Foremost AlternativesFile Recovery Tools and other similar apps like Foremost

Foremost is described as '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' and is a File Recovery tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Foremost for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Google Chrome apps. The best Foremost alternative is TestDisk, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Foremost are PhotoRec, GNU ddrescue, DMDE and safecopy - Data Recovery.

Foremost alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools but may also be Hard Disk Recovery Tools or Photo Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Foremost.

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Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process...

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TestDisk
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Haiku
142 TestDisk alternatives
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a...
- - TestDisk is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Foremost.
- - TestDisk is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Foremost.
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TestDisk Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryTestDisk can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
2. Photo RecoveryTestDisk can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Repair Partitions
Recover disk partitions
Support for FTP
Reporting
PhotoRec
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
147 PhotoRec alternatives
PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.
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PhotoRec Features
1. DRM FreeNo Digital rights management (DRM), i.e. no copy protection.
2. Photo RecoveryPhotoRec can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
3. Recover Corrupted FilesPhotoRec can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
4. Ad-freePhotoRec doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. LightweightPhotoRec consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
6. NTFS Partition RecoveryPhotoRec can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Disk drive recovery
Text-based
Finds deleted files
GNU ddrescue
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Linux
20 GNU ddrescue alternatives
GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.
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GNU ddrescue Features
1. PortableGNU ddrescue can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
DMDE
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
99 DMDE alternatives
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.
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DMDE Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryDMDE can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Filesystem
Partition Recovery
safecopy - Data Recovery
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Linux
9 safecopy - Data Recovery alternatives
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 error
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File Juicer
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Paid • Proprietary
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
7 File Juicer alternatives
Extract images from PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and other files. For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- - File Juicer is the most popular commercial alternative to Foremost.
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File Juicer Features
1. Photo RecoveryFile Juicer can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Convert PDF to Word document
Extract images
OnTrack EasyRecovery
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Paid • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Windows
14 OnTrack EasyRecovery alternatives
File Recovery and Repair software for data loss, data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostics. EasyRecovery repairs and restores lost data.
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MultiExtractor
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
6 MultiExtractor alternatives
MultiExtractor allows users to 'look' into files and folders, explore and extract hidden elements, such as images, audio, video, icons, and textures, all from within a minimalistic and easy-to-use interface.
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Scalpel
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
12 Scalpel alternatives
Scalpel is a file carving and indexing application that runs on Linux and Windows.
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Toolsley Binary Inspector
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Free • Proprietary
Photo Recovery Tool
Online
Google Chrome
6 Toolsley Binary Inspector alternatives
Find and extract embedded multimedia resources. Discover hidden images, audio, video or documents within files. Browser tool, no uploads and no installation necessary.
- - Toolsley Binary Inspector is the most popular Web-based alternative to Foremost.
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Toolsley Binary Inspector Features
1. Photo RecoveryToolsley Binary Inspector can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Extract images
Scalpel 2.0
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 Scalpel 2.0 alternatives
Scalpel-2.0 - Scalpel; File Carving. Configuration files are modified.
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FlashPhoenix Photo Recovery
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Paid • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Photo Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
137 FlashPhoenix Photo Recovery alternatives
FlashPhoenix is a data recovery tool for various flash cards (SmartMedia , CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card Flash Card, PC Card, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card, etc) and digital camera memory.
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FlashPhoenix Photo Recovery Features
1. Photo RecoveryFlashPhoenix Photo Recovery can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
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