TestDisk Livecd

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TestDisk on Live rescue CDs

TestDisk (not always the latest version) is included on the following free rescue CDs:

• GParted LiveCD
• Knoppix (Hints about TestDisk usage on Knoppix)
• iloog Gentoo-based Greek LiveCD
• Parted Magic
• PLD RescueCD
• Recovery Is Possible Linux rescue system
• Slax-LFI 6.6 version on Slax-LFI 1.2
• System Rescue CD
• Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix
• Ultimate Boot CD Linux/freeDOS-based computer rescue CD.
• Create a TestDisk FreeDos LiveCD
• grml Debian based live CD for sysadmins. 2.3 GB of text tools and documentation compressed onto one CD. Popular with blind users also as it just works.
• Frenzy is a "portable system administrator toolkit," LiveCD based on FreeBSD. It generally contains software for hardware tests, file system check, security check and network setup and analysis. Size of ISO-image is 200 MBytes (3" CD)
• CAINE Computer Aided INvestigative Environment,a complete forensic environment.

Note, TestDisk is also available on or under the following distributions, many of which have a console/rescue mode that can be used to run TestDisk or PhotoRec:

• ALT Linux
• ArchLinux User-community Repository
• Debian contrib
• Fedora Extras Very easy to install.
• FreeBSD ports
• Gentoo
• Gentoo Portage
• Mandriva contrib (ex-Mandrake)
• MacPorts
• PLD Linux distribution
• Source Mage GNU/Linux
• Ubuntu

TestDisk on a Bootdisk

• DOS bootdisk
• GNU/Linux bootdisk

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Latest version of TestDisk is available from the download page

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