Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Installing TestDisk for Partition/Disk Recovery
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting Started with TestDisk Partitions Scan and Disk Recovery Tools on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 Linux.
TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software: certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
TestDisk can:
- Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
- Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
- Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
- Fix FAT tables
- Rebuild NTFS boot sector
- Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
- Fix MFT using MFT mirror
- Locate ext2/ext3/ext4 Backup SuperBlock
- Undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
- Copy files from deleted FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions.
Inside the Article you’ll Find a Link to Detailed Guide on Get Started Scanning and Recovering Partitions on Ubuntu Linux.
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Open Ubuntu Software Center.
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Search for: “Partition scanner”.
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Select the Package and Click on Install.
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Getting-Started Recover Disk Partitions on Ubuntu
This recovery example guides you through TestDisk step by step to recover a missing partition and repair a corrupted one.