# Hard Disk Data Recovery Help

> Hard Drive Data Restore advisor to recover deleted photos videos files & folders

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hard.disk.data.recovery.advisor](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hard.disk.data.recovery.advisor)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hard.disk.data.recovery.advisor`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Data Recovery Software by RecoveryBull.com
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 135,856
- **Rating:** 3.83 / 5 (747 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-05
- **First published:** 2016-05-16
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 11 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hard.disk.data.recovery.advisor)
- **Website:** [http://www.recoverybull.com/](http://www.recoverybull.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.recoverybull.com/recoverybull/privacy.html](http://www.recoverybull.com/recoverybull/privacy.html)

## Description

Hard Disk Data Recovery Help is a free Chrome extension designed to assist users in recovering data from various types of hard drives and USB flash drives on both Windows and Mac systems. It guides you through recovering deleted photos, videos, files, and folders from crashed laptops, desktops, external hard drives, and USB devices.

The extension provides recovery advice for various scenarios including crashed hard disks, deleted partitions, formatted drives, corrupted partitions, and unrecognized USB drives. It also offers solutions for common drive errors such as disk not formatted, cyclic redundancy check errors, unallocated partitions, RAW file systems, and unknown partitions. Powered by DDR Data Recovery Software, this tool simplifies the data recovery process for users facing critical data loss situations.

## Rankings

- #192,189 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `hard.disk.data.recovery.advisor.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviews are mixed: many users find the app useful, fast, and enjoyable, but recurring complaints about advertising dominance, non-functionality, privacy concerns, and slow/improper support temper overall satisfaction.

### Pros

- Generally positive reception from users who describe the app as good, great, or helpful.
- Perceived usefulness: several reviews explicitly state it is helpful or useful.
- Some users report fast results.
- Overall pleasant/useful experience with enthusiastic feedback.

### Cons

- Heavy advertising and upselling that detracts from using the app.
- App sometimes does not function or fails to perform tasks as advertised.
- Privacy concerns about data collection (location access and IDs).
- Poor or unresponsive customer support regarding issues or appeals.
- Specific features (e.g., video recovery) reported as non-functional.

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