TestDisk on Live rescue CDs

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

• BootMed is a live cd created to help those not familiar with Linux repair or recover their Windows Computer from a Live CD, includes TestDisk tutorials.
• CAINE Computer Aided INvestigative Environment, a complete forensic environment.
• Create a TestDisk FreeDos LiveCD
• 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)
• GParted LiveCD
• iloog Gentoo-based Greek 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.
• Knoppix (Hints about TestDisk usage on Knoppix)
• 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.

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: Install with apt-get install testdisk
• ArchLinux User-community Repository: pacman -S testdisk or yaourt -S testdisk
• Debian contrib: aptitude install testdisk
• Fedora: yum install testdisk
• FreeBSD ports
• Gentoo: emerge testdisk
• Gentoo Portage
• Mandriva contrib (ex-Mandrake): urpmi testdisk
• MacPorts
• PLD Linux distribution
• Source Mage GNU/Linux: cast testdisk
• Ubuntu: apt-get install testdisk

If you are new to Linux, you should read the Introduction to the Unix command line.

TestDisk on a Bootdisk

• DOS bootdisk
• GNU/Linux bootdisk

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Latest version of TestDisk is available from the download page