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Disk Recovery Software and Hard Drive Recovery tool

Empowered by the new unique data recovery technologies, R-STUDIO is the most comprehensive data recovery solution for recovery files from NTFS, NTFS5, ReFS, FAT12/16/32, exFAT, HFS/HFS+ and APFS (Macintosh), XFS, Little and Big Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS (Linux) partitions. It also uses raw file recovery (scan for known file types) for heavily damaged or unknown file systems. It functions on local and network disks, even if such partitions are formatted, damaged or deleted. Flexible parameter settings give you absolute control over data recovery.

For professional Data Recovery Services, we offer R-Studio Technician.

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R-STUDIO and Disk Recovery Software Review

R-STUDIO HIGHLIGHTS

Supported File Systems

Damaged RAID Recovery

Advanced Recovery Algorithms

Recovery over Network

Disk Imaging

Pro Hex Viewer/Editor

Emergency Version

File Viewer

S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring

FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5, ReFS / ReFS2+ / ReFS 3.4/3.7/3.10 (Resilient File System, Windows 2012/2016/2019/2022 Server), HFS/HFS+ and APFS (including encryption) (Macintosh), Little and Big Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris) and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS (Linux), XFS, ISO9660 (CDs/DVDs/Images), UStar/Tar/CPIO/Pax* (Tape drives).

* R-Studio Technician versions only

An advanced RAID reconstruction module.

If the OS cannot recognize your RAID, you can create a virtual RAID from its components. Such virtual RAID can be processed like a real one. Standard RAID levels supported: 0, 1, 4, 5, 6. Nested and non-standard RAID level supported: 10(1+0), 1E, 5E, 5EE, 6E. Support for parity delays in all applicable levels. Support for customer-specified RAID layouts.

Automatic RAID parameter recognition. R-Studio can recognize all RAID parameters for RAID 5 and 6. This feature helps the user to solve one of the most difficult problems in RAID recovery.

Scan for Known File Types (raw file recovery): if the disk file system is heavily damaged or unsupported, R-Studio searches for specific data patterns ("file signatures") typical for certain file types (Microsoft Office documents, jpgs, etc.). Such known file types can be custom-defined. New file signatures can be added to the list of known file types by the end user.

Files can be recovered on network computers running Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11/Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022, Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX.

Recovered files can be saved on any (including network) disks accessible by the host operating system. Recovered files may be saved on a disk on a connected remote computer rather than be transferred over network to the local one.

All R-Studio versions create IMAGE FILES for an entire Hard Disk, Partition or its part. Such image files can be compressed and split into several files to put it on CD/DVD/flash or FAT16/FAT32/exFAT. Then the image files can be processed like regular disks.

The advanced multi-pass disk imaging algorithm with variable parameters and runtime imaging added to R-Studio Technician make it the ideal complete solution for creating a professional data recovery workstation.

All versions of R-Studio can create images in the rdr file format(native for R-TT products), including its encryption, and load VMDK/VHD/VHDX/VDI files, R-Studio Corporate and Technician/T80+ versions can create them.

A feature-rich text/hexadecimal editor for technician licenses and advanced viewer for other R-Studio licenses. File or disk content can be viewed and edited with the advanced hexadecimal editor. The editor supports NTFS file attribute editing.

R-Studio Emergency (32/64 bit) version is run from a USB stick or compact disc when it is necessary to recover data on a computer, on which Windows cannot start up because its system files are corrupted or deleted.

R-Studio Emergency can be based either on Linux or Windows PE.

* R-Studio Emergency is included in R-Studio package but its activation key is generated separately and requires a hardware code obtaining. The activation key can be requested through our Client Portal within one year from the date of purchase.

File previewer to estimate recovery chances. It shows picture tiles and first frames of video files as icons, and supports a large number of video/audio/graphic/document file formats. These files can be played back without their respective applications installed. Files can be recovered or marked for recovery immediately from File previewer.

S.M.A.R.T. attribute monitoring. R-Studio can display S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) attributes for hard drives to show their hardware health and predict their possible failures. Any unnecessary work with such hard drives should be avoided if S.M.A.R.T. warnings appear.

