Scalpel AlternativesFile Recovery Tools and other similar apps like Scalpel

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

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

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Scalpel alternatives page was last updated Nov 2, 2024
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  1. TestDisk icon
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    TestDisk

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    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...

    141 TestDisk alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    TestDisk Features

    1.  Repair Partitions
    2.  Recover disk partitions
    3.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    4.  Photo Recovery
    5.  Support for FTP
    6.  Reporting
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    • TestDisk is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Scalpel.

    • TestDisk is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Scalpel.

    • TestDisk is Free and Open SourceScalpel is also Free and Open Source
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    PhotoRec

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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.

    144 PhotoRec alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Disk drive recovery
    2.  DRM Free
    3.  Photo Recovery
    4.  Recover Corrupted Files
    5.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    6.  Text-based
    7.  Finds deleted files
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  4. DMDE icon
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    DMDE

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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.

    97 DMDE alternatives
    hard disk selection

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DMDE Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Filesystem
    3.  Partition Recovery
    partition selection
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    GNU ddrescue

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    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.

    21 GNU ddrescue alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GNU ddrescue Features

    1.  Portable
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    RecoveRx

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    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.

    50 RecoveRx alternatives
    RecoveRx screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    RecoveRx Features

    1.  Photo Recovery
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  7. safecopy - Data Recovery

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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...

    10 safecopy - Data Recovery alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    safecopy - Data Recovery VS Scalpel

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  9. OnTrack EasyRecovery icon
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    OnTrack EasyRecovery

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    File Recovery and Repair software for data loss, data recovery, file repair and disk diagnostics. EasyRecovery repairs and restores lost data.

    14 OnTrack EasyRecovery alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • OnTrack EasyRecovery is the most popular commercial alternative to Scalpel.

    • OnTrack EasyRecovery is Paid and ProprietaryScalpel is Free and Open Source
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    Foremost

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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.

    14 Foremost alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Recover Corrupted Files
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
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  11. File Juicer icon
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    File Juicer

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    Extract images from PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and other files. For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

    7 File Juicer alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    File Juicer Features

    1.  Photo Recovery
    2.  Convert PDF to Word document
    3.  Extract images
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  12. Scalpel 2.0

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

    12 Scalpel 2.0 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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  13. Toolsley Binary Inspector icon
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    Toolsley Binary Inspector

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    Find and extract embedded multimedia resources. Discover hidden images, audio, video or documents within files. Browser tool, no uploads and no installation necessary.

    6 Toolsley Binary Inspector alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome

    Toolsley Binary Inspector Features

    1.  Photo Recovery
    2.  Extract images
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    Toolsley Binary Inspector VS Scalpel

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    • Toolsley Binary Inspector is the most popular Web-based alternative to Scalpel.

    • Toolsley Binary Inspector is Free and ProprietaryScalpel is Free and Open Source
  14. 4Card Recovery icon
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    4Card Recovery

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    Memory card recovery software to restore lost files and photos from SD, XD, CF card after deleting, formatting, not formatted error, raw file system error, factory resetting, etc. from ANY kind of card/USB.

    127 4Card Recovery alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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