By Mark Wilson
Although there are two products here (well, three, if you count the graphical interface and command line versions of the software) they’re provided as a bundle because of their related purposes.
TestDisk is concerned with recovering partitions that have been lost from a disk, while PhotoRec allows for the recovery of photos and other files that have been lost due to deletion, formatting, or some other issue.
If your PC has been been struck by a virus that has rendered your hard drive inaccessible, these tools can – perhaps with the help of a second computer – help you to get things back up and running again. In case you need to call in the experts if TestDisk is not up to the task of recovery, it can still be helpful in terms of diagnostics.
File system support is impressive (FAT, NTFS, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4 and HFS+), and there are versions of the tools available for just about every desktop operating system you care to mention. File format support and recognition is also impressive, meaning that no matter what type of documents you’re trying to get back from your mangled hard drive, you stand a very reasonable chance of success.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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