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About Disk Drill

Simple enough for casual users but more than capable of delivering professional results, Disk Drill 5 is the ultimate data recovery and protection app both for macOS and Windows.

From permanently deleted work documents that took many hours to create to accidentally formatted USB flash drives and memory cards with irreplaceable family images and videos, Disk Drill 5 can quickly solve all data loss situations, regardless of how serious they may seem to be.

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Summary

Disk Drill for Mac

Disk Drill data recovery for Mac OS X locates and recovers deleted files from any mountable media like your main drive, external hard disk, memory cards, iPods, iPhones and Android devices, etc.

Disk Drill for Windows

Disk Drill can recover any deleted file if it hasn't been overwritten: photos, music, documents, archives, application specific OS X and Windows formats.

Release notes
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5.1.1114

Jan 31, 2023

New
Faster scans for lost data thanks to new caching algorithms
Recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
Lots of new file signatures are now found by Deep Scan, including ZPR, ZBR – Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC – Altium Designer; GED – GEDCOM Genealogy Data File; XCF – eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM – Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX – HotDocs Answer Format files; SPP – Substance Painter project; PRJPCB – Altium Designer Project file; XHW – ChamSys MagicQ Icon Snapshots files; ARI – ARRIRAW images; ARX – ARRIRAW images; TAR – Tape Archive files.
Symlink support to recover data from iOS backups saved to external storage locations (including network and web-based ones)
iOS Backups can now be shown in Finder via right clic

Improvements
Fine-tuned Disk Drill interface responsiveness
Better recovery from SSD on M1, M2, and T2-based Macs
More details on lost partitions displayed while scanning
More app-specific files extracted during iOS recovery and placed into Accessible Files category in results
Disk Drill’s iOS data recovery module extracts more files with longer names (above 72 characters)
Improved scanning feedback for locked iOS 16+ devices
Visually improved hints for even easier navigation through the app
Greatly improved detection of RAID5 with EXT file system
Smoother start of iOS recovery thanks to preliminary disk space and device availability verification
Enhanced preview with even more information about found folders
More intuitive support for native macOS hotkey combos
Better recovery chances prediction for APFS drives
A more on-point icons design in dark mode
A more responsive iOS scan cancellation
Greatly improved scanning of FAT32 systems

Fixes
Random exception error messages when a disk was disconnected while navigating through the list of sources available for recovery
Multiple interface touchups throughout the app modules
An issue with adding identical folders to Clean Up, Data Shredder, and Find Duplicates modules
Now Clean Up and Data Shredder modules give out a warning when attempting to add an item that’s already on the list
Erroneous number of recovered files indicated upon recovery completion, if the destination drive was disconnected at some point of the recovery process
The S.M.A.R.T. module refreshing its data continuously
5.1.808

Feb 28, 2023

New
File recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
Faster scanning times thanks to new caching algorithms
Even more file signatures are now discovered by Deep Scan: TAR - Tape Archive files; ZPR, ZBR - Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC - Altium Designer; GED - GEDCOM Genealogy Data files; XCF - eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM - Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX - HotDocs answer files; SPP - Substance Painter Project; PRJPCB - Altium Designer project files; XHW - ChamSys MagicQ icon snapshot files; ARI, ARX - ARRIRAW images.
All previously connected Disk Images are reconnected upon Disk Drill restart

Improvements
Scan sessions are properly timestamped corresponding to users' computer regional settings
Disk Drill now shows even more details about lost partitions while scanning
Better detection of RAID arrays with missing drives
RAID arrays with an unidentified file system are labeled as RAW
Improved installation path verification
Refined scan results filters
Refined user interface and preview of recoverable files
A better logical presentation of available recovery destination drives
Improvements in Disk Drill's Dark Mode
Even more M1V files are now found during Deep Scan
Show in Explorer option navigates to partially created Disk Backup file (DMG) even when backup process was not completed
Deep Scan is even faster now thanks to enhancements in file and folder reconstruction algorithm
Lots of improvements in FAT32 data recovery
A more precise scan progress info, especially when dealing with larger files

Fixes
Fixed error while scanning for folders and files with lengthier paths (e.g. multiple subfolders)
Rare offline activation issues fixed
Certain values were not shown properly or not shown at all after loading a recent session
The app performance when devices are disconnected and reconnected during an ongoing scan
Minor interface glitches while adding items for recovery
The name of the scanned drive was not displayed after loading an interrupted scan session
The rare hidden system files filtering issues
Random app crash issues during the license activation
Untimely success message when an interrupted scan session was loaded
Recent session disk name display issues
Incorrect display of free space on RAID arrays available for saving the recovery results
Free Features
Basic
  • Data Protection
  • Boot Drive
  • macOS Installer
  • Data Backup
  • Data Clean Up
  • Data Shredder
  • Free Space Eraser
  • Duplicate Finder
Free Features Disk Drill Mac
Basic
  • FREE RECOVERY, UP TO 500 MB
  • All recovery methods with a cap
  • Recovery Vault data protection
  • Undelete protected data
  • Backup failing disks
Free Features Disk Drill Windows
Premium features (Buy Disk Drill for Mac and get the Windows version free)
PRO

