I've got this GAOTD elsewhere a few days ago and, after reading some good reviews about it, I decided to keep it in my huge arsenal (still didn't use it as my system is in perfect "shape")

As best FREE alternative, besides AOMEI BACKUPPER (http://www.aomeitech.com/features/create-bootable-disc.html), I recommend an excellent tool called "REDO BACKUP AND RECOVERY ".

It's a freaking good Live CD Open Source backup and data disaster recovery software supporting BARE-METAL restore, meaning you can completely restore a system back even on a machine without OS or with its Hard Drives completely erased by a virus.
Yes, you heard me right dudes: this FREE GEM doesn't need Windows or Linux or Mac, since it relies on a complete mini OS with a point-and-click user interface into your PC's memory.
It's even able to automatically search your LAN for drives to backup to or restore from, as well as gain access to the Internet in order to download your drivers or read documentation, even if your PC is totally broken: cool, isn't it?
And besides editing, managing, and resizing partitions, it can also be used to permanently erase all of your personal or business data, before selling or giving your old PC away.
And of course, since it's an Open Source tool released under the GPL, it's s completely FREE both for personal and commercial use.

http://redobackup.org

But why not create a FACTORY recovery partition for your system, so as to recover the entire operating system along with all its drivers and settings for FREE?

This way, if the OS gets damaged and fails to boot, you can boot into the Windows PE recovery environment by pressing the "A" key when the system tries to start up.
At that point the software will do the magic for you, by starting the recovery process right away.

http://www.backup-utility.com/onekey-recovery.html

Enjoy!! ^_^

P.S. KARL? Don't be fooled by yesterday GAOTD's rating, as it was clearly rigged by that Chinese company (not difficult to actually do that)!

Giovanni  –  9 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+117)

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Installed and registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system.

This time we get the boot disk installer. The Windows program has been given here on August, 12th, 2014.

Here are the reviews of the same program:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/power-data-recovery-6-8/

The windows version made a good impression. The boot disk is the better alternative. I will install this on a USB drive with YUMI 2.0.1.1(Google!) and come back after reboot...

... back again. Sorry that I could not take a screenshot.

Result : lousy.

The boot disk is a small linux system (tinylinux) from September 2013. I created the .ISO, "burned" it with Yumi on an USB stick. Creation was fast and without problems.
I booted the USB stick, the Interface to boot the recovery disk or the first HDD came and then...

I wrote down:

Loading /BOOT/bzimage ................ ok
Loading /BOOT/tinycore.gz ............ ok
............
............
Probing EDD (EDD) ..... ok

and the the further boot process freezes. No error message, nada, nil, nothing. I waited some time...

I restarted the system to see, whether the .ISO file was contiguous. This is the main reason for boot problems. I was contiguous and not fragmented. Could not test. Not so good. May work on other computers. Better to test this beforehand...

By the way, yesterday we had the record breaker. 1176 thumbs up. 74%! This must be a good program.

Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+102)

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Pros
This data recovery software can restore data from a wide variety of devices including USB flash drives, Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, memory cards and more.

Cons
The software component required to recover data from unbootable drives is not included with this version. It is an additional purchase.

The Verdict: It is an excellent product to restore data from many disk and memory device disasters. However, if you need to restore data from an unbootable hard drive or create a disk image, another product may be a more suitable option.

Alternatives:
EaseUs Data Recovery @ http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/
7 Data Recovery @ http://7datarecovery.com/

Jason  –  9 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+86)

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Cons
The software component required to recover data from unbootable drives is not included with this version. It is an additional purchase.
My old computer refused to boot correctly, it appeared to go through the process but put no icons or menus on the screen meaning all my data was unreachable.
That hard drive with a useless OS is attached to this computer via a USB caddy, and all the data is reachable at any time.
No special software is required to get the data off the drive just Windows Explorer or similar and a USB caddy.

<i>Cons The software component required to recover data from unbootable drives is not included with this version. It is an additional purchase.</i> My old computer refused to boot correctly, it appeared to go through the process but put no icons or menus on the screen meaning all my data was unreachable. That hard drive with a useless OS is attached to this computer via a USB caddy, and all the data is reachable at any time. No special software is required to get the data off the drive just Windows Explorer or similar and a USB caddy.
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XP-Man  –  9 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+66)

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"to recover data from unbootable drives"
With the GOTD-software today you can make a bootable Cd or USB.
And with these you boot de PC and recover data from the unbootable drives.

Or else you can download several Live-Cd(for free); burn it and have access to the faulty PC

"to recover data from unbootable drives" With the GOTD-software today you can make a bootable Cd or USB. And with these you boot de PC and recover data from the unbootable drives. Or else you can download several Live-Cd(for free); burn it and have access to the faulty PC
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Ootje  –  9 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+49)

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