Effortless solution to recover and restore corrupt File Allocation Table file systems: FAT16, FAT32, and FAT64 (exFAT), commonly used on USB drives, SD cards, and older Windows volumes. file systems. This application recovers corrupt hard disk drives with FAT16, FAT32, and FAT64 (exFAT).
Recover FAT volumes offline — preview files in a tree view, then save what you need.
Key Features at One Glance
100% Safe & Verified Download Official Softaken Windows installer. FAT recovery runs locally on your PC.
100% Offline & Secure: Recovery runs locally. Your FAT volumes are not uploaded or shared.
When a FAT volume is formatted, corrupted, or you need to restore files from FAT16, FAT32, or exFAT.
It is not a simple task for users to recover data from FAT 64 file system when it gets corrupted. Therefore, users need this FAT Repair Software is supported with all types of file systems. You can opt for this program and repair all possible data available in corrupt FAT file system by using this smart utility.
Corruption can make trouble for users. Sometimes, accidental deletion of your hard drive can harm your crucial data. But with the use of Softaken FAT Recovery Tool, you can perform FAT data recovery from a formatted drive. You need to pick the advanced mode of recovery and pick option ‘Is drive formatted..?’ before commencing the actual recovery process.
Softaken FAT File Recovery Software is designed to repair corrupt and damaged drives containing FAT file system. This utility first scans the picked volume and helps you to recover maximum possible data keeping in its original form. Also, you can see the information of selected volume in the preview pane that includes file system, volume name, and size.
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See Softaken data recovery in action on Windows — the same demo used for Windows Data Recovery.
Recover and restore corrupt FAT16, FAT32, and FAT64 (exFAT) volumes. Platform: Windows only.
With RAW Recovery mode of this software, users can get back all data from all possible scenarios. By enabling this mode, you can restore all data even your hard drive is badly corrupted. This basically works on the type of file signature. Once you are done with the signature, you can see the recovered data in tree structure.
Benefit: Recover files from badly damaged FAT drives.
The software offers two modes for FAT file recovery to handle all issues of corruption. Standard mode and advanced mode work as per the level of corruption. You can pick standard mode if the corruption is minor otherwise, choose advanced recovery mode for major corruption issues.
Benefit: Match Standard or Advanced mode to the damage level.
Once the process of FAT file system recovery is done, you can preview the drive's data in a tree structure with maintained hierarchy. This helps users check recovered folders and files before saving.
Benefit: Preview recovered folders before you save.
If you have large number of files & folders it is not easy for you to search them manually. You can use auto-search feature of this utility to find specific files or folders from the recovered list quickly.
Benefit: Find files fast in large recovered lists.
With RAW Recovery mode, users can add a new file signature to the existing file. This feature helps users to recover a particular file type from the corrupt hard drive. Simply hit the Settings option and define the file signatures with their size and upload it for parsing in RAW recovery mode.
Benefit: Add signatures to recover specific file types.
Free FAT File Recovery Software supports both popular partition table formats used by hard disk drives for saving data: MBR and GPT. Users can recover FAT volumes from either partition style.
Benefit: Work with MBR and GPT FAT disks.
Extra FAT recovery capabilities beyond the main scan workflow.
This utility contains interactive and self-descriptive user interface to make the FAT file recovery process easier even for non-technical users.
Support of this utility is highly smooth with all major editions of Windows operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and other supported Windows editions.
Users have full choice to save their recovered data at a defined location. Either users can save all the recovered data or pick specific folders and files after recovery.
Launch Softaken FAT Recovery, pick the volume, review its details, choose Standard or Advanced mode, scan, preview the files, then save them to a folder.
Yes. It can recover data from corrupted, damaged, and accidentally formatted FAT16, FAT32, and FAT64 volumes. For a recently formatted drive, use Advanced mode.
Yes. The interface is built for both technical and non-technical users. No prior technical knowledge is required.
Use Standard mode for minor corruption. If that is not enough, switch to Advanced mode for deeper recovery on heavily damaged volumes.
Yes. It is supported on Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and other supported Windows editions.
No. This tool only supports FAT file systems — FAT16, FAT32, and FAT64 (exFAT). NTFS volumes are not supported.
Common causes include accidental deletion, drive formatting, sudden power failure, hard drive crashes, virus or malware attacks, and human error.
100% offline & secure: FAT recovery runs locally on your Windows PC. Drive data is not uploaded or shared.
Free demo: Scan and preview recovered FAT items before you buy. Full license unlocks unlimited save.
Windows only: Desktop installer for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, and 7.
Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7
FAT16 · FAT32 · exFAT
MBR · GPT
Preview before save
System requirements and installer packages for Softaken FAT Recovery on each supported OS.
Desktop installer
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Software Name | Softaken FAT Recovery |
| Version | 1.0 |
| File Systems | FAT16 · FAT32 · FAT64 (exFAT) |
| Partition Tables | MBR · GPT |
| OS Supported | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 & Other (64-bit & 32-bit) supported |
| Platform | Windows only |
| Processor | Intel, AMD, or compatible 64-bit/32-bit processor |
| Memory | 512 MB Minimum |
| Hard Disk | 100 MB of free space for software installation |
| Demo | Free demo — preview recovered FAT data |
| Delivery | Electronic · Via Email · Minutes: 15 |
| Language / Support | English · Emails, Chat & Skype |
Use the free demo to preview recovered FAT items. The full license unlocks unlimited save (from $29).
| Feature | Free demo | Full version |
|---|---|---|
| Recover FAT16 / FAT32 / exFAT | Available | Available |
| Standard & Advanced modes | Available | Available |
| Preview recovered items | Available | Available |
| Supported on Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 | Available | Available |
| Unlimited save of recovered data | Limited | Available |
| License | FREE | Full license |
Download the free demo, preview recovered files, then unlock unlimited save with a license — offline on Windows.
Free demo to scan and preview recovered FAT data. Full license unlocks unlimited save. Windows only.
