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I've recovered my lost files!! :D
It took a while but it was definitely worth it. Given that I hadn't the option to search unallocated space, I searched the whole disk but reduced the search time by specifying the file types I needed to recover (PSD and PDF). Now I'm almost done with sorting out ...

Oh I'm sorry, I thought the only choice in file system was the two categories (ext2/ext2 and other - FAT/NTFS/HFS/...).
The file system that I've been choosing is the second one (other) because it's a hard drive so the files are NTFS.

Right, it's a Macintosh computer. :)
I only get the option to choose between No partition and one partition labelled as my hard drive's name (it seems like both are referring to the whole disk).
Once I select either option I get to choose between [ext2/ext3] and [other]. And whichever option I ...

I've tried both:
rdisk > no partition (whole) > other (FAT/NTFS/…)
rdisk > HPFS - NTFS > other (FAT/NTFS/…)
and on both ways I don't get the free / whole menu that I've found in the PhotoRec step-by-step.

Hi,

I'm having this exact same problem: https://forum.cgsecurity.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=7906
I'm trying to recover a specific folder containing several folders that got deleted from my hard drive; however, PhotoRec isn't giving me the option to search for unallocated space only.

Thank you ...