
Each filesystem has his own block size (a multiple of the sector size) and offset (0 for NTFS, exFAT, ext2/3/4), these value are fixed when the filesystem has been created/formated. The expert mode option allows the user to force the file system block size and the offset.Allow partial last cylinder modifies how the disk geometry is determined - only non-partitioned media should be affected.Paranoid By default, recovered files are verified and invalid files rejected.Įnable bruteforce if you want to recover more fragmented JPEG files, note it is a very CPU intensive operation.
File Opt to modify the list of file types recovered by PhotoRec. Search after selecting the partition that holds the lost files to start the recovery,. If available, use the raw device, /dev/rdisk* instead of /dev/disk* for faster data transfer. Use up/down arrow keys to select the disk that holds the lost files. To recover files from other devices, run photorec device.įorensics users can use the parameter /log to create a log file named photorec.log it records the location of the files recovered by PhotoRec.Īvailable media are listed. Most devices should be autodetected including Linux software RAID (that is, /dev/md0) and file system encrypted with cryptsetup, dm-crypt, LUKS or TrueCrypt (ie. photorec '/cygdrive/d/evidence/image.?' if the Encase image is split into several files in the directory d:\evidence. photorec 'image.?' if the Encase image is split into several files. photorec image.E01 to recover files from an Encase EWF image. photorec image.dd to carve a raw disk image. Under OS/2, PhotoRec doesn't handle physical devices, only disk images. Sudo will ask for a password - enter your Mac OS X user password. If you are not root, PhotoRec will restart itself using sudo after a confirmation on your part. Under Mac OS X, start PhotoRec (ie testdisk-6.13/photorec). Under Unix/Linux/BSD, you need to be root to run PhotoRec (ie. Under Windows Vista or later, right click photorec_win.exe and then click Run as administrator to launch PhotoRec. Under Windows, start PhotoRec (ie testdisk-6.13/photorec_win.exe) from an account in the Administrator group. To recover files from hard disk, USB key, Smart Card, CD-ROM, DVD, etc., you need enough rights to access the physical device.
Extract the files from the archive including the sub-directories. If PhotoRec is not yet installed, it can be downloaded from TestDisk Download.
8 Select where recovered files should be written. 7 Carve the partition or unallocated space only.