DMDE’s free option is worth testing out and its paid options add even more features to the mix.
Eschewing a flashy website, DMDE – DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software gets down to business by telling you exactly what to expect from its no-nonsense recovery tool. With five license options beyond the free tool, DMDE is a bit of a mystery, offering multiple languages in its website (including French and Russian) but no clue as to its origins, other than launching in 2008. Its « About » page only explains the software, rather than the company and developers. Sales support is available in Canada and the USA, although both agencies appear to be operating under license, with different websites. All of this makes DMDE rather enigmatic. That mystery aside, how well does DMDE recover your lost files? DMDE is available in multiple editions. Before purchasing, the developer recommends using the free edition to « make sure you are able to recover and open necessary files. » DMDE Free Edition can recover up to 4000 files at a time which makes it useful in small scale recovery jobs. This is less useful for recovering disks and partitions, however, which is where the paid options come in. Five different licenses are available, scaled to specific uses. An Express one-year license is $20 (£14.85), whereas a Standard license for DMDE is $48 (£29.69). Both options are for a single operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux). There is also a Standard license for multiple operating systems ($67.20/£41.65). DMDE Professional is $95.00 (£58.70) for one OS, or $133 (£82.19) for multiple operating systems. DMDE also offers a discount for multiple licenses. Using DMDE Free Edition to recover data gives you the option to recover up to 4000 files at a time. It also offers partition management as well as disk imaging and cloning. DMDE Free Edition finds lost data via a thorough volume search, and the disk editor lets you navigate and browse various disk structures.