US$89

  • 1 USER, UP TO 3 MACS
  • Quick & Deep Scan
  • Rebuild HFS+ Catalog
  • Lost Partition Search & more
  • All media types and file systems
PRO

US$89

  • UNLIMITED PERSONAL RECOVERY, 1 USER
  • Quick and Deep Scan
  • Lost partition search
  • All file systems (FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4 etc.)
Reconstructs 400+ file formats
Enterprise

US$499

  • 10 USERS, ∞ MACS
  • Full-featured commercial data recovery package with top-level support for the whole company.
Forensic data export (DFXML)
Enterprise

US$499

  • UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL RECOVERY
  • 10 users
  • All PRO features
  • Priority support

Disk Space: 1GB minimum space for Disk Drill Data Recovery installation

CPU: 64-bit (x86-64) compatible CPU 1.0 GHz or faster

RAM: at least 4GB

Disk Drill 5.x • macOS 10.15.7-13.x Direct Download
Disk Drill 4.7 • Mac OS X 10.11.6–macOS 12.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.8 • Mac OS X 10.9.5–macOS 10.15.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.7 • Mac OS X 10.8.5–10.9.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.4 • Mac OS X 10.6.8–10.8.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 1.8 • Mac OS X 10.5–10.6.7 Direct Download

Disk Space: 1GB minimum space for Disk Drill Data Recovery installation

CPU: 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86-64) compatible CPU 1.0 GHz or faster

RAM: at least 4GB

Disk Drill 5.x • Windows 10 64-bit/11 64-bit Direct Download
Disk Drill 4.5 • Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.0 • Windows XP & Vista Direct Download
Summary

Disk Drill for Mac

Disk Drill data recovery for Mac OS X locates and recovers deleted files from any mountable media like your main drive, external hard disk, memory cards, iPods, iPhones and Android devices, etc.

Release notes
View all release notes
5.1.1114

Jan 31, 2023

New
Faster scans for lost data thanks to new caching algorithms
Recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
Lots of new file signatures are now found by Deep Scan, including ZPR, ZBR – Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC – Altium Designer; GED – GEDCOM Genealogy Data File; XCF – eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM – Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX – HotDocs Answer Format files; SPP – Substance Painter project; PRJPCB – Altium Designer Project file; XHW – ChamSys MagicQ Icon Snapshots files; ARI – ARRIRAW images; ARX – ARRIRAW images; TAR – Tape Archive files.
Symlink support to recover data from iOS backups saved to external storage locations (including network and web-based ones)
iOS Backups can now be shown in Finder via right clic

Improvements
Fine-tuned Disk Drill interface responsiveness
Better recovery from SSD on M1, M2, and T2-based Macs
More details on lost partitions displayed while scanning
More app-specific files extracted during iOS recovery and placed into Accessible Files category in results
Disk Drill’s iOS data recovery module extracts more files with longer names (above 72 characters)
Improved scanning feedback for locked iOS 16+ devices
Visually improved hints for even easier navigation through the app
Greatly improved detection of RAID5 with EXT file system
Smoother start of iOS recovery thanks to preliminary disk space and device availability verification
Enhanced preview with even more information about found folders
More intuitive support for native macOS hotkey combos
Better recovery chances prediction for APFS drives
A more on-point icons design in dark mode
A more responsive iOS scan cancellation
Greatly improved scanning of FAT32 systems

Fixes
Random exception error messages when a disk was disconnected while navigating through the list of sources available for recovery
Multiple interface touchups throughout the app modules
An issue with adding identical folders to Clean Up, Data Shredder, and Find Duplicates modules
Now Clean Up and Data Shredder modules give out a warning when attempting to add an item that’s already on the list
Erroneous number of recovered files indicated upon recovery completion, if the destination drive was disconnected at some point of the recovery process
The S.M.A.R.T. module refreshing its data continuously
System requirements

