TestDisk
Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Repair Partitions
- Recover disk partitions
- Photo Recovery
- NTFS Partition Recovery
- Support for FTP
- Reporting
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Recover Corrupted Files
- No Tracking
- Works Offline
Tags
- dyn-disk-convert
- Hard Disk Utility
- bootable
- Repair usb disk
- recover-lost-partition-table
- partition-recovery-software
TestDisk News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
vincentfromwittytool added TestDisk as alternative to Wittytool Data Recovery- babsors liked TestDisk
- guck_foogle reviewed TestDisk
The SSD in my mom's laptop crapped the bed. Other systems either wouldn't mount the drive or wouldn't recognize it at all. After a deep scan with Testdisk, it found the drive was damaged and the partition had a lot of errors, but it managed to recover most of her data regardless. Impressive!
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What is TestDisk?
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 Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
TestDisk information
Developed by
CGSecurity Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Pricing
One time purchase that costs $0, and / or subscription that costs $0 per month.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
144 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
System & Hardware, OS & Utilities, Security & PrivacyGitHub repository
- 2,225 Stars
- 257 Forks
- 87 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
I don't normally post reviews and didn't have an account before this however, This utility deserves to be on the top of the list. An NTFS partition was not recognized after unplugging an external drive. EaseUS wanted $70 for me to transfer the files from the drive and to wipe it. This utility left the files on the drive and recovered the GPT in 5 selections and a restart.
I did recovery %85 percent of my files with file names and folder structure preserved. It takes a lot of time and it doesnt have a GUI. But its free and open source
Works some of the time, takes forever. DMDE is better
The SSD in my mom's laptop crapped the bed. Other systems either wouldn't mount the drive or wouldn't recognize it at all. After a deep scan with Testdisk, it found the drive was damaged and the partition had a lot of errors, but it managed to recover most of her data regardless. Impressive!
Works as good as EaseUS, and has a GUI now. Much more lightweight than commercial options, and also has CLI.
Very efficient. I could recover all my life from a broken HD. It succed where "professional" couldn't. A big but VERY BIG THX.
By far and away best recovery software I've ever used. Has never let me down!