Hi, On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:41 PM, dmccunney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Test Disk is designed to recover *partitions*, not files. It searches > for backup copies of the partition table and does substitutions when > the main one is damaged. It bypasses the file system(s) entirely and > does low level raw disk reads. > > The companion PhotoRec can recover *image* files with some success, > and copy what it finds to another drive. IT knows what various image > files look like, and does low level reads looking for them.
I'm not saying you're totally wrong, I catch your drift, but it does claim to do some file-based stuff: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk " TestDisk can ... * Undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem * Copy files from deleted FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
