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You should run these tools from another OS which resides on another disk or a "live" CD.Īn Ubuntu Desktop CD will work fine.

If you need to make an image of the failed device, you will need yet another quantity of space. To recover data from a failed device, you will need another device of equal or greater storage onto which to save your data. (See below.) If hardware failure is not the problem, you can recover data directly from the device. If your device is damaged, it is advisable to image the device and work on the image file for data recovery. If your data is not replaceable, do not attempt to write to the failed device if the following applications do not work but seek professional advice instead. The following software will passively try to recover your data from failed or failing hardware.

Be certain that the "live" cd does not automatically mount any partition or swap space. Shut down the affected machine as soon as possible, and restart it from a LiveCD or LiveUSB. You should NOT write to the failed device, as it can worsen a hardware failure, and overwrite existant data in case of lost files. The data is recoverable because the information is not immediately removed from the disk.

Extract individual files from recovered imageĭeleted or lost files can sometimes be recovered from failed or formatted drives and partitions, CD-ROMs and memory cards using the free/libre software available in the Ubuntu repositories.

Extract filesystem from recovered image.

Ran out of space while imaging the drive?.

Imaging a damaged device, filesystem or drive.