Software for linux
File recovery from a bad hard drive
| Software |
examples |
| ddrescue |
|
| badblocks |
badblocks -c /dev/sdxx, badblocks -cc /dev/sdxx |
| mke2fs |
mke2fs -c /dev/sdxx, mke2fs -cc /dev/sdxx |
| e2fsck |
e2fsck -c /dev/sdxx , e2fsck -cc /dev/sdxx |
| smartctl |
|
| gsmartcontrol |
|
$ apt search ddrescue
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
ddrescueview/stable,stable 0.4~alpha3-1+b1 amd64
graphical viewer for GNU ddrescue map files
gddrescue/stable,stable 1.21-1 amd64
GNU data recovery tool
myrescue/stable,stable 0.9.4-9 amd64
rescue data from damaged disks
safecopy/stable,stable 1.7-2 amd64
data recovery tool for problematic or damaged media
magicrescue/stable,stable 1.1.9-4 amd64
recover files by looking for magic bytes
File deduplication
fdupes/stable,stable,now 1:1.6.1-1+b1 amd64 [installed]
identifies duplicate files within given directories
findimagedupes/stable,stable 2.18-6+b2 amd64
Finds visually similar or duplicate images
forensics-extra/stable,stable,stable,stable 1.8 all
Forensics Environment - extra console components (metapackage)
jdupes/stable,stable,now 1.7-2 amd64 [installed]
identify and delete or link duplicate files