Windows Data Recovery Software to Recover Data from Windows 11/10/8/7

Professional and cost-free solution for efficient Windows data recovery

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Recover and restore lost, missing, or deleted files, folders, Office documents, media files, and emails from corrupt Windows partitions, and removable devices like USB drives, Micro SD cards, SD cards, external hard drives & more.

Scan Windows system hard drives for corruption, bad sectors, & errors

Recover even deleted data from disks, partitions, & sectors

Display recovered data and save it at a specified location

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Top use cases for Kernel Windows Data Recovery

Recover Windows data from formatted, corrupted, and encrypted drives

When your critical Windows data is lost due to drive formatting, corruption, or encryption, our Kernel for Windows Data Recovery tool becomes a reliable solution. Effortlessly recover files from formatted, corrupted, and encrypted drives with complete data integrity. Trust our tool to navigate through these challenges, ensuring your valuable data is restored promptly and with ease.

Recover accidentally deleted or lost data from any Windows Server

Encounter the loss of large-sized or accidentally deleted data across various Windows versions? Look no further than our Kernel for Windows Data Recovery tool. During the scan for inaccessible data, it efficiently recovers deleted files, highlighting them in red within the preview pane for easy identification and retrieval. Offering support for all Windows Operating Systems, our tool guarantees a reliable solution for data recovery.

Support lost, partitioned, damaged, and virus attack Hard disk data recovery

When faced with lost, damaged, or virus-affected data on your hard disk, rely on Kernel for Windows Data Recovery tool. Whether it's accidental file deletion, boot sector corruption, or partition re-formatting, our tool is programmed to revive your valuable data. Offering rapid recovery for files and folders from both logical and physical drives, it ensures a comprehensive solution for hard disk-related data troubles.

Explore software’s key capabilities

Kernel for Windows Data Recovery tool can effectively recover data from devices/drives because of these extraordinary features.

Lost & inaccessible file recovery

Recover lost and inaccessible, accidental file deletion, boot sector corruption, deletion/re-formatting of a hard disk partition, hard disk crash/corruption, etc., with ease. It allows rapid recovery of all files and folders from both logical and physical drives.

Preview files & folders

View your recovered files and folders right after the recovery in the featured preview pane. It supports more than 70 file formats to let you preview different types of files (like emails, photos, docs, databases, and media files) within the tool.

Recovery from removable drives

Recover your lost data files from internal & external storage devices like pen drives, Micro SD cards, SD cards, and SATA drives. It can retrieve all data files from removable drives when connected to your Windows PC.

Find files option

Search out your required files to find out specific types of files in the scanned data. The “Find” option allows you to overcome the tedious task of searching out specific file(s) based on a definite file format.

Easy option to configure the settings

Customize your scanning with the selective method. With precise control, you can set individual sectors to be read in one attempt, rename, overwrite, or skip the duplicate files, or exclude deleted files from recovered files.

File filters

Filter different types of files using the 'file filter' option of the software. You can also define multiple file types at once (such as .jpeg, .doc, .jpeg), and the tool will display all the files falling in the specified pattern.

Deleted file recovery

Recover deleted/permanently deleted files and folders from your device/drivers. When the tool scans for inaccessible data, it also recovers the deleted files and enlists them in the preview pane in red color so users can identify them.

Recovery of all file formats

Utilize the tool’s advanced algorithms to recover files of any format like audio, images, e-books, documents, etc. After recovery, files will be automatically viewed in the preview section. It can save selected items to the selective format in the original hierarchy.

Multiple retries on a bad sector

Configure the tool’s settings to manage the recovery as per your needs. If there is a severely corrupt sector, then you can scan it multiple times. You can go up to 10 retries for a single bad sector.

Pause & resume recovery

Run the recovery procedure multiple times for a sizable drive or disk. After running a scan of any type, you can take a snapshot of the recovery process and save it for future use.

Frequently asked questions

How to recover Windows data with Kernel for Windows Data Recovery?

