Recover any type of deleted files in Windows including Office documents, messages, and media files quickly and easily. Disk Drill for Windows is free data recovery software that restores deleted files from an HDD, USB drive or any kind of disk-based storage media with just a few clicks.

If you have lost or deleted important data from your device, this free data recovery software for Windows can get it back fast. Its intuitive user interface makes it easy to recover your lost files. Some of its features include:

  • Free data recovery of up to 500 MB
  • Free data protection with Recovery Vault
  • Free byte-level backups of your storage media
  • Preview lost files before performing a recovery

Using this data recovery software for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP or Vista, you can recover deleted data from virtually any type of storage devices. The list of supported ones includes your computer's internal hard disk, external USB drives, SD and CF cards, other memory cards, digital cameras, solid state drives (SSD), flash drives, etc.

Also available for macOS

Do you need to recover deleted files in macOS, such as critical business documents, music, photos or videos? Have files or whole partitions gone missing from your Mac? Are you having trouble accessing an external USB drive or camera card? We can help. We make data recovery for macOS easy.

Recover All File Formats

Recover any file or folder or reconstruct 200+ file types with multiple recovery methods.

All Major Devices Supported

Connect your storage device & recover data in minutes. Disk Drill supports iOS and Android recovery as well.

No Expert Skills Needed

Download Disk Drill, a do-it-yourself data recovery app. Just one "Recover" button to get it all done.

Deep Scan of T2 and M-series Macs

As a comprehensive data recovery app, Disk Drill requires low-level access to storage devices. The macOS operating system gives such a privileged level of access only to the most trusted software, and Disk Drill is the only solution of its kind that can recover deleted data not only from external drives but also system disks connected to Macs with T2 and M1 chips.

Time Machine Backups and Snapshots

Permanently deleted files that have become overwritten by new data can still be recovered from existing backups, and Disk Drill makes this easier with its ability to parse Time Machine backup disks and scan local Time Machine snapshots.

Time Machine backup disks are external or network-attached storage devices where incremental backups of files are saved. Such disks are automatically detected by Disk Drill, and you can scan them with a simple click. Local Time Machine snapshots, on the other hand, are saved on the system drive when backup disks are not available, and Disk Drill processes by default.

Native Apple Silicon Compatibility

Since their introduction in November 2020, Macs with ARM-based M1 chips have become wildly popular among consumers thanks to their remarkable energy efficiency and performance. However, the new architecture breaks compatibility with apps designed exclusively for Intel-based Macs, forcing their users to rely on a dynamic binary translator called Rosetta 2.

The latest version of Disk Drill is fully optimized for both older Intel-based Macs and the latest Macs with M1 chips, allowing it always reliably and quickly retrieve lost data from any storage device that's compatible with macOS.

Disk Drill achieves the necessary level of access by deploying its own kernel extension (known as kext). The extension allows Disk Drill developers to load code directly into the macOS kernel, which is the core part of the operating system.

Free Disk Drill can scan and recover data from virtually any storage device --- including internal Macintosh hard drives, external hard drives, cameras, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android devices, USB flash drives, Kindles, and memory cards.

In many cases, Disk Drill can read your device even if it is failing, unreadable, or has lost a partition. Combining several powerful scanning algorithms, Disk Drill provides a complete Mac data recovery solution.

Platform Independent

Disk Drill is powered by multiple data recovery algorithms that read NTFS, FAT32, EXT, HFS+ and many other file systems. Even obscure file types are accessible using our software.

Fixed & Mobile Storage

Recover your lost data on system disks and external devices, including all types of memory cards and USB drives. If you can connect it to your computer, Disk Drill can find your lost data.

Recover All File Formats

Recover any file or folder or reconstruct 200+ file types with multiple recovery methods.

Quick and Simple

Disk Drill tells you if your files can be recovered for free. Just a few files deleted? 500MB of free data recovery on us!

What's New

Windows 5.4.844 and macOS 5.4.1426:

Disk Drill 5.4 is a minor update, but it brings a lot to the table – free up disk space with new Clean Up module; detect more file types, encrypted and unencrypted alike; enjoy even more stable performance.

New

  • Introducing the Clean Up module that will keep your drives clutter-free
  • New look for Disk Drill icons and visuals
  • Significant updates for S.M.A.R.T. monitoring module: added support for AMD RAIDXpert2, Intel VROC, JMicron USB RAID, Sandisk/WD CloudSpeed Gen II SSD, as well as other 16 devices
  • Disk Drill's Deep Scan can now recover MBS (Opera Mailbox File), Notes Template Facility (NTF) files, and EML (electronic mail format or email saved in plain text) files

Windows 5.3.826:

New

  • We've added a global scan ETA indicator. Previously, only Deep Scan had an estimated time shown, now you can see how much time the whole process from the very beginning is estimated to take
  • Hide duplicate files in scan results with a new filter
  • Now all recovered files can be saved in a single folder disregarding how they were structured before data loss
  • New file signatures supported by Deep Scan – GZ, TGZ, ALS, FC (FlipaClip: 2D Animation creation app)
  • Scan sessions created in Disk Drill 4 are not supported by Disk Drill 5 anymore

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

macOS 5.2.1215:

New

  • Added a global scan ETA indicator. Previously, only Deep Scan had an estimated time shown, now you can see how much time the whole process from the very beginning is estimated to take
  • iOS data recovery: Chat history from iOS messengers, including Viber, WeChat, kik, WhatsApp, Line, and Skype, is now extracted and categorized comprehensively in scan results
  • New file signatures supported by Deep Scan – GZ, TGZ, ALS, FC (FlipaClip: 2D Animation creation app)
  • Recovery of iOS voicemails and voice memos
  • The "Find Duplicates" module now offers the preview panel with thumbnails