Disk Drill Alternatives for Linux

Disk Drill is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is PhotoRec, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Disk Drill and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Disk Drill are Digler, GNOME Disks, R-Studio and Autopsy Forensic Browser.

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Disk Drill alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools, but if you're looking for Photo Recovery Tools or Hard Disk Recovery Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Mac and Mac + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Disk Drill.
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  1. PhotoRec icon
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    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.

    143 PhotoRec alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Most users think PhotoRec is a great Disk Drill alternative.

    • PhotoRec is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Disk Drill.

    • PhotoRec is the most popular Open Source alternative to Disk Drill.

    • PhotoRec is Free and Open SourceDisk Drill is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PhotoRec is LightweightDisk Drill is not according to our users
  2. GNOME Disks icon
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    Efficiently manage disk functions like inspecting, partitioning, and formatting. Utilize disk imaging and backup, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, and encryption. Integrates well with Linux, particularly GNOME, offering RAID setups and benchmarking tools, compatible with various file systems.

    35 GNOME Disks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
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    Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. DMDE icon
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    DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery (DMDE) is a disk editor which can help you to understand NTFS. Its capable to view your hard disk sector wise, on MFT level, to disect mft attributes and to edit bytes on your hard disk.

    99 DMDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Raise Data Recovery is an easy-to-use powerful utility with an intuitive wizard-style interface for data recovery from simple storages with Windows, Linux and macOS file systems and from common RAID-based devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Recovery Explorer (Standard and RAID) are an effective easy-to-use software solution for retrieving different types of data lost from various devices and file systems.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Program written in python that attempts to reconstruct and recover data from disks or disk images. Recommended for use from disk images, works well with ddrescue. Currently only works on ntfs filesystems. Can be ran on any operating system that supports python.

    56 RecuperaBit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Scrounge NTFS icon
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    Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Foremost icon
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    Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process is commonly referred to as data carving. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive.

    65 Foremost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source - like floppy drives, hard disk partitions, CDs, tape devices, ..., where other tools like dd would fail due to I/O...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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