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By Umar Anjumon August 11, 2011

 

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Creating a backup of your computer is a wise idea. It helps avoid losing your  files to accidental deletions. But if your hard disk is damaged some way or the  data is lost without you having its backup, file recovery programs are your best  bet.

Like all other application types, Windows users will find a plethora of  options when it comes file recovery software. Options for Linux users, on the  other hand, are limited. Thus we decided to share the top 5 file recovery apps  for our Linux reader. We hope you find today’s list helpful.

Ddrescue

Ddrescue is a wonderful file recovery program that operates automatically.  Without prompting the user for timely actions, it copies data from one file or  bloc to another, attempting to rescue data in case of read errors. If not asked  to, the app will not truncate the output file or write zeros to the output when  bad sectors are found in the input. Thus “every time you run it on the same  output file, it tries to fill in the gaps without wiping out the data already  rescued.”

Safecopy

Safecopy is another file recovery tool that is best suited to extracting data  from external sources such as floppies, CDs, etc. The app “includes a low  level IO layer to read CDROM disks in raw mode.”

TestDisk

TestDisk is a powerful file recovery freeware for Linux. The app can recover  deleted partitions, FAT32 boot sector, fix MFT using MFT mirror, fix FAT tables,  files from deleted FAT/exFAT/NTFS/ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions, and a lot more.

PhotoRec

PhotoRec is a Linux file recovery app best suited to recovering photos and  media files. It can also recover document files and works with external sources  equally well.

Mondo  Rescue

Mondo Rescue is an excellent tool for situations involving GPL disasters. The  app supports external sources and is packaged for multiple distributions namely  RedHat, RHEL, SuSE, SLES, Mandriva, Debian, and Gentoo.

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