TestDisk Overview
TestDisk is a free, open-source data-recovery tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux that specializes in recovering lost partitions and repairing disks that have become unbootable. It can rebuild damaged partition tables, recover deleted partitions, fix boot sectors, and rebuild file-system structures, which often makes a drive bootable or its data accessible again after corruption or accidental changes. It is a powerful, text-based tool aimed at technically confident users, and it is frequently paired with its companion, PhotoRec, for recovering individual files. It supports many file systems. The offline installer bundles everything TestDisk needs, so installation completes without a connection. It can also undelete files on some file systems and copy recovered data to a safe location before you attempt any risky repairs. This page points to the genuine TestDisk source from Cgsecurity, not a third-party host.