What is the difference between [Whole] and [Free]
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What is the difference between [Whole] and [Free]
What is the difference if I run PhotoRec in [Whole] or [Free] mode?
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Re: What is the difference between [Whole] and [Free]
[Free] only recovers file from the free/unallocated space of the filesystem, it means it only recover delete files.
[Whole] recovers everything, it's useful when the filesystem is corrupted
[Whole] recovers everything, it's useful when the filesystem is corrupted
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Re: What is the difference between [Whole] and [Free]
thank you for your response!