

Press Q to move back, at the interface below, you can specify the file extensions you want to search and recover. Select to view available recovery operation options as in the interface below: Linux File Recovery Options You will be at the following interface: Select Partition to Proceed File Recovery To continue with the recovery operation, select and hit Enter.


Use the right and left arrow keys to select a menu item, and press Enter. You’ll see the interface below: PhotoRec Data Recovery Tool for Linux Once the installation is complete, start PhotoRec in a text window as follows with root privileges and specify the partition from which the files where deleted: $ sudo photorec /dev/sda3 It can also be found in rescue CD such as Gparted LiveCD, Parted Magic, Ubuntu Boot CD, Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix and many more. In case it is not available on your Linux distribution’s repositories, download it from here and run it on a Live CD. To install Testdisk by running the relevant command below for your distribution: - On Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint.
