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chkdsk vs Recuva

A side-by-side look at chkdsk and Recuva. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

chkdsk

chkdsk

Os & Utilities

chkdsk is a Windows utility that checks the file system and file system metadata for errors. It scans disk drives, fixes issues, and attempts to recover readable information. It can fix certain file or directory errors as well as bad sectors.

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Recuva

Recuva

Os & Utilities

Recuva is a free data recovery software developed by Piriform. It can recover deleted files from your Windows computer, external drives, USB flash drives and memory cards. Recuva works to undelete files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin, via a software crash, virus infection or disk formatting.

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