Windows data recovery is now possible in a few simple steps. Follow the mentioned steps one by one:

Download>Install>start Kernel for Windows Data Recovery software.
Select a recovery scan mode in regard to the level of the issue you are facing.
Select the logical drive containing lost or damaged data and click Next.
The software starts scanning for deleted files, and you can preview the recovered items before saving.
Click on the Recover button to save the data at the desired location.

How does “File Trace” mode differ from “Deep Scan” mode?

As the name suggests, the “File Trace” mode is the most advanced scanning mode and conducts a detailed scanning of hard disk sector by sector and searches for lost data. On the contrary, “Deep Scan” conducts scanning of entire drive to perform a precise recovery, but it proves worthwhile when you are not satisfied with the results obtained by “Quick Scan” mode.

Is it possible to run multiple scans and resume the exact process where it was paused?

Yes, run as many system scans as you wish, one after the other. To resume the exact process, save the snapshot of each scan executed and load it whenever needed.

I formatted a volume on my PC last week. Can I recover the formatted drive data with this software?

The software is programmed to handle formatted, corrupted, or damaged external & internal hard drives, etc., efficiently.

Using this software, is it possible to search out and restore specific types of files?

Definitely, with this software, you can search out and restore specific types of file(s). The tool is well integrated with Find File(s) option that, in turn, allows you to find a specific file or files based on a specific file type from thousands of restored files and save them respectively at the desired location.

What is the key function of the “Save Snapshot” function?

This option facilitates you to save the scanning procedure of your corrupted hard drive when you require scanning the same drive again and again. However, please do note that the “Save Snapshot” option is disabled by default and it will be enabled only after the files get recovered and displayed by the tool.

Is it possible to recover the select file(s)/folder(s) that were deleted?

Yes, once the Scan process completes, select the file(s)/folder(s) by clicking on the checkbox button, and initiate recovery.

Is it possible to confirm file(s)/folder(s) recovery, before I make the tool purchase?

Yes, you can preview file(s) and folder item(s) to ensure tools’ workability before making the final buy.

Can I retrieve an email file with Windows data recovery software?

Yes, you can retrieve and restore deleted emails with Kernel for Windows Data Recovery software quickly.

Is it possible to recover lost/deleted multimedia file(s)/folder(s)?

Absolutely. You can scan the drive which had the file(s)/folder(s) stored and upon process completion, all file(s)/folder(s) will appear on-screen, including multimedia content.

What MVP say

Akfash Ahamed, Microsoft MVP

I was working on a presentation for a client, the PPT had reached about 21 slides when the catastrophe happened . Suddenly my computer threw a BSOD and restarted. I logged in to my computer and could not access my data hard drive.” Read full review

Justin Vendette, Microsoft MVP

Welcome to my review of NTFS DATA Recovery Software by Kernel Data Recovery. Throughout this review, I will be covering following topics: user interface, functionality, and my overall thoughts. I would like to thank Kernel for this software.”

Kapil Sparks, Microsoft MVP

It’s the Kernel Windows Data Recovery tool from Nucleus Technologies. The software is bit capable and smartly housed to fetch the data from bad sectors of the drive. I tested the tool on Windows 10 build and it worked perfectly so far.” Read full review

Eduardo Sena, Microsoft MVP

Ai começou a minha busca por uma ferramenta para fazer o recovery dos dados do disco já formatado e com o novo Sistema instalado, após procurar e testar varias ferramentas eu encontrei uma fantástica chamada Kernel for Windows Data Recovery.”

Keshava GN, Microsoft MVP

One of my friend, who was working in a government office, suddenly called and asked me suggest a data recovery software. So I started searching a bit on recovery software online. I came across Kernel for Windows Data Recovery.” Read full review

Software Prerequisites & recommendations

About Software

Version: 17.0

Release Date: Nov 2017

License Type: Home, Corporate & Technician

System Requirements

Hard Disk: 50 MB of disk space

Memory: 128 MB Minimum

Processor: Intel® Pentium Processor compatible (x86, x64) or equivalent

Operating System: Windows 365, 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95 and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003