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Why might photorec do this?

Posted: 30 Nov 2025, 01:08
by lostbit
I used a scripted run of photorec to recover everything on a usb stick. It recovered lots of files including pdf and gnucash.

I then did a test and searched only for pdf and it returned just pdf. I then did the same for gnucash and it recovered nothing.

I wonder why that might happen? It's certainly capable of finding gnucash files but leaves me a bit worried files will get left behind if I search for a specific file type.

Thank you for any insight.

Re: Why might photorec do this?

Posted: 30 Nov 2025, 09:22
by recuperation
Which version are you using?