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PhotoRec vs Scalpel 2.0

A side-by-side look at PhotoRec and Scalpel 2.0. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

PhotoRec

PhotoRec

File Management

PhotoRec is a free, open source data recovery software designed to recover lost photos, videos, documents and other files from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and memory cards. It scans storage devices sector by sector to locate and restore files based on their headers and footers.

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Scalpel 2.0

Scalpel 2.0

Security & Privacy

Scalpel 2.0 is an open-source program for recovering files from unallocated space or raw data in a drive image. It can extract images, documents, emails, and more that have been deleted but not overwritten.

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