How to Install TestDisk and Getting Started Recovering Disk / Partitions on CentOS 6.X

April 21, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

TestDisk CentOS 6 - Setting Up

  1. Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

    Or from Command Line:

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

    CentOS 6.X Recovering Partition/Disk - Extract Archive

  2. Relocate TestDisk for CentOS.

    su -c "mv /tmp/testdisk* /opt/testdisk"
  3. Making TestDisk Symlinks.

    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"

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