Command-line tool

testdisk

brew/testdisk

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Powerful free data recovery utility

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id CGSecurity.TestDisk -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/testdisk

macOS

brew install testdisk

Linux

brew install testdisk

Start TestDisk on a specific device

sudo testdisk /dev/sdX

Start TestDisk on a disk image

sudo testdisk path/to/image.dd

Start TestDisk and create a log file (`testdisk.log`)

sudo testdisk /log /dev/sdX

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