Testdisk: can also use testdisk to recover data when you hard drive won't mount. I will soon make a video on that! In most cases the 'Intel/PC partition' choice will apply, but TD can also work with Mac partitions (using 'Apple partition map'); even an XBox if need be! NOTE: All text below this line is from a now out-of-date ver.
Windows Testdisk
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- TestDisk & PhotoRec are portable applications, extract the files and the applications are ready to be used. No need to run an installer.
- TestDisk & PhotoRec can also be found on LiveCD.
- Online documentation: TestDisk, PhotoRec
Beta: TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery
For more information, read the 7.2 release notes and the git history.
Select your operating system to download the latest version of TestDisk & PhotoRec data recovery tools.
- Windows, minimum requirement: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and above.
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later i386
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later x86_64
- Mac OS X Intel / OS X / macOS <= 10.14 (Warning: 32 bits version)
- macOS Intel 64 bits:
brew install testdisk(see https://docs.brew.sh/Installation) - Marvell 88F628x Linux 2.6.32 Synology DS111, DS211, DS212+ NAS, Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220, QNAP ARM based including TS-410
TestDisk
PhotoRec
QPhotoRec
How To Use Testdisk
Do you need a graphical user-interface to recover your lost files on Mac or Windows ? Try our partner Disk Drill here.
TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.1 (July 7, 2019), Data Recovery
For more information, read the 7.1 release notes and git history.
Select your operating system to download the latest version of TestDisk & PhotoRec data recovery tools.
- Windows, minimum requirement: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and above.
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later i386
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later x86_64
- Mac OS X Intel / OS X / macOS
- macOS 64 bits:
brew install testdisk(see https://docs.brew.sh/Installation) - Marvell 88F628x Linux 2.6.32 Synology DS111, DS211, DS212+ NAS, Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220, QNAP ARM based including TS-410
Do you need a graphical user-interface to recover your lost files on Mac or Windows ? Try our partner Disk Drill here.
TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.0 (18 April 2015), Data Recovery
Testdisk Macos Catalina
For more information, read the 7.0 release notes and git history.
Select your operating system to download the latest version of TestDisk & PhotoRec data recovery tools.
- Windows (Last version to support Windows XP)
- Windows 64-bit Use only on systems lacking WoW64 as some features are missing
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later i386
- Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later x86_64
- Marvell 88F628x Linux 2.6.32 Synology DS111, DS211, DS212+ NAS, Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220, QNAP ARM based including TS-410
Testdisk Mac Hfs