101 photorec(1) - Kailash Tool Reference
101.1 photorec
photorec - File-carving recovery tool shipped with TestDisk.
| Layer | CLASSIC |
| Category | c-09-forensics-ir-reporting |
| Safety class | safe |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Upstream | github.com/cgsecurity/testdisk |
101.1.1 NAME
photorec - File-carving recovery tool shipped with TestDisk.
101.1.2 SYNOPSIS
Not derived automatically - see upstream documentation. This page does not hand-copy flags (generation contract, ADR-0001).
101.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)
TestDisk checks the partition and boot sectors of your disks. It is very useful in recovering lost partitions. It works with: - DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 - NTFS (Windows NT/2K/XP) - Linux Ext2 and Ext3 - BeFS (BeOS) - BSD disklabel (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD) - CramFS (Compressed File System) - HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System - JFS, IBM’s Journaled File System - Linux Raid - Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2) - LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager - Netware NSS - ReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4 - Sun Solaris i386 disklabel - UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/…) - XFS, SGI’s Journaled File System PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost pictures from digital camera
101.1.4 SEE ALSO
- Category: c-09-forensics-ir-reporting in the category directory (sister tools listed there).
ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14