Disk Space: 1GB minimum space for Disk Drill Data Recovery installation

CPU: 64-bit (x86-64) compatible CPU 1.0 GHz or faster

RAM: at least 4GB

Disk Drill 5.x • macOS 10.15.7-13.x Direct Download
Disk Drill 4.7 • Mac OS X 10.11.6–macOS 12.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.8 • Mac OS X 10.9.5–macOS 10.15.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.7 • Mac OS X 10.8.5–10.9.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.4 • Mac OS X 10.6.8–10.8.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 1.8 • Mac OS X 10.5–10.6.7 Direct Download
Free Features
Basic
  • Data Protection
  • Boot Drive
  • macOS Installer
  • Data Backup
  • Data Clean Up
  • Data Shredder
  • Free Space Eraser
  • Duplicate Finder
Free Features Disk Drill Mac
Premium features (Buy Disk Drill for Mac and get the Windows version free)
PRO

US$89

  • 1 USER, UP TO 3 MACS
  • Quick & Deep Scan
  • Rebuild HFS+ Catalog
  • Lost Partition Search & more
  • All media types and file systems
Enterprise

US$499

  • 10 USERS, ∞ MACS
  • Full-featured commercial data recovery package with top-level support for the whole company.
Forensic data export (DFXML)

Disk Drill for Windows

Disk Drill can recover any deleted file if it hasn't been overwritten: photos, music, documents, archives, application specific OS X and Windows formats.

Release notes
View all release notes
5.1.808

Feb 28, 2023

New
File recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
Faster scanning times thanks to new caching algorithms
Even more file signatures are now discovered by Deep Scan: TAR - Tape Archive files; ZPR, ZBR - Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC - Altium Designer; GED - GEDCOM Genealogy Data files; XCF - eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM - Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX - HotDocs answer files; SPP - Substance Painter Project; PRJPCB - Altium Designer project files; XHW - ChamSys MagicQ icon snapshot files; ARI, ARX - ARRIRAW images.
All previously connected Disk Images are reconnected upon Disk Drill restart

Improvements
Scan sessions are properly timestamped corresponding to users' computer regional settings
Disk Drill now shows even more details about lost partitions while scanning
Better detection of RAID arrays with missing drives
RAID arrays with an unidentified file system are labeled as RAW
Improved installation path verification
Refined scan results filters
Refined user interface and preview of recoverable files
A better logical presentation of available recovery destination drives
Improvements in Disk Drill's Dark Mode
Even more M1V files are now found during Deep Scan
Show in Explorer option navigates to partially created Disk Backup file (DMG) even when backup process was not completed
Deep Scan is even faster now thanks to enhancements in file and folder reconstruction algorithm
Lots of improvements in FAT32 data recovery
A more precise scan progress info, especially when dealing with larger files

Fixes
Fixed error while scanning for folders and files with lengthier paths (e.g. multiple subfolders)
Rare offline activation issues fixed
Certain values were not shown properly or not shown at all after loading a recent session
The app performance when devices are disconnected and reconnected during an ongoing scan
Minor interface glitches while adding items for recovery
The name of the scanned drive was not displayed after loading an interrupted scan session
The rare hidden system files filtering issues
Random app crash issues during the license activation
Untimely success message when an interrupted scan session was loaded
Recent session disk name display issues
Incorrect display of free space on RAID arrays available for saving the recovery results
System requirements

Disk Space: 1GB minimum space for Disk Drill Data Recovery installation

CPU: 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86-64) compatible CPU 1.0 GHz or faster

RAM: at least 4GB

Disk Drill 5.x • Windows 10 64-bit/11 64-bit Direct Download
Disk Drill 4.5 • Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.0 • Windows XP & Vista Direct Download
Free Features
Basic
  • FREE RECOVERY, UP TO 500 MB
  • All recovery methods with a cap
  • Recovery Vault data protection
  • Undelete protected data
  • Backup failing disks
Free Features Disk Drill Windows
Premium features (Buy Disk Drill for Mac and get the Windows version free)
PRO

US$89

  • UNLIMITED PERSONAL RECOVERY, 1 USER
  • Quick and Deep Scan
  • Lost partition search
  • All file systems (FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4 etc.)
Reconstructs 400+ file formats
Enterprise

US$499

  • UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL RECOVERY
  • 10 users
  • All PRO features
  • Priority support
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Mac App Icon
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Site Icon for Mac
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Windows App Icon
Windows App Icon
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Boxshot for Windows
Boxshot for Windows
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Screenshots
Disk list on Mac OS
Welcome to Disk Drill for Mac
Searching for lost data in Disk Drill for Windows
Enumerating available devices in Disk Drill for Windows

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Disk Drill for Mac

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Disk list on Mac OS
Welcome to Disk Drill for Mac

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Disk Drill for Windows

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Windows App Icon
Windows App Icon
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Boxshot for Windows
Boxshot for Windows
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Searching for lost data in Disk Drill for Windows
Enumerating available devices in Disk Drill for Windows

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