PhotoRec works with hard disks, CD-ROMs, memory cards (CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/SD, SmartMedia, Microdrive, MMC, etc.), USB memory drives, DD raw image, EnCase E01 image, etc. Unfortunately, PhotoRec isn't able to deal with this - that's why it doesn't work well with ReiserFS. In order to increase performance, ReiserFS is able to store files inside the b*tree leaf nodes themselves, rather than storing the data somewhere else on the disk and pointing to it.

ReiserFS includes some special optimizations centered around tails, a name for files and end portions of files that are smaller than a filesystem block. PhotoRec ignores the file system this way it works even if the file system is severely damaged. Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, Windows Server 2016/2012/2008/2003Īnd can be compiled on almost every Unix system.ĭownload TestDisk & PhotoRec File systems.

This means that while using PhotoRec, you must not choose to write the recovered files to the same partition they were stored on. Important: As soon as a picture or file is accidentally deleted, or you discover any missing, do NOT save any more pictures or files to that memory device or hard disk drive otherwise you may overwrite your lost data. PhotoRec is a companion program to TestDisk, an application for recovering lost partitions on a wide variety of file systems and making non-bootable disks bootable again.įor more safety, PhotoRec uses read-only access to handle the drive or memory card you are about to recover lost data from. PhotoRec is free - this open source multi-platform application is distributed under GNU General Public License (GPLV v2+). PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or reformatted. PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory.

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