Sometimes, a virus or manual error corrupts the different partitions on the hard disk. It is also possible to damage the boot sector or MBR in an attempt to recover ...

I have (or, maybe, the better word to use would be "had") a Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo external hard drive. This is two 750GB drives that you can set to either RAID0 or RAID1 - I had it set to RAID0 in ...

This document details the process of recovering lost data from an accidentally formatted NTFS SSD using the open-source utility TestDisk 7.3-WIP. The recovery attempt focused on restoring files — ...

Recovering lost partitions is a tricky thing to do. One wrong step could result in you losing all your precious data. With this caution in mind, let's use TestDisk, a free partition-recovery tool, to ...

There’s one big event that can trigger an overwhelming sense of dread when you’re installing an OS on a friend or family member’s PC: data loss. It’s bad enough when it happens to your own data, but ...

Has anyone used TestDisk to recovery hard drive partitions? I have have a shucked drive from a Seagate SRD00F2 external drive (Amazon link), that to the best of my knowledge does not run hardware ...

To create a log or not to create a log, that is the question. How to recover deleted files in Linux with testdisk Your email has been sent If you've had files deleted by a hacker or you've ...

The draw of free and open-source software is always strong and while TestDisk and PhotoRec deliver, neither tool seems good enough to fully recover data from the source disk. Useful for low-level ...