--- title: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/easeus-data-recovery-wizard/ category: Data Recovery Software points: 60 rank: 8 of 11 facts_checked: 2026-10-08 --- # EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Windows recovery program with a 2 GB free edition, photo and video repair, and a bootable USB option. 60 points out of 100. #8 of 11 data recovery programs. Vendor: EaseUS. Website: https://www.easeus.com/data-recovery-software/ - The free edition recovers up to 2 GB on Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7 [1]. - The cheapest uncapped licence is $99.95 for one year; lifetime is $149.95; one month is $69.95 [2]. - It states support for 1000+ file formats and repairs corrupt MP4, MOV and JPEG files during recovery [3]. - The refund policy limits refunds to technical grounds, not a change of mind [4]. - Editions list RAID, BitLocker recovery and a bootable WinPE USB [1][5][6]. Verdict: EaseUS suits people who need to save a few gigabytes free, or who want repair of damaged photos and videos in the same program [1][3]. It lists RAID, BitLocker and bootable-USB recovery [1][5][6]. The catch: a year costs $99.95, and refunds are limited to technical grounds [2][4]. Best for: People who want a 2 GB free recovery limit and built-in file repair. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Price | Free recovery limit | 2 | 6/9 | Free edition recovers up to 2 GB on Windows [1]. | | Price | Cheapest paid licence | $99.95/yr | 3/11 | Cheapest uncapped licence that is not monthly: one year, $99.95 on the buy page [2]. | | Price | One-time licence | Yes | 3/3 | Lifetime Upgrade licence sold at $149.95 [2]. | | Price | Money-back period | 0 | 0/3 | Policy limits refunds to technical grounds, not change of mind; the buy page also shows a 30-day guarantee label [4][2]. | | What it finds | Signature (raw) scan | Not published | 0/6 | Pages mention a RAW algorithm and deep scan, not signature scanning [1][3]. | | What it finds | Lost partition recovery | Yes | 6/6 | Restores formatted partitions when partitions are lost, deleted or inaccessible; Pro lists Lost Partition Recovery [1][3]. | | What it finds | File types listed | 1000 | 4/4 | Free edition page and Pro page both say 1000+ file formats/types [1][3]. | | What it finds | Repairs damaged photos or videos | Yes | 4/4 | Corrupt MP4, MOV and JPEG files can be repaired during data recovery [3]. | | Drives and systems | Drives and media | Hard drive or SSD, USB drive, SD or memory card, Virtual disk (VHD or VMDK) | 4/6 | Lists HDD, SSD, USB, memory cards and virtual disks; optical discs and Android not listed [1]. | | Drives and systems | File systems beyond NTFS and FAT32 | exFAT, ReFS, APFS or HFS+ | 3/4 | Lists exFAT, ReFS and HFS+; ext2/ext3 named, ext4 and APFS not [1]. | | Drives and systems | BitLocker drives | Yes | 4/4 | Guide says to enter a password or recovery key to unlock the BitLocker partition before scanning [6]; the editions table also lists it [1]. | | Drives and systems | RAID recovery | Yes | 5/5 | RAID listed as supported media; Pro described as rescuing data from RAID and NAS [1][5]. | | Tools | Disk image before recovery | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's recovery pages; disk copying is the separate Disk Copy product [1][5]. | | Tools | Bootable recovery media | Yes | 5/5 | Editions table lists crashed PC recovery with a bootable USB in WinPE [1]. | | Tools | Preview before you pay | Yes | 7/7 | Free preview of all recoverable files before recovery [1]. | | Tools | Pause and resume a scan | Yes | 3/3 | Page says you can pause recovery temporarily and resume later [1]. | | Tools | Drive health check | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's recovery pages [1][3]. | | Tools | Runs without installing | Not published | 0/2 | Not published on the vendor's recovery pages; only Windows and Mac downloads are listed [1]. | | Trust and support | Open source | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's recovery pages [1][3]. | | Trust and support | Support with a paid licence | Yes | 3/3 | Editions table shows free tech support; the buy page lists free remote assistance [1][2]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [1] | $0 | | Pro, one month | $69.95 [2] | $69.95 | | Pro, one year | $99.95/year [2] | $8.33 | | Pro, lifetime upgrade | $149.95 one-time [2] | - | The buy page also lists variants with upgrades at $89.95 a month, $119.95 a year and $169.95 lifetime [2]. The price line counts the plain one-year licence. ## Strengths - Free edition recovers up to 2 GB and previews files first [1]. - Repairs corrupt MP4, MOV and JPEG files during recovery [3]. - Pause a recovery and resume it later [1]. - Lifetime licence is sold at $149.95 [2]. ## Limits - A year of Pro costs $99.95 [2]. - Refunds are limited to technical grounds; change of mind is not covered [4]. - Disk imaging is a separate product, Disk Copy [5]. - No portable build or drive health check is described [1][3]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - EaseUS says the program recovers data from 2000+ storage devices [1]. ## Sources 1. [Free data recovery software](https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08 2. [Data Recovery Wizard Pro: buy](https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/drw-pro-buy.html), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08 3. [Data Recovery Wizard Pro](https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08 4. [Refund policy](https://www.easeus.com/sales-faq/refund-policy.html), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08 5. [Data Recovery Wizard](https://www.easeus.com/data-recovery-software/), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08 6. [BitLocker data recovery](https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/bitlocker-data-recovery.html), EaseUS, accessed 2026-10-08