SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor

If you have erased or formatted your hard drive by mistake without having it first backed up, then your best bet is to try and recover as much data as you can with the help of specialized recovery software solutions.
One such application is called Partition Doctor and, thanks to its advanced set of features, can help you recover data from broken partitions, corrupted hard drives, crippled memory cards, and even formatted disks.
Before anything, we would like to say that as competent as Partition Doctor might be, there is no guarantee that it will be fully able to recover your data.

Straightforward installation and scan processes

This said, once you the application undergoes its simple and swift installation process, it can be easily launched via its designated executable file. Upon first starting the utility, you are greeted not by the app's main window but by a Disk Recovery Wizard compact window instead.
The wizard is certainly one of the app's most useful features, especially if you are a novice user, as it guides you through the entire process without you even having to be accustomed to the app.

Intuitive recovery wizard

In just a few words, you are first required to select the disk that needs to be scanned, then pick one of the presented recovery options and, finally, choose the exact types of files you want to recover or go with the recommended option of searching for the most popular ones.
The application scans the target disk for lost files and, once it is done, it automatically creates a virtual image of the recovered section, in order to ensure more stability while working with potentially corrupt files.

Recover lost files and possibly fix damaged structures with the help of this app

Please note that length of the process is directly proportional to the size of the target disk. It is also noteworthy that Partition Doctor bundles a set of tools meant to fix corrupt hard drives and restore access to damaged disks.
As you can imagine, the efficiency of these tools are highly affected by the severity of the damage and, as we have mentioned before, there is really no guarantee that they can be of real help in extreme cases.

Versatile and highly novice-accessible data recovery tool

All in all, Partition Doctor is a user-friendly and useful piece of software that should come in handy when it comes to restoring files, folders, system structures and partitions such as NTFS, MFT, MBR, FAT, HFS, and EXT.