Author: Jack Knight Date: To: adam.trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ntfs file recovery
Dr Adam J Trickett wrote: > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 at 11:38:59AM +0100, Chris Dennis wrote:
>
>> James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know any tools that can recover files on an ntfs
>>> filesystem after it has been reformatted?
>>>
>>> E.g. It would have to search the partition sector by sector and
>>> recover files that were on the disc, but not in the new formatted
>>> filesystem.
>>>
>> Photorec may help -- it doesn't just recover photographs, and I think
>> it's included in Knoppix.
>>
>> "Photorec ignores the filesystem, this way it works even if the
>> filesystem is severely damaged." it says on the website,
>> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec.
>>
>
> I don't know how it works with NTFS, but it salvaged some files from
> a damaged CD a friend had.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
