Test Disk And Data Recovery

Github Link :-

https://github.com/cgsecurity/testdisk

What is Test Disk ?

Test Disk is an open source and powerful free data recovery software which is designed for the recovery of lost partitions and making non-bootable disks bootable again which is caused due to human errors or because some malicious or unwanted softwares.

It provides various advanced features to recover partitions and repairing hard drive partition table for various file systems with very deep level control of hardware functions and properties manipulations.

Why you should use Test Disk ?

There are various reasons why you should use test disk ,few of them are given below:-
1.)It very user friendly and designed in such a way that it has features that can be used by novices and experts.
2.)Before performing any operation on hard drive , first it scans all the data in a detailed manner about your hard drive and creates an log file of it through which you can understand the current status of your hardware.
3.)If you are not familiar with these kind of stuff then you take that log to an tech and this to repair your drive onsite without any delay.
4.)At each and every step it tells you about the operation risks and consequences.

Platforms Supported :-

Test Disk Supports No. of platforms and Operating systems.
1.)Windows (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 (x86 & x64), Windows 10
2.)Linux,
3.)FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
4.)SunOS
5.)MacOS X and
6.)DOS

Supported File Systems :-

Test Disk can find lost partitions and recover data for all these types of File Systems:-

1.)Hierarchical File System
2.)JFS, IBM's Journaled File System
3.)Linux btrfs
4.)Linux ext2, ext3 and ext4
5.)Linux GFS2
6.)Linux LUKS
7.)Linux RAID md 0.9/1.0/1.1
8.)BeFS ( BeOS )
9.)BSD disklabel
10.)CramFS( Compressed File System)
11.)DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
12.)XBox FATX
13.)Windows exFAT

and the list goes on......

Features :-

Test Disk has No.of features that it can perform on hard disk drives in various conditions:-
1.)It can fix partition table and recover deleted partitions.
2.)Undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem easily without any hassle.
3.)Fixing Fat tables.
4.)Rebuild Boot sector (NTFS).
5.)Recover NTFS boot sector from backup.
6.)Can recover huge data from any supported file system.
7.)Custom querying and recovery of lost data.

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