TestDisk: undelete file for NTFS

From CGSecurity

Jump to: navigation, search

This Recovery example guides you through TestDisk step by step to undelete files from NTFS filesystem. When a file is deleted, the data remains on the disk, unless new data have overwritten your lost file, TestDisk can recover it.

Start the undelete process

  • Select Advanced
Image:ntfs_select_advanced.png
  • Select the partition that was holding the lost files and choose Undelete
Image:ntfs_select_undelete.png

NTFS file undelete

TestDisk scans MFT entries for deleted files. NTFS deleted files found by TestDisk are listed.

Image:ntfs_undelete_select_file.png

Pickup the file to recover and press 'c' to copy the file.

Select where recovered files should be written

Select the destination

Image:ntfs_undelete_copy.png

Recovery is completed

When the NTFS file recovery is finished, choose Quit.

Image:ntfs_undelete_done.png

For a maximum of security, TestDisk doesn't try to unerase files but lets you copy the deleted files you want to recover on another partition or disk. Be careful, do not write anything on the filesystem that was holding the data, writing new files may overwrite the files you want to recover.

TestDisk can undelete

If a lost file is still missing, give PhotoRec a try. PhotoRec is a signature based file recovery utility and may be able to recover your data where other methods failed.

Data Recovery
Security