DiskDigger will Dig beneath the file system to recover data on a sector-by¬sector basis from hard drives, thumb drives, and so on. DiskDigger couldn't be easier to use. Select a drive, select the types of files to be recovered then click next. We actually had a brand new partition-trashed hard drive on hand to test DiskDigger with. To be honest, we weren't expecting a free program to recognise the hard drive, Jet alone recover data from it. It found files - and recovered them.

Our only complaint wIth DiskDigger is that if the type of file you're looking to recover using a sector scan isn't in the DiskDigger's list, it won't find it. Common types that are missing are Outlook personal folders and text files. There should be a "*.*" option or the ability to define file types. Still, many common file types are there and that should cover the majority of home users.