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 DMDE or GNU ddrescue. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to TestDisk and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TestDisk are R-Linux, safecopy - Data Recovery, Foremost and Scrounge NTFS.
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TestDisk alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools but may also be Hard Disk Recovery Tools or Photo Recovery Tools. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TestDisk.- File Recovery Tool
- Free • Open Source
- 67 likes134 R-Studio alternatives
Features cutting-edge recovery for FAT, NTFS, HFS, and EXT systems; works on local and network disks even if damaged, with flexible recovery settings for total control.
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- Paid • Proprietary
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- Mac
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R-Studio VS TestDisk
Is R-Studio a good alternative to TestDisk? - 12 likes97 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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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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DMDE VS TestDisk
Is DMDE a good alternative to TestDisk? - 18 likes21 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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- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
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GNU ddrescue VS TestDisk
Is GNU ddrescue a good alternative to TestDisk? - 4 likes93 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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- Free • Proprietary
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- Windows
- Linux
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R-Linux VS TestDisk
Is R-Linux a good alternative to TestDisk? - 3 likes10 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...
safecopy - Data Recovery VS TestDisk
Is this a good alternative to TestDisk? - 9 likes14 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.
Foremost VS TestDisk
Is Foremost a good alternative to TestDisk? - 5 likes127 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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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Scrounge NTFS Features
DiscontinuedThe program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.8.6, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Scrounge NTFS VS TestDisk
Is Scrounge NTFS a good alternative to TestDisk? - 2 likes13 Scalpel alternatives
Scalpel is a file carving and indexing application that runs on Linux and Windows.
Scalpel VS TestDisk
Is Scalpel a good alternative to TestDisk? - 1 like12 Scalpel 2.0 alternatives
Scalpel-2.0 - Scalpel; File Carving. Configuration files are modified.
Scalpel 2.0 VS TestDisk
Is Scalpel 2.0 a good alternative to TestDisk? - Like this app9 RecuperaBit alternatives
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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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
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- BSD
RecuperaBit VS TestDisk
Is RecuperaBit a good alternative to TestDisk?
Comments about GNU ddrescue as an Alternative to TestDisk
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.