RecoveryTool
The facts below are what the maker publishes about RecoveryTool, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From RecoveryTool's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| RecoveryTool | Free | GPL v3 open-source software |
The facts
Each one read from RecoveryTool's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- FAT32 recovery
- Its FAT32 parser recursively reads the root directory to find files and directories, saving deleted files and handling long filenames.checked 12 Oct 2026
- FAT32 support
- Its FAT32 parser searches recursively from the root directory and handles long filenames.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File validation
- Apache Tika compares recovered file MIME data with the original record's extension to check whether the file matches the expected format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists Apache Tika for analyzing recovered NTFS file MIME data and FlatLAF for theming Swing components.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface library
- FlatLAF is used to provide a theme for the application's Swing components.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface technology
- The project describes FlatLAF as providing a theme for the application’s Swing components.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is identified as open source under GPL v3.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Non-contiguous files
- It parses resident and non-resident 0x80 attributes to allow recovery of non-contiguous files of arbitrary length stored across a drive.checked 12 Oct 2026
- NTFS recovery
- Its NTFS parser reads the boot sector and MFT records and parses attributes 0x10, 0x30, and 0x80.checked 12 Oct 2026
- NTFS support
- Its NTFS parser reads boot sectors and MFT records, including resident and non-resident data attributes for non-contiguous files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The software uses multithreading to reduce scanning, processing, and recovery times.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Progress and logging
- The software provides real-time progress bars and an optional logging component that outputs information while a drive is scanned and processed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RecoveryTool is open source file recovery software written in Java that detects deleted files and recovers their data from NTFS and FAT32 file systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recovery destination
- The application displays a custom error when a user tries to save recovered files on the drive being recovered.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recovery safeguard
- It displays a custom error message when a user tries to save recovered files to the same drive being recovered.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recovery sources
- drives or partitions; NTFS and FAT32 file systemschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Results management
- Deleted files are shown in a sortable, searchable, filterable table where users select files to recover.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scanning performance
- The software uses multithreading to reduce scanning, processing, and recovery times.checked 12 Oct 2026
- User interface
- Deleted files appear in a table that supports sorting, searching, and filtering, and users select files to recover using row checkboxes.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
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