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TestDisk is a miraculous tool !

• raffraffraff 4y ago
  TestDisk is cli-only. I decided to have a look at PhotoRec (created by the same folks as TestDisk). It has a handy QT gui. Unfortunately, the only option is to scan the disk for selected file types and dump them all into a chosen location. This loses folder structure, so years of files will all get blended. I'd prefer an undelete option that can target "C:\Users\TEMP\Documents" etc, but this might be asking too much. Gonna try TestDisk next..
  • axiolite 4y ago
    Testdisk is great when you need to recover a whole partition, but not nearly as capable and advanced when it comes to recovering deleted files. You'll do much better with purpose-build Windows undelete utilities. I've had good luck with freeundelete: https://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ https://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
  • sorenjan 4y ago
    Recuva has worked well for me in the past, it has a "Restore folder structure" option in the settings. https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva
    • stjohnswarts 4y ago
      I would suggest to new people that you should make a backup raw disk image before you do any of these recovery methods if the death of your drive is imminent :) . If you're just trying. If you just accidently deleted a file then you'll probably be okay :) . ddrescue is pretty good at making backup images where dd will give up.
  • jaclaz 4y ago
    Testdisk is essentially about partitions/volumes. Photorec is about files only. They are both vey good at what they are supposed to do, but in your case Testdisk is not suited and Photorec represents a last attempt as recovered files are carved, basically you will lose not only directory structures, but also filenames and metadata. A good GUI tool (not of the "one click" type, it needs some learning to use it) is DMDE: https://dmde.com/ https://dmde.com/