Approved by Jerry Cantu

Skill Level - Description

http://diskdigger.org/

Undeletes and recovers lost files from your hard drive, memory cards, USB flash drives

http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1477

Free for personal use

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

System Recovery

CNET: Macrium is: Product ranking: #1 in Backup Software - Back up data, system, hard disk, partition or individual files to a safe destination for recovery.

http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Macrium+Reflect+Quick+Start

http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

System Recovery

Burn directly to a CD or DVD

https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

The best data recovery software to easily and quickly recover deleted, formatted, or lost data from your PC, laptop, or removable devices.

Free for personal use

http://sourceforge.net/projects/repaircorruptpstfileoutlook/?source=directory

MS Outlook pst file

The most powerful Outlook PST recovery tool to repair corrupt PST file Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003 and other all Outlook editions.

Open Source (Free)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/evacopy/

Backup, Data recovery, Version Control

Is a backup program that has versioning and easy restoration in mind. It's light-weight, portable (no setup required, no dependencies, no repository, no database), easily deployed to multiple workstations, simple to use. ideal for home users too

http://evacopy.sourceforge.net/

Open Source (Free)

https://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

Data Backup and System Recovery

Back up data, system, hard disk, partition or individual files to a safe destination for recovery.

https://www.easeus.com/download/tbf-download.html

Free for personal use

http://www.pcinspector.de/FileRecovery/instructions.htm?language=1

Cannot help if you have mechanical problems with the disk drive.

http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?po=1&language=1

https://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/

System Recovery

A partition and disk imaging/cloning program

http://clonezilla.org/

Open Source (Free)

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Recovers files deleted from your computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player.

https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva/features/portable-version

http://www.techfleece.com/2015/12/23/download-official-isos-of-windows-7-windows-8-1-or-windows-10-legally-and-for-free/

Windows Install Disk, use for system-recovery and or installation.

You will still require a valid product key for any of the products that wish to use. These are not cracked versions, but original official ISO’s.

https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

Standalone, no install needed / Undelete files removed from recycle bin and we were also able to recover photos from a Flash card that had been formatted.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/

Backup, Systems Administration, Installation/Setup

A free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling. Supports Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and even multiboot setups

https://www.fogproject.org/

Open Source (Free)

https://rescuezilla.com/

Data and System Recovery

Rescuezilla can be booted on any PC or Mac from a USB stick, or CD, and uses the exact same reliable, battle-tested ‘partclone’ utility that Clonezilla uses. For many people, the alternative open-source tools Clonezilla and SysRescueCD, are intimidating and difficult to use, so Rescuezilla provides an easy-to-use graphical environment like the leading commercial tools, Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image.

https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla

Open Source (Free)

http://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=119&lang=en

Data Backup and System Recovery

Back up data, system, hard disk, partition or individual files to a safe destination for recovery.

https://kb.acronis.com/acronis-true-image-2016

Basic Use is Free

https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html

Create, resize, clone, move, merge, and format partitions under Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. Helps to recover deleted or lost partitions on unallocated disk space quickly when something unexpected occurs like disk failure, virus attack, system crash, formatted partition, and wrong repartition.

Free for personal use