TestDisk Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to TestDisk for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is R-Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GNU ddrescue or DMDE. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to TestDisk and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TestDisk are safecopy - Data Recovery, Foremost, Scalpel and Scrounge NTFS.

TestDisk 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 TestDisk.

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R-Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
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Linux
136 R-Studio alternatives
R-Studio is a family of powerful and cost-effective undelete and data recovery software. Empowered by the new unique data recovery technologies, it is the most comprehensive data recovery solution for recovery files from FAT12/16/32/exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 (created or updated by...
- - R-Studio is the most popular Linux alternative to TestDisk.
- - R-Studio is the most popular commercial alternative to TestDisk.
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RAID recovery
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GNU ddrescue
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
Linux
19 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.
- - GNU ddrescue is the most popular Open Source alternative to TestDisk.
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GNU ddrescue Features
1. PortableGNU ddrescue can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Because I used Four times and it did work perfectly. In fact, One time the flash drive that I was trying to recover data from was so damaged that it did NOT mount automatically, but, the ddrescue program managed successfully to fetch HUGE amount of data from that very damaged/corrupt flash drive. I would give 9/10.
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DMDE
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
97 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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1. NTFS Partition RecoveryDMDE can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
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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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Foremost
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Linux
13 Foremost alternatives
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.
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Foremost Features
1. LightweightForemost consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Recover Corrupted FilesForemost can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryForemost can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
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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Scrounge NTFS
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Free • Open Source
File Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
BSD
130 Scrounge NTFS alternatives
Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.
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Scrounge NTFS Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryScrounge NTFS can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.8.6, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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R-Linux
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Free • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
Linux
96 R-Linux alternatives
Free Data recovery and Undelete software for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS file system. Unformat , Unerase and Easy Recovery tool.
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R-Linux Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryR-Linux can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
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Automated deployment
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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