TestDisk & PhotoRec Changelog

What's new in TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.2

Feb 23, 2024
  • Improvements:
  • When searching for partition, press '+' key to skip 5% of the disk.
  • exfat: Better utf-8 support when iconv is missing
  • APFS: Detect APFS partition

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.2 BBeta (Apr 19, 2021)

  • Updated translation are available

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.14 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • General Improvements:
  • The log file generated by the Windows version (cygwin) reports bad sectors in a more readable fashion, example
  • ReadFile Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
  • As openssl isn't used, don't link with this cryptographic library (Debian tries to avoid mixing GPL code and openssl)
  • TestDisk:
  • Improvements:
  • testdisk /list now displays the disk model, serial number, firmware version and hpa or dco presence if detected
  • Recover WBFS (Wii Backup File System) partition
  • Make FAT RebuildBS works when there is a single FAT table
  • Interface: Display the partition table type if autodetected
  • Interface: modified warning about mismatching geometry between FAT or NTFS boot sector and HD geometry information (Debian #651756)
  • Interface: Remove "Allow partial last cylinder" option
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix crc in EFI backup GPT
  • Rewrote how TestDisk aligns partition on cylinder or 1MB boundary. It avoids to create partition entry where the partition ends after the end of the disk.
  • PhotoRec:
  • Improvements:
  • Improve Olympus .orf recovery
  • Improve WP Mac/WP5/WP6 Corel Documents .wpd files recovery
  • Fix thumbs.db recovery, avoid some false positive with .doc
  • Interface: if less than 10 file families are enabled, display the results even if zero has been found yet
  • New file formats:
  • .aep After Effects
  • .axx AxCrypt
  • .mmap MindManager
  • .plt Gerber Graphix Advantage
  • .prproj Adobe Premiere project
  • .snt Windows Sticky Notes
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix an endless loop during .caf file recovery
  • Fix tiff recovery including some raw file formats, 64-bit version wasn't affected

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.13 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • General Improvements:
  • Fix UAC manifests for Windows, so users don't need to use right-click "Run As Administrator"
  • TestDisk:
  • Fix image creation, image.dd file wasn't created (Regression introduced in 6.12)
  • Detect Vmware VMFS partition
  • Locate lost GFS2 partition but not yet the size
  • Log HDD serial number and firmware revision
  • List NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
  • PhotoRec:
  • Session recovery restarts at the previous location
  • Better MPEG recovery, there should be less concatenated videos.
  • Better JPG recovery, there should be less cases where thumbnails were recovered instead of the picture itself.
  • Handle large avi files using "AVIX" or mov files using 64-bit chunk size.
  • Rename recovered pdf using the title (not perfect)
  • Major cleanup of PhotoRec core code
  • New file formats:
  • caf Core Audio Format
  • dardar3 archive
  • ddf Didson Data File (v3 and v4)
  • gcs GCstart (personal collections manager)
  • gam Games Factory
  • hdf Hierarchical Data Format 4
  • hdr ENVI
  • max 3ds
  • oci OpenCanvas Image .oci
  • par2 archive
  • psmodel Delcam PowerSHAPE
  • save Assassin's Creed II backup
  • sh3d Sweet Home 3D
  • TiVo video record
  • vmg Nokia Text Message
  • wpb OpenCanvas files

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.12 (May 12, 2011)

