TestDisk
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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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
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France
EU
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
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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
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Average rating of 4.7Alternatives
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Security & Privacy, OS & Utilities, System & HardwareGitHub repository
- 1,859 Stars
- 219 Forks
- 75 Open Issues
- Updated Apr 9, 2025
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.
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!
Does not work on M1-based macs, error during install..