• How To Recover Data From a Formatted Drive

    by  • June 29, 2012 • Project Weekend, Tutorial

    How to unerase data from a formatted drive

    How to unerase data from a formatted drive

    Hey folks! I ran across this nifty program called TestDisk that runs in just about any OS that will recover data from a formatted drive quite easily. You can use this to analyze a donated computer, or also to foil someone’s attempts at destroying juicy data that you may want to find. You can download TestDisk for your individual setup here, just find the link for your OS and go!

    Everything is very plug and play, just grip it and rip it, so I won’t bore you with the step by step.
    dos.png Dos/Win9x

    win.png Windows
    win.png Windows 64-bit Use only on systems lacking WoW64 as some features are missing
    linux.png Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later i386
    linux.png Linux, kernel 2.6.18 or later x86_64
    mac.png Mac OS X Intel
    mac.png Mac OS X PowerPC
    syno.png Marvell 88F628x Linux 2.6.32 Synology DS111, DS211, DS212+ NAS
    TestDisk & PhotoRec Source code
    Online documentation: TestDisk, PhotoRec

    About

    James is an active member of his local tech community in Memphis, TN. He is a student of Science at the local college and an Information Security hobbyist, as well as an outspoken Linux Advocate, and open source proponent. After a hard day at the console, James likes to enjoy a vintage 2012 Mountain Dew, with a robe and a pipe by the fire.