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R-Studio utilities recover files:
- Deleted without Recycle Bin, or when Recycle Bin has been emptied;
- Removed by virus attack or power failure;
- After the partition with the files was reformatted, even for different file system;
- Recovering data if: VIRUS has invaded; FAT is damaged; MBR is destroyed; FDISK or other disk utilities have been run;
- When the partition structure on a hard disk was changed or damaged;
- Data recovery on damaged or deleted partitions;
- From hard disk with bad sectors;
When necessary R-Studio can also wipe data on hard drives to prevent accidental data leaks when the drives are to be sold, given away, or disposed off in any other way.
Support for:
- Basic(MBR), GPT, BSD(UNIX), APM(Apple partition map) partitions layout schemes;
- Support for Bitlocker Drive Encryption, both for BitLocker Drive Encryption and BitLocker ToGo volumes;
- Dynamic volumes, Windows Storage Spaces (Windows 2000-2022/8.1/10/11);
- Apple software RAIDs, CoreStorage, File Vault, and Fusion Drive;
- Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM/LVM2) and mdadm RAIDs;
- Intel Software RAIDs;
R-Studio can automatically recognize and assemble the components of these disk managers even if their databases are slightly damaged. Their components with severe corrupted databases can be added manually.
- Support for VMDK/VHD/VHDX/VDI file formats. Read-only for all versions, creation for Technician/T80+ versions.
- Read-only support for dmg files (Apple Disk Image: all versions ), E01/(EWF) files (Expert Witness File Format: R-Studio Technician/T80+), and AFF files (Advanced Forensic Format: R-Studio Technician/T80+).
Advanced data recovery algorithm:
- to increase the quality of file recovery when the file system is not damaged;
- to recover files that are not recognized in file system metadata and not found during a disk scanning procedure;
- to fast search for lost partitions;
- to recover files from devices with unknown file systems, including HD, CD, DVD, floppy disk, Compact-Flash Card, USB drive, ZIP drive, Memory Sticks and other removable media.
Support for specific file system features:
- Recognitions of localized names;
- NTFS encrypted files, NTFS alternative data streams, NTFS data deduplication, NTFS LogFile, NTFS Symbolic Links & Directory Junctions;
- ReFS: symbolic links, directory junctions, deduplication;
- HFS+ journal processing, HFS+ extended attributes, HFS+ compressed files;
- Advanced APFS recovery: support for encryption;
- Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS/UFS journal processing and extended attributes;
- XFS extended attributes;
- Recovery of names and paths for files deleted to Recycle Bin and Trash.
In-depth file analysis:
- Extended file search and mask capabilities;
- Estimation of chances for successful file recovery;
- Verbose file information. Even more extensive file information in the Technician version: specific file system info, overlapping files, disk regions, etc;
- File recovery lists for mass file recovery. File recovery lists with extensive file information in the Technician version.
Multitasking: Several different tasks can be performed simultaneously in R-Studio Technician/T80+. For example, you can create a multi-pass image using a third-party hardware, scan a disk image, and recover files from another image, all at the same time. The number of concurrently performed tasks depends only on the computer efficiency (CPU, RAM, HDD/SSD, etc). Each task runs in its own tab and can be controlled individually. Computer shutdown takes place when all tasks are completed. The list of running tasks is displayed on the Main panel in the lower left corner.
User Interface:
- Standard Windows Explorer style with support for dark themes;
- Multi-language User Interface: English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, and Japanese;
- Hidden devices: Devices that are not subject to scanning for data recovery can be hidden from the Main panel (System disks, devices for storing data, etc). Such hidden devices are still accessible for storing recovered files, logs, scan info, etc.
Integration with DeepSpar Hardware:
- DeepSpar Disk Imager, a professional HDD imaging device specifically built for data recovery from hard drives with hardware issues. Such integration provides R-Studio with a low-level fine-tuned access to drives with a certain level of hardware malfunction. Moreover, it allows disk imaging and analyzing be performed simultaneously. That is, any sector R-Studio accesses on the source disk will be immediately cloned to a clone disk and any other data recovery operation will be made from that clone disk avoiding further deterioration of the source disk and great reduction in processing time.
- USB Stabilizer for quick and reliable work with unstable and degraded USB storage devices. It provides seamless hardware instability handling, ultimately mitigating common issues like freezes and crashes, and it automatically re-initializes a drive whenever its stuck reading a bad sector.
- RapidSpar is a data recovery hardware for extracting data from problematic hard drives. A failing hard drive (the source) and a healthy hard drive (the target) are connected to the device and it autonomously copies data from the source to the target to maximize the amount of successfully extracted data and minimize possible damage to the source drive. R-Studio can control this process reading and cloning only those disk areas that contain the necessary files and folders to decrease time required for data recovery.

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372 feedbacks
Rating: 4.8 / 5

I have used R-studio with USB Stabilizer,Rapid-spar,Deep spar, Pc3000, MRT.I am thoroughly satisfied.Now i have made head maps to isolate bad heads of hard disk when used with mounted disks.

Simran Arora (Data recovery factory mumbai)

I was completely lost. My Mac seemed to have eaten my 4TB external USB drive - was formatted APFS encrypted. The volume just disappeared while running and I had to reboot and when it came back the volume could not be unlocked / mounted natively. I tried a whole heap of methods (https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs/, drat and many others) to no avail. R-Studio data recovery was able to recover the entire volume - a complete life saver, worth every cent!

James Haworth-Wood (EADIT Security Solutions)

I really love your R-Studio product, I am doing Data Recovery as a professional, I used RS since the early versions and I loved the product, as far as I can tell, R-Studio, especially the Tech Version (but including the standard) is one of the best and excellent tools for a pro to have in the arsenal of tools in a pro DR lab, especially combining with the specialized Data Recovery hardware providers like DeepSpar, and PC3000, the rest of `wannabees` out there are waste of time, strongly recommend

Michael Avraham (OmniDataPlus Data recovery and repair)

I lost more than 200K files from my NAS due to a mistake. I tried 3 different recovery solutions over the 4 TB raid disks, and all of them performed ok but to be honest none of them were able to Raw recover the files and rename them with meaningful names out of the Metadata like R-TT did, then I was able to sort again my files and pictures and kind of restore all of them.

R-TT may not be the easiest or most user-friendly solution, but the algorithm used for the renaming saved me THOUSAND of hours of opening ...

Cesar reyes

Just recovered my old ext4 partition with R-Studio after trying testdisk and R-Linux without success. That partition was overwritten by another ext4 partition and I was losing my hope until I tried R-Studio demo. It detected all my files and directories again!

Bought it and 100% recommend it for anyone with a similar issue.

Edgar Endo