... guys, I really need some help here. I recently formatted my 10-year-old Acer laptop (Windows 10, mechanical HDD) and lost around 300GB of irreplaceable photos and videos. I scanned it with DiskDrill and the files are all there, but I just can't afford the Pro upgrade right now. I know my data is still safe on the drive, but I'm feeling a bit lost on what to use instead. Could anyone recommend a genuinely free ...

... formatted but I had some important pictures on it, I used disc drill and the files are still there but the problem is it's about 200-300gb of pictures and videos and I cant afford to buy disk

... advice here. I formatted my old 10-year-old Acer laptop (Windows 10, HDD) and realized too late that I forgot to back up around 300GB of photos and videos. I did a scan with DiskDrill just to check, and luckily all the files are still intact. But I can't afford the Pro version to actually recover them. I know people usually recommend PhotoRec, but is there anything a bit more user-friendly that is completely free ...

... whole history back (expensively). Right now, after my 2 weeks of traveling I'm dealing with the same thing: Recovering my data from the last 15 years, and I've tried all sorts of programs. Recoverit Wondershare DiskDrill R-Studio EaseUS data - this one seems to be the most effective So I haven't gotten my data back yet because I have to buy a drive, but I'll make a change; I'll buy a chip instead ...