DiskDigger FAQ
This is an FAQ for DiskDigger, a (hopefully awesome) data recovery application. Forgive the brevity of this list. It will grow in the near future, I promise. No, really.
What operating systems does it support?
Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 and higher, Windows Vista, and the latest betas of Windows 7. Limited testing has been done on 64-bit versions of Windows, but I don't foresee any major issues.
What kind of license is it under?
DiskDigger is freeware (free for personal and commercial use (although donations are encouraged!)). For the complete license, please download the Zip file and read the license file therein.
Is it open-source?
No, it's not. At least not for now. I may, however, release the source to the community in the future.
What file systems does it support?
DiskDigger has its own internal support for reading FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS file systems.
Is it portable?
The entire program is just a single executable file that you can run from anywhere. There's nothing to "install," and the program doesn't leave any trace of having been run.
Can you add feature X? Can you add support for file format Y?
I would be happy to! Just send me an e-mail with a detailed description of the feature(s) that you would like to see in future versions of the program. Hey, do you know what would really motivate me to work on your feature request? A donation!
May 7th, 2009 at 1:49 am
can this program recover Microsoft Word 2007 file?
thanks
May 19th, 2009 at 6:58 am
External Exception EEFFACE error when recovering AVIs from an external HDD.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Hi, cool piece of software, it was featured on a Finnish computer site http://www.tietokone.fi/softa/tiedosto.asp?id=13706 as software of the day.
Personally, I would hugely appreciate if you released the source, I'd be very interested in taking a peek.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I have created a Bootable DVD with Diskdigger.exe to recover files from a Drive that won't boot, but is mostly readable.
I get the error that This program must be run under Win32.
Is there a DOS version for these conditions?
September 12th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Are there any limits on the size of disk that DiskDigger can recover? (It seems to halt at around 128Gb on a 250Gb disk).
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
does diskdigger find ACC files?
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 am
*AAC
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
*recover AAC
September 29th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
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October 29th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Great App! Just curious. I've recovered several JPG files from a drive and they all seem to be at the same size...about 2" x 2". I was told these were originally 640x480 resolution. Is the file reduced when recovered? Thanks!
November 8th, 2009 at 2:36 am
MAIN PROBLEM IS, ALL THE RETRIEVED FILES DO NOT HAVE THEIR
PREVIOUS NAMES TO RECOGNIZE OR SORT OUT. THESE ARE LIKE THIS........
SECTOR197671
SECTOR198887
SAME FOR ALL WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT, PDF, JPG, VIDEO FILES.
THAT MEANS I WILL HAVE TO RENAME AGAIN ALL THE FILES ONE BY ONE.
THE PREVIOUS OF DATES OF ALL THE FILES WHEN THESE WERE FIRST MADE
ARE ALSO GONE. SO I CAN NOT SORT OUT BY DATES.
PL. ADV.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Questions! I ran diskdigger on an external hard drive with a bad sector via usb 2. The scan took a couple weeks. 1st question is, is that normal?
Now it told me that the scan is complete but has not yet provided me with the list of files, I know they are there. This disk is still spinning so something is going on , second question, is there another process that diskdigger has to run through to produce the list or is something wrong? Any advice would be much appreciated!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Diskdigger is fantastic!
Urgent request...can you allow deeper scans to pick up .ISO file types???
I got a system that failed, but diskdigger was able to recover many files...I only have left to get
is a video .ISO I created...I spend large hours working on this video.
Hope diskdigger can search for .ISO file types soon!!
November 18th, 2009 at 4:38 am
woohooo!!! u save my day!!! thank you so much! i recover all the photos i needed!!!
December 24th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Is it possible to determine from the "Sector Location" values of recovered files how long a file is? For example, if the first file found by Disk Digger is at Sector Location 960, and the second file found is at Sector Location 20992, can the length of the file be calculated?
December 26th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
How I do I use this on my SD memory card?
December 26th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Plug your memory card into a card reader, then plug the card reader into your computer. It should then show up in DiskDigger.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Hi again,
I used to have some pictures on my Sd card that were taken on my old Samsung phone around 2006. I cannot find them at all using diskdigger! How can I get them back?????
PLEASE HELP!
January 9th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Hi,
this is a great tool, but can you add to search outlook.pst (Mail Documents)please?
Thanks
January 18th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Can you add functionality to "wipe" found deleted files?
When files are undeleted, you are writing it to a new area on the disk, rather than leaving it where it is - which means I can't permanently delete the deleted file by deleting the restored file with a wiper program (which writes random data over the file).
March 7th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
The last comment from Greg is the only thing missing from this great program. Diskdigger has recovered 2 files (jpg) on my system that I cannot find the location of. I want to securely delete these files but am unable to do so. The option to delete from within the program would be a bonus.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:04 am
How do i recover my deleted messages(sms) with diskdigger?
What should i type(keyword) in search criteria.I want:
1. To Recover InBox Sms from Sim card.
2. To Recover OutBox Later Sent SMS from Sim Card.
3. To Recover deleted SMS from Sim Card
March 21st, 2010 at 6:18 am
I cannot seem to get any data to show from recovered .docx files. Only .doc will show a preview and save, the .docx will save but is 0 bytes. Is there something I'm missing or any pointers that can be given for this? I'm desperate to get this file, its a uni assignment!
March 21st, 2010 at 10:43 am
Can it recover files from a Windows 2008 server drive? These drives don't show in the Select Drive window. Thanks
April 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Can anyone tell me what can I do when diskdigger tells me it is "unable to determine file size" and then prompts me to enter a number of bytes to recover? Thanks!
April 25th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
i have the same problem as rutkus, it asks me to enter a number when i save the videos it recovered from my camera's memory card(which got wiped when it malfunctioned..the few pics i took at my best friends mom's wedding were found, but i mostly took videos and i can't get any of those to work), no matter what i enter the videos do not work..am i completely screwed here?
April 29th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I have run the program on an accidentally formatted Sony Memory Stick, and I can see the list of JPG files in the left window, I have selected them all and saved them to a safe place on my hard drive. Though each file appears to be 0 bytes and holds no data. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just not finding the actualy photos I want to recover?
May 20th, 2010 at 11:16 am
your application appears to recover sectors, but not file names. it
appears to recover file extensions, but the files are not openable.
hmm. what's the problem?
May 20th, 2010 at 11:18 am
also, when the application says it is finished (the surface search), the
"continue" button does not highlight, and other than "save", there are
no further options... what's up?
May 26th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
I downloaded diskdigger and found the files I wanted to recover - only to find that even though it SEEMED like they have been recovered - none of them were actually working meaning there was no files to be seen when I open them. That's very frustrating so right now I am not impressed at all.
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
I also get External Exception EEFFACE error when recovering AVIs. Disappointing.