drive |
| Display | 1280 x 768 minimum |
| System | Windows 7 through Windows 11, 64-bit |
Installation
- Install onto a drive other than the one you are recovering from.
- Extract the archive and run setup.
- Apply the included configuration step and select the edition you need.
- Choose the source type that matches the problem rather than scanning everything.
- Recover to a separate destination drive, never onto the source.
Before you start
Every write to the affected drive costs recoverable data, stop using it as soon as you notice.
Save the scan result before recovering, it means a second pass does not repeat the whole scan.
If the volume shows as unallocated, try partition recovery before a file level scan.
Questions about this title
Can it recover a whole lost partition?
Yes, partition recovery rebuilds the entry and returns the volume in one step.
Do the editions differ in what they recover?
The recovery engine is the same. The higher tiers add bootable media and use across multiple machines.
Can I preview before recovering?
Yes, for documents, images, audio and video.
Does it work on memory cards?
Yes, along with drives, external devices and optical media.
About this listing
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