


TestDisk displays the partition table types. If available, use raw device /dev/rdisk* instead of /dev/disk* for faster data transfer. Use up/down arrow keys to select your hard drive with the lost partition/s.Choose Create unless you have a reason to append data to the log or if you execute TestDisk from read only media and must create it elsewhere.Īll hard drives should be detected and listed with the correct size by TestDisk.testdisk /dev/md0 to repair a filesystem on top of a Linux RAID device.The same method works with a filesystem encrypted with cryptsetup/dm-crypt/LUKS. testdisk /dev/mapper/truecrypt0 or testdisk /dev/loop0 to repair the NTFS or FAT32 boot sector files from a TrueCrypt partition.To repair a filesystem not listed by TestDisk, run testdisk device, i.e. testdisk 'image.?' if the Encase image is split into several files.


Under MacOSX, start TestDisk (ie testdisk-7.0/testdisk).Under Unix/Linux/BSD, you need to be root to run TestDisk (ie.Under Windows, start TestDisk (ie testdisk-7.0/testdisk_win.exe) from an account in the Administrator Group.To recover a lost partition or repair the filesystem from hard disk, USB key, Smart Card, etc., you need enough rights to access a physical device. Extract the files from the archive including the sub-directories. If TestDisk is not yet installed, it can be downloaded from TestDisk Download. If the data area hasn't been overwritten by a new file, the file is recoverable. When a file is deleted, the filename is marked as deleted and the data area as unallocated/free, but TestDisk can read the deleted directory entry and find where the file began. It's possible to recover your deleted files. VFAT can be found mainly on external harddisks formated under Windows. FAT is mainly used on memory cards from digital cameras and on USB keys. This Recovery example guides you through TestDisk step by step to undelete files from the FAT (FAT12/FAT16/FAT32) and VFAT filesystem.
