Open Source DiskGenius Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to DiskGenius for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is TestDisk. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to DiskGenius and 14 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to DiskGenius are PhotoRec, Digler, Autopsy Forensic Browser and USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019.

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DiskGenius alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools, but if you're looking for Hard Disk Recovery Tools or Photo Recovery Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Windows + Open Source and Windows. 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 DiskGenius.
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  1. TestDisk icon
     398 likes

    Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.

    144 TestDisk alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about TestDisk as an Alternative to DiskGenius
    CommanderPho
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    It's CLI only, and lacks disk cloning features

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    • TestDisk is Free and Open SourceDiskGenius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • TestDisk is LightweightDiskGenius is not according to our users
  2. Digler icon
     26 likes

    Forensic disk analysis and file recovery solution supporting a wide range of disk image formats and raw devices, file system-agnostic recovery, metadata-independent scans, DFXML reporting, plugin extensibility, intuitive CLI, and integration for diverse forensic needs.

    50 Digler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. DLC Boot 2019 is a rescue disk that is used as a Recovery CD. The point is that if you are having problems such as Windows can not boot, missing MBR, want to format the hard drive, remove viruses and so on, you can simply use the DLC Boot 2019 to resolve the issue.

    25 USB/DVD DLC Boot 2019 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  5. This program offers the possibility to finally delete files and/or folders (no recovery possible). The program also can overwrite the free space on a drive, which means, that already deleted files cannot be restored, too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. RecoveRx icon
     4 likes

    RecoveRx allows to rescue erased files like digital photos, documents, music and videos from memory cards, MP3 music players, USB flash drives, external hard drives and solid state drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. 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.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8.  1 like

    Scalpel-2.0 - Scalpel; File Carving. Configuration files are modified.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9.  2 likes

    Scalpel is a file carving and indexing application that runs on Linux and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Scrounge NTFS icon
     5 likes

    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
     
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