CentOS 7.x Partition Recovery With TestDisk

Setting Up

2. 2. Downloading

   Download Latest TestDisk for Linux

   TestDisk 32/64-bit tar.bz2

   TestDisk for Linux

   Get the Latest TestDisk Distribuition Archive 32/64-bit.

3. 3. Extracting

   Then Extract into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvf $HOME/Downloads/testdisk*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing

   Then to Install TestDisk on CentOS
   Relocate it with:

   su -c "mv /tmp/testdisk* /opt/testdisk"

   And finally, Make TestDisk Symlinks for Easy Launching:

   su -c "ln -s /opt/testdisk/testdisk_static /usr/bin/testdisk"

   su -c "ln -s /opt/testdisk/photorec_static /usr/bin/photorec"

   su -c "ln -s /opt/testdisk/fidentify_static /usr/bin/fidentify"