The output will give you a description of the utility. It will also let you create a testdisk.log file. This file will later include useful information about how and where your lost file was found, listed, and resumed. The above output gives you three options about what to do with this file:Ĭreate: (recommended)- This option lets you create a new log file.Īppend: This option lets you append new information to already listed information in this file from any previous session. No Log: Choose this option if you do not want to record anything about the session for later use. Important: TestDisk is a pretty intelligent tool. It does know that many beginners will also be using the utility for recovering lost files. Therefore, it predicts and suggests the option you should be ideally selecting on a particular screen. You can see the suggested options in a highlighted form. You can select an option through the up and down arrow keys and then hit Enter to make your choice. In the above output, I would opt for creating a new log file.

The system might ask you the password for sudo at this point. The utility will now display a list of storage drives attached to your system. In my case, it is showing my hard drive as it is the only storage device on my system. Select Proceed, through the right/left arrow keys and hit Enter. As mentioned in the note in the above screenshot, the correct disk capacity must be detected in order for successful file recovery to be performed. Please note that at this point, your system might not display all the connected devices due to security permissions. If your required device is not listed, you will get another option along with Proceed and Quit: the Sudo option. Now that you have selected a drive, you need to specify its partition table type on the following screen: Step 4: Select Partition Table Type of your Selected Drive Select the Sudo option, enter the password for sudo and the system will now show all the drives on your system. The utility will automatically highlight the correct choice.

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