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Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 18:14
by tuukka
Dear forum,
Is it possible to stop Photorec with e.g. SIGINT and have it continue the recovery later from where it was?

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 20:49
by Fiona
Yes, it's possible.
Just stop it.
Next session, you will be asked to continue.

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 06 Jul 2018, 18:08
by Timmi
(sorry to revive a 2012 post, but this one was right at the top of google search results)

2018: I see photorec in the process of recovering files (but I realize I'd like to shrink the partition and create a new one in the unused portion, and recover only from that section), so I'd like to stop the process.
I see the [STOP] "button" at the bottom. But HOW do you use that? I've tried arrows and Tab, + spacebar, and they don't activate the button, the mouse doesn't activate the button, I've pressed S...
Sorry, but I can't figure out how to make it stop. Finally I closed the terminal and it terminated the process, but there seems to be another way.

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 07 Jul 2018, 10:52
by cgrenier
As Stop is already selected, you only had to press Enter.
You should be able to resume the recovery if you restart PhotoRec.

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 25 Jul 2018, 02:26
by Tara
cgrenier wrote: 07 Jul 2018, 10:52 As Stop is already selected, you only had to press Enter.
You should be able to resume the recovery if you restart PhotoRec.
I restarted my PC but when I opened the terminal, PhotoRec started a NEW scan.

How can I resume the scan after restarting the computer?

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 06:09
by cgrenier
PhotoRec stores its progress in a file name photorec.ses.
If the file is gone (ie. you were using a LiveCD) or if PhotoRec is unable to find it (you are not starting photorec from the same directory), PhotoRec will not be able to resume the recovery.

Re: Stopping and continuing recovery

Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 11:07
by Tara
cgrenier wrote: 23 Aug 2018, 06:09 ... if PhotoRec is unable to find it (you are not starting photorec from the same directory) ...
Thank you for your reply. I will try this again. I haven't touched my hdd past two month because I wasn't sure what to do.

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