How to Install TestDisk and Getting Started Recovering Disk Partitions on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS 32-64bit Linux

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.

1. Open Ubuntu Software Center.

   

2. Search for: “Partition scanner”.

   

3. Select the Package and Click on Install.

   

4. Getting-Started Recover Disk Partitions on Ubuntu

   Step-by-Step Recovering Example

   TestDisk Quick Start Guide

   This recovery example guides you through TestDisk step by step to recover a missing partition and repair a corrupted one.