Free Data Recovery is a free utility program coming from developer iLike-share. It's a data recovery tool that can help users to restore lost or accidentally deleted data. It supports a wide variety of file types, ranging from media to documents, and others. Everything is wrapped inside a clean and simple user interface.

Compared to similar solutions like Recuva or Wondershare Recoverit, Free Date Recovery will work on pretty much any computer or laptop and its internal storage drives. It also lets user preview results first so they can narrow down their search and find specific files.

Straight to the point

Upon opening Free Date Recovery, you can immediately start by selecting what type of file to recover by ticking their checkboxes from the main screen. Next, select the specific drive you want to conduct the search on—important if you also use multiple partitions on your PC. All media types like video, audio, and images are covered, but they can also support documents, emails, and even archives.

Continuing from before, click on the Start Scan button to begin and wait for it to finish. Most recovery tools have a preview function to let you pick files for recovery, and Free Data Recovery is no different. Refer to the navigation pane on the left for a breakdown of results per file type, select the ones you want, and click the Recover button.

Now, the most recent crop of data recovery tools has been made to support other storage types like flash drives, memory cards, and the like. While the program also supports these things, you can only use them with the Pro version. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but other solutions provide them for free, which is a bit of a shame for this particular tool.

Some odd restrictions

Overall, if you need a recovery tool to get back lost data that was stored on your internal storage drives, Free Data Recovery is a decent option to consider. It's easy to use and has all the basics covered. However, if you plan to use it on external drives, you will need to pay up to get that specific functionality. Consider your needs carefully.