{{Short description|Data recovery software}} {{Infobox software | name = DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software) | logo = | latest_release_version = 4.0.6.806 | latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2023|04|06}} | latest_preview_version = | latest_preview_date = | operating_system = Cross-platform software | genre = Data recovery | author = Dmitry Sidorov | license = Shareware | website = [https://dmde.com/ dmde.com] }}
'''DMDE''' (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software) is a data recovery and disk editing tool for hard drives and other storage media. It can work with physical devices, logical disks, disk images, as well as RAID-arrays and recovers files that have been accidentally deleted or lost due to other incidents.<ref name="Softpedia">{{cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/DMDE.shtml|title=Softpedia: DMDE|date=9 April 2023|author=Mircea Dragomir}}</ref><ref name="TechRadar-DMDE-Free">{{cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/reviews/dmde-free-edition|title=TechRadar: DMDE Free Edition review|date=26 July 2017|author=Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson}}</ref>
==Overview== DMDE is available in various editions. Free Edition (freeware) of DMDE is intended for personal use only, and allows only recovery of files located in the currently selected directory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Data Recovery From Almost All Common Storage Media |url=https://datenwiederherstellen.de/ |access-date=2026-02-05}}</ref> Additionally, it allows restoring files from a single folder in batches of 4,000 or less, however there's no limit on how many files can be recovered in total.<ref name="TechRadar-DMDE-Free" /> DMDE paid options don't have these limitations and suggest additional features. Various reviews note that the application stands out for its attractive price, while the free option can also be sufficient in many scenarios.<ref name="TechRadar-DMDE">{{cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/reviews/dm-disk-editor-and-data-recovery-software|title=TechRadar: DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software review|date=29 May 2023|author=Christian Cawley}}</ref><ref name="ForbesAdvisor">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-data-recovery-software|title=Forbes Advisor: The Best Data Recovery Software Of 2023|date=23 August 2023|author=Kathy Haan|website=Forbes }}</ref>
DMDE is ranked among the best data recovery software and reviewed on popular technology websites, such as TechRadar, Forbes Advisor, Softpedia. In reviews it is noted that the application does not have the simplest and most attractive interface, but it is effective, especially in complex cases.<ref name="TechRadar">{{cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/best/best-data-recovery-software|title=TechRadar: Best data recovery software of 2023|date=22 September 2023|author=Darcy French}}</ref><ref name="ForbesAdvisor" /><ref name="Softpedia" />
==Features== The program is able to recover files of various types with their names after deletion from the recycle bin, after formatting or other disk damages including complicated cases. DMDE can create and later open disk images to perform recovery without the risk of further damage to the drive itself. Other advanced features of DMDE include raw data search, direct disk editing capability, RAID reconstruction module, disk cloning, and partition manager.<ref name="TechRadar-DMDE" /><ref name="TechRadar" /><ref name="ForbesAdvisor" />
It is supported on the operating systems Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux and DOS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dmde.com/download.html|title=Download DMDE Free Edition - DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software)|website=dmde.com}}</ref> Supported file systems include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dmde.com/|title=About DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software)|website=dmde.com}}</ref><ref name="TechRadar-DMDE" />
* Windows: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5, ReFS; * Mac OS: HFS/HFS Plus, HFSX, APFS; * Linux: ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs.
==See also== * List of data recovery software
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==External links== *{{official website|https://dmde.com/}}
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