TestDisk Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to TestDisk for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Digler, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to TestDisk and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TestDisk are R-Studio, Autopsy Forensic Browser, R-Linux and GNU ddrescue.

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TestDisk alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools, but if you're looking for Hard Disk Recovery Tools or Photo Recovery Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to TestDisk.
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  1. Digler icon
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    Digler is a tool for forensic disk analysis and file recovery. It's designed to help you unearth lost or deleted data from various disk images and raw devices.

    50 Digler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • Digler is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to TestDisk.

    • Digler is the most popular Open Source alternative to TestDisk.

    • Digler is Free and Open SourceTestDisk is also Free and Open Source
  2. R-Studio icon
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    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.

    139 R-Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

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

    • R-Studio is Paid and ProprietaryTestDisk is Free and Open Source
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    Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. R-Linux icon
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    Efficient file recovery tool designed for Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS within Linux and Unix systems, utilizing IntelligentScan. Free utility, excludes network and RAID features, but provides reliable recovery on supported platforms.

    97 R-Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. GNU ddrescue icon
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    Command-line utility to copy and recover data from failing drives or files, efficiently tracking progress with logfiles, auto-resuming recovery, merging multiple damaged sources, and providing fill mode to overwrite, mark, or repair sectors for advanced recovery cases.

    25 GNU ddrescue alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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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    • GNU ddrescue is Free and Open SourceTestDisk is also Free and Open Source
  6. DMDE icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    61 Scalpel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Scalpel-2.0 - Scalpel; File Carving. Configuration files are modified.

    60 Scalpel 2.0 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Scrounge NTFS icon
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    Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Foremost icon
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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.

    65 Foremost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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