Hello, First off it's a great tool very effective and it does the job splendidly!
I only have one wish. For me it would be perfect if PhotoRec had a option where i could discriminate files based upon their size.
Example, a HDD that's been used for years as a office pc. Often I find myself having to ...
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- 03 Jun 2017, 15:55
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Feature Request: Don't save files smaller than X Kb
- Replies: 1
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- 03 Jun 2017, 15:44
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: PhotoRec is taking exponential number of hours to finish
- Replies: 2
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Re: PhotoRec is taking exponential number of hours to finish
Had the same ordeal with a drive with plenty of bad sectors. (while using 7.0 & 7.1)
What worked for me, Create an image of the HDD with ddrescue (not dd_rescue, that's a old and potential dangerous program when used incorrectly)
Then let PhotoRec/Testdisk do it's thing, load up the image OR dump ...
What worked for me, Create an image of the HDD with ddrescue (not dd_rescue, that's a old and potential dangerous program when used incorrectly)
Then let PhotoRec/Testdisk do it's thing, load up the image OR dump ...