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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 21st, 2026 # Reviews of Disk Drill Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 3.4 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-12 of 12 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use R Reviewer Life Coach Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Best Kept Secret for keeping computer clean" March 10, 2026 5.0 It's pretty awesome. I really appreciate the value for the money and will continue using the free version as long as possible. Pros By far the ease of use keeps me using this program. I truly feel as if it is helping keep my computer clear to function smoothly and efficiently. Cons I still wonder if "Time Machine" needs to be a part of it and I am fearful of a lot of other options I am uneducated in utilizing. Review Source R Reviewer Studente Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Recensione Disk Drill da studente" February 25, 2025 5.0 Pros Utilizzo ormai da qualche anno questo software, l'ho installato la prima volta dopo aver avuto un problema con gli Hard Disk collegati a un server, il sistema operativo non leggeva gli HD e il programma è riuscito a recuperare ogni singolo file, da quel momento lo tengo installato e, con il passare degli anni, ho scoperto che ogni tanto può sempre essere utile. Inoltre è compatibile sia per MacOS sia per Windows presenta molte funzioni riguardo all'integrità delle unità di memoria sia interne che esterne al dispositivo. Cons Non ho trovato particolari lati negativi riguardo a questo software Review Source R Reviewer Associate Pastor Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Good potential, but you will pay for it. " March 28, 2025 3.0 I was hopefull because of the ease of use in the GUI for Disk Drill to be able to recover some critical files. However, after going through part of the process they then hit you will a software charge. Pros I like the fact that Disk Drill is able to uncover deleted or lost files. Cons I do not like the fact that they offer this by default on Mac and yet you have to pay for it to recover anything at all. Review Source R Reviewer Executive Director Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Disk Drill is a life saver - Recovered important client video files I thought were totally gone " October 26, 2021 5.0 I was in a complete panic when I bought Disk Drill. I shot video on three cameras and three mics for a seminar recording. Something happened to one of the SD cards, and my most needed camera angle just disappeared. The SD card was showing up blank. I very badly needed to get that footage rather than crawl back to the client and ask for a re-shoot (for something that was very hard to schedule). Disk Drill was easy to find, buy and download, and within an hour or so I had the lost files back. It was the biggest relief I've felt from a file loss error in a long long time. Pros It was relatively affordable, and was worth more than every penny. It did it's job wonderfully, and recovered all of the lost video files I needed on a corrupted SD card . This software literally saved me a few thousand dollars and kept me from having to schedule a re-shoot with a high profile client organization. It was intuitive and easy to use. Most importantly, it did the job I needed it to, perfectly. Cons The files were a little tricky to locate after the extraction from deep within the SD card, and there were some duplicates. End of the day though I found everything I needed. Review Source Jonathan A. Attorney Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "My Disk Drill Experience" March 10, 2022 5.0 Works as described. A highly recommended buy "just because" in the event of data loss, hard drive stops working etc.. It's better to have because you never know. Pros \- Modern UI - Feature rich; data loss recovery, duplicate file finder, data protection, smart monitoring and disk clean up - Data loss recovery tech/algorithms are God sent. If you have an old hardd rive that has seemed to "have given up" or become corrupted, disk drill is a must have to recovery files, photographs, documents etc... from the drive. Cons The software's SMART monitoring feature didn't seem to recognize the original NVME ssd in a Macbook Air 2013 for TRIM purposes. Review Source R Reviewer Qa Software Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "False Promise Software" October 16, 2023 1.0 Disappointment. like I said, I bought this in hopes of recovering at least some pieces of data and have recovered none. Pros Its scans quickly. you can sort the data by category and file size. Cons I haven't been able to recover a single piece of data using this software. Analytics is shared with the company (CLEVERFILES INC) by default. doesn't ask about sharing data on install. not only do they enable it by default but it's under your nose, i only realize they were taking data from me when i was looking through the settings. Review Source İsmail İ. Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Recover Mac disk on Windows PC !" September 23, 2021 5.0 I think that a very clever algorithm is used to investigate lost files and directories. Pros I like the best feature that even Old Mac-formatted external disk easily recovered from windows machine. Cons I noticed that, may user interface needs some enhancements to use the software intuitively and much easily. Review Source Murtaza I. Manager IT Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "MacOS Data Recovery" April 11, 2022 5.0 Pros Disk Drill is one of the best data recovery software available for Mac. The good thing about it is you get a preview before restoring the files either an image or a video all the previews are available with a few clicks. Disk Drill supports many file extensions to recover the data, including Databases and Microsoft Office files. You can save the session and restore it at any time without going back to the scratch and scan again, the session will load up quickly. Cons The only thing I didn't like about this software was the mistakenly deleted files of WhatsApp backup were not adequately restored it showed the audio files extension as ogg and they were not playable or preview wasn't available. Review Source R Reviewer directeur de recherche Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "à fuir !" January 11, 2023 1.0 horrible Pros aucun le logiciel ne fonctionne pas contrairement à ce qui était annoncé Cons j'ai acheté ce logiciel pour récupérer des données de carte SD GoPro, les fichiers ont été retrouvés mais illisible. j'ai contacté le support et aucune solution. j'ai demandé à être remboursé mais aucune réponse. A fuir pour la récupération de données ! Review Source R Reviewer Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Disk Drill saved my priceless photos!" July 25, 2022 5.0 It worked perfectly. Pros It was easy to use and it recovered all of my photos that my camera lost. Cons Nothing! It did just what it promised. It was a miracle. Other photographers need to know about it! Review Source R Reviewer Gérante Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "ARNAQUE A FUIR" November 27, 2024 1.0 Ils se cachent dans le fait de devoir regarder fichier par fichier dans la formule basique avant de payer. J'ai regarder des dossiers au hasard dans la multitude de fichiers que je devais récupérer et malheureusement rien ne s'est passé comme prévu. J'ai payé la formule pro pour absolument aucun résultat, les fichiers trouvés et restaurés n'étaient pas bons et inutilisables. Allez voir les concurrents comme Recuva plutôt qu'eux. Je suis outrée par leur comportement et aucun remboursement possible, vraiment à FUIR!! Pros Aucun ce n'est pas intuitif, vous pensez pouvoir vous fier aux miniature mais en cas de soucis on vous sort un panel de vérifications à faire avant tout achat Cons Les fichiers récupérés sont inutilisables Review Source R Reviewer Dueño Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Disk Drill Experiencia Optima" October 4, 2022 5.0 10 de 10. Pros Funcionalidad perfecta,recuperación de documentos,fotos,archivosen iOS,Mac Pro,Android y hasta Windows optimización de copias de seguridad. Cons Creo que no tiene defecto alguno en su creación y su relación funcionalidad. 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