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.
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TestDisk alternatives page was last updated Dec 11, 2024
  1. R-Studio icon
     67 likes

    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.

    134 R-Studio alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Photo Recovery
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  RAID recovery
    R-Studio iconTestDisk Icon

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    • Most users think R-Studio is a great TestDisk alternative.

    • R-Studio is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to TestDisk.

    • R-Studio is the most popular commercial alternative to TestDisk.

    • R-Studio is Paid and ProprietaryTestDisk is Free and Open Source
    • R-Studio is LightweightTestDisk is not according to our users
  2. DMDE icon
     12 likes

    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
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DMDE Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Filesystem
    3.  Partition Recovery
    DMDE iconTestDisk Icon

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  3. GNU ddrescue icon
     18 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GNU ddrescue Features

    1.  Portable
    GNU ddrescue iconTestDisk Icon

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    Comments about GNU ddrescue as an Alternative to TestDisk
     
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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.

    Positive commentMar 1, 2018
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    • GNU ddrescue is the most popular Open Source alternative to TestDisk.

    • GNU ddrescue is Free and Open SourceTestDisk is also Free and Open Source
  4. R-Linux icon
     4 likes

    Free Data recovery and Undelete software for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS file system. Unformat , Unerase and Easy Recovery tool.

    93 R-Linux alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    R-Linux Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Disaster Recovery
    3.  Automated deployment
    R-Linux iconTestDisk Icon

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  5.  3 likes

    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
    safecopy - Data Recovery screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Foremost icon
     9 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Recover Corrupted Files
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    Foremost iconTestDisk Icon

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  7. 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.

    127 Scrounge NTFS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Scrounge NTFS Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.8.6, released in June 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Scrounge NTFS iconTestDisk Icon

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  8.  2 likes

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

    13 Scalpel alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9.  1 like

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

    12 Scalpel 2.0 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. RecuperaBit icon
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    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.

    9 RecuperaBit alternatives
    RecuperaBit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Portable
    3.  Photo Recovery
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Recover Corrupted Files
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    RecuperaBit iconTestDisk Icon

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