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GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool for disk drives, DVDs, CDs, and other digital storage media. It copies raw blocks of storage, such as disk sectors , from one device or file to another, while handling read errors in an intelligent manner to minimize data loss by scraping good sectors from partially read blocks.
Recuva (/ r ɪ ˈ k ʌ v ə /) [2] is an undeletion program for Windows, developed by Piriform Software. It is able to undelete files that have been marked as deleted; the operating system marks the areas of the disk in which they were stored as free space. [3]
Data Recovery software – Chntpw (Windows password reset), [2] ddrescue (data recovery on damaged drives and listing damaged sectors), [14] PartImage (disk imaging for used sectors), Photorec (media, documents and archive recovery) [2] [14] File managers – emelFM2, Midnight Commander, Thunar (uses XFCE desktop environment) [2]
Windows Linux MacOS Live OS CLI GUI Sector by sector [a] File based [b] Hot transfer [c] Standalone Client–server; Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office [1] [d] Yes No Yes:
The most common data recovery scenarios involve an operating system failure, malfunction of a storage device, logical failure of storage devices, accidental damage or deletion, etc. (typically, on a single-drive, single-partition, single-OS system), in which case the ultimate goal is simply to copy all important files from the damaged media to another new drive.
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a set of tools based on Windows PE to help diagnose and recover from serious errors which may be preventing Windows from booting successfully. Windows RE is installed alongside Windows Vista and later, and may be booted from hard disks, optical media (such as an operating system installation disc) and PXE ...
PhotoRec is a free and open-source utility software for data recovery with text-based user interface using data carving techniques, designed to recover lost files from various digital camera memory, hard disk and CD-ROM.
TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. [1] TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis.