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Disk Drill 6

A New Chapter in Camera Recovery

Available for macOS and Windows

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There were always many apps making bold statements about their inferior capabilities, but there’s only one software that truly CAN reconstruct lost FRAGMENTED videos from GoPro cameras, and it’s now part of the new Disk Drill 6.

And this release goes beyond GoPro. We’ve enhanced our core video recovery engine to better handle fragmented footage from a wide range of cameras and drones, including Canon, DJI, Panasonic, Insta360, Leica, Sony, Nikon, Wyze, Potensic, Sony, Olympus, and many others.

Shiny New

  • macOS
  • Windows
Advanced Camera Recovery

All-new deleted video & photo recovery from cameras, drones, dashcams, smart telescopes & microscopes.

Advanced Camera Recovery
Next-Gen Byte-to-Byte Backups

Disk Drill 6 features updated binary backups, recovery-ready and more fault-tolerant with juicy new visuals.

Next-Gen Byte-to-Byte Backups
ReFS Lost Partition Recovery

Advancing support for file systems via specialized recovery algorithms. Disk Drill welcomes ReFS.

ReFS Lost Partition Recovery

Upscaling

Hex View for In-Depth Disk & Partition Analysis

Hex view is now supported for disks and partitions—perfect for raw, unfiltered inspection.

Hex View for In-Depth Disk & Partition Analysis
Windows BitLocker-Encrypted Partitions

Disk Drill for Mac now supports targeted recovery from BitLocker-enabled Windows partitions.

Windows BitLocker-Encrypted Partitions
Next-Level Scanning Speed

Scanning and recovery are now faster than ever—refinements span nearly every part of our algorithms. Expect boosts of up to 25%!

Next-Level Scanning Speed
Native Support for ARM-based Windows 11

Disk Drill 6 is optimized for Windows 11 on ARM-powered computers.

Native Support for ARM-based Windows 11
Introducing APFS Recovery

Now with APFS support, Disk Drill offers enhanced recovery from Apple-formatted drives.

Introducing APFS Recovery
Improved Faster Scans

Adjustable thumbnails and various back-end enhancements when previewing recoverable files.

Improved Faster Scans

Jam-Packed

  • macOS
  • Windows
Nikon N-RAW & …

NEV format joins Deep Scan, alongside improvements to 100+ file signatures for broader, smarter recovery.

Nikon N-RAW & ...
Refined Sleeker UI

Sidebar, controls, lists, preview, navigation, filters, icons—everything’s been retouched for a smoother updated experience.

Refined Sleeker UI
Next-Gen NTFS & ExFAT Recovery

Better detection of healthy and corrupted NTFS/ExFAT partitions, plus a major boost in recovery success rate.

Next-Gen NTFS & ExFAT Recovery
SSH + RAID recovery improvements

Recovering via SSH? Disk Drill now identifies remote RAID arrays and combines their disks into a single scannable structure.

Cross-Platform Scanning Sessions
  • New • 8
  • Improved • 26
  • Fixed • 21

Nitty-Gritty

  • Native design for message boxes
  • Zero-configuration networking support via Bonjour
  • mDNS local network discovery
  • Network device discovery over SSH
  • Certificate validation for legacy macOS distributions
  • Auto-adjustment rules in Byte-to-byte Backups
  • Advanced Camera Recovery sessions
  • Unified stop/resume logic in Byte-to-byte Backups
  • Detection of damaged exFAT partitions
  • Quick and Deep Scan results deduplication
  • Bitlocker-encrypted partitions support on ReFS
  • The default file extension for backups is now .dd
  • Network scans on unstable connections
  • Secure password prompts
  • macOS bootable drive creation
  • UI when recovering from iOS and iPadOS devices
  • Updated translations
  • NTFS partition detection with a wiped MBR
  • RAID1 EXT2 detection
  • Video recovery results for Samsung NX1
  • Various UI improvements throughout
  • Limited fragmented MOOV atom reconstruction
  • Speed calculation in Byte-to-byte Backups
  • Video recovery for Canon EOS 80D
  • Detection of destination disk disconnection in Backups
  • Quick Scan indexes on FAT32, EXT4, BTRFS, ReFS
  • Detection of NTFS file systems occupying the entire disk
  • Detection of newly connected devices
  • Disk Drill compatibility in Recovery Mode
  • Detection of disk disconnection
  • Notifications on resuming scans
  • Data reading from VHDX
  • Speed & memory usage in Time Machine scans
  • Interrupted scan notifications
  • Disk connection type reporting
  • Memory leaks during exFAT scans
  • Random folder size recalculation in Clean Up
  • Crash on a new Network Access request
  • Resolved a hang in portable mode
  • Fixes scanning the Guaranteed Recovery database
  • Fujifilm cameras: 1st second of audio missing
  • Fixed visual artifacts in recovered video files
  • GoPro Max recovery enhancements
  • Fixes in restoring from Recovery Vault
  • Exception parsing Wallet data on iOS devices
  • Crash scanning a Spanned RAID of 8 disks
  • Call History extraction in iOS 18.3
  • Bugs detecting FAT32 partitions
  • General fixes in Sony Alpha 7
  • AVX512F fixes
  • Macs re-appearing in the disk list
  • Crash while parsing DeepJPG file signature
  • Managing devices waking from extended sleep
  • Broken sorting for folders of 1,000+ files
  • Repeated “disk offline” warnings
  • Full changelog
Disk Drill 6

Your Reliable Lost File Recovery App

Faster, smarter recovery for fragmented videos and photos, improved backups, and more enhancements throughout. Leading the industry for almost 15 years and counting.

Available for macOS and Windows

Learn more…

After purchasing Disk Drill, you’ll receive an activation code via email. Enter this code in the app under the activation section to unlock the full version.

Disk Drill for Windows: The free version of Disk Drill for Windows can recover up to 500 MB of data for free and preview an unlimited number of files.

Disk Drill for Mac: The free version of Disk Drill for Mac can recover only the files protected by Recovery Vault or Guaranteed Recovery, but it can preview an unlimited number of files.

Yes, Disk Drill uses safe, non-destructive algorithms specifically designed to recover your lost data without writing or modifying anything on your drive. Always download Disk Drill from its official website to confirm you have the genuine app and avoid counterfeit versions, which may contain viruses or other harmful software. Official Disk Drill versions are guaranteed to be secure and malware-free.