1 TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis. Sun/NeXT audio data (.au)RIFF audio/video (.avi/.wav)BMP bitmap (.bmp)bzip2 compressed data (.bz2)Source code written in C (.c)Canon Raw picture (.crw)Canon catalog (.ctg)FAT subdirectoryMicrosoft Office Document (. TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. It has been extended to search also for non audio/video headers. It’s usually right but it can be wrong as well. Since TestDisk version 7.0, the tool automatically highlights the next logical step. Since this is a command line utility you have to be careful about the option you choose. PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost pictures from digital camera memory or even Hard Disks. Once TestDisk Data Recovery Utility starts, you should see a screen that looks something like the one shown below. It is very useful in recovering lost partitions.ĭOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP )Linux Ext2 and Ext3BeFS ( BeOS )BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )CramFS (Compressed File System)HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File SystemJFS, IBM's Journaled File SystemLinux RaidLinux Swap (versions 1 and 2)LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume ManagerNetware NSSReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4Sun Solaris i386 disklabelUFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/.)XFS, SGI's Journaled File System TestDisk can run under DOS (either real or in a Windows 9x DOS-box), Windows 10/8. TestDisk checks the partition and boot sectors of your disks. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

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