  • General Improvements:
  • fidentify, a little utility sharing PhotoRec signature database, is now build by default. It identifies the type of data contained in a file and reports the extension as seen by PhotoRec. It is similar to the Unix file command. Add compatibility with:
  • libewf 20110312
  • ncurses 5.8
  • ntfs-3g
  • Fix detection of Encase 6 .ewf files
  • TestDisk:
  • Convert the directory name when it can't be created (Fix for Windows/Cygwin version)
  • Better HPA/DCO detection: handle the case where native_max is null.
  • Image Creation is now faster tahn previous version when there are bad sectors
  • List and copy files from exFAT filesystem
  • Improved NTFS undelete interface
  • PhotoRec:
  • PhotoRec checks for EFBIG (file too large) error when writing files. It's usefull to avoid erronous message about "no free space available" when recovering to a FAT filesystem.
  • Recover files from exFAT unallocated space
  • Use doc/xls/ppt title to name recovered Office document, use first filename in zip archive...
  • Possibility to add your own extension/custom signature to PhotoRec
  • Generated a report.xml file using Digital Forensics XML
  • New file formats are supported:
  • .1cd Russian Finance 1C:Enterprise 8
  • .ani Windows Animated Cursor
  • .bac Bacula backup
  • .bim Broadcast Interface Module
  • .cdl/cdt/cdd Concept Draw
  • .cow Qemu image
  • .dbn DriftBox
  • .dex Dalvik
  • .dgn Bentley Systems' MicroStation
  • .dmp Oracle dump file
  • .e01,e02... Encase files
  • .emb Wilcom ES
  • .emka EMKA IOX - Pharmacology & toxicology
  • .exe 16 bits windows executable (MZ NE)
  • .freeway Freeway 5 pro
  • .gm6/gmd Game Maker
  • .gp5 Guitar Pro 5 files
  • .icc Color profiles
  • .idf MIDI Instruments Definition File
  • .it Impulse Tracker
  • .jad Java Application Descriptor
  • .jnb SigmaPlot
  • .ly LilyPond
  • .lzo Archive
  • .mdl Mathlab model
  • .mem Mnemosyne
  • .mid MIDI sound file (RIFF format)
  • .myo Mind Your Own Business
  • .nds Nintendo DS Game ROM Image
  • .nsf Lotus Notes
  • .ogm Ogg data/Theora video
  • .p65 Page Maker
  • .pbm/pgm/ppm Netpbm
  • .pgp Pretty Good Privacy
  • .psf Print Shop
  • .pzf GraphPrism 4
  • .pzh Presto
  • .qbb Quickbook
  • .qgs Quantum GIS
  • .qkt Apple QuickTake 100
  • .qpw Quattro Pro spreadsheet
  • .r3d RED camera videos
  • .rfp RoboForm
  • .sldprt SolidWorks
  • .smil Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
  • .sparseimage Filevault
  • .sql phpMyAdmin, MySQL and postgreSQL dumps
  • .svg Scalable Vector Graphics
  • .tib Acronis
  • .tod MPEG files
  • .torrent BitTorrent files
  • .url Windows Internet Shortcut .url
  • .vb Visual Basic
  • .vdi Virtual desktop infrastructure 1.1
  • .vfb FontLab
  • .xmp Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform
  • .xrns Extended Renoise song
  • .xoj Xournal
  • .xpi Mozilla Cross-Platform Install
  • .wdp JPEG XR
  • .wtv Windows Media Center TV

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.11 (Apr 20, 2009)

  • Disk & PhotoRec 6.11 should use less CPU
  • This new TestDisk version can undelete files for NTFS filesystem and recover deleted exFAT and ext4.

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.11 Beta (Jul 18, 2008)

  • Report disk manufacturer and model under Windows and Linux
  • Under Linux, /dev/mapper/* and /dev/md? are now listed with the harddisks.
  • Now both OS and compiler versions are recorded in the log file

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.9 (Feb 14, 2008)

  • TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.9 comes with numerous improvements
  • EFI GUID Partition Table is now supported. EFI GPT is used mainly on Itanium, MacBook and Mac Pro
  • Both utilities can use sudo if the user is not root, this functionnality will be enable for MacOSX at least so users won't have to go in command line. Under Linux, disk model is now displayed to help identify the media
  • Internal card readers are now better supported under Windows
  • TestDisk
  • New filesystem support have been added: encrypted LUKS, Mac HFSX, Linux raid md 1.0/1.1/1.2 (0.9 was already supported)
  • UFS, UFS2 filesystem are better identified now
  • TestDisk 6.9 handles Mac partition table partially overwritten by an Intel partition
  • It display unicode filenames correctly and can handle unicode filesname when copying files from an NTFS partition when supported by the underlying libraries. TestDisk warns if the media is in read-only instead of read-write access
  • It's now possible to copy files from a delete FAT partition found by TestDisk (already possible for NTFS) without having to rewrite the partition table. In the advanced functionality, raw partition imaging capability have been added
  • PhotoRec
  • PhotoRec 6.9 can search for lost files in ext2/ext3 unallocated space only (Was available for FAT and NTFS)
  • It has a better session support that allow a recovery to be strop and restart later. Windows forensics has been improved with the addition of Windows Enhanced MetaFile .emf (Printing), MS Windows Link .lnk, Internet Explorer index.dat (navigation history.
  • New file formats are supported: Acronis True Image .tib, AutoCAD .dwg and PowerTab .ptb, Cineon image file/SMTPE DPX .dpx, Comic Life .comicdoc, HP Photosmart Photo Printing Album .albm, KeepAssX .kdb, Maya .mb and .mp, Microsoft OneNOte .one file, Micros
  • It fixes Mac Adress Book and Outlook 64-bits .pst recovery and NTFS free space recovery

New in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.6 (Feb 18, 2007)

  • If LBA48 support seems missing (HD bigger than 130 GB not supported by the OS), TestDisk will warn the user. This problem is common when a user reinstalls his OS and forgets to install the latest service patches.
  • NTFS: TestDisk should be able to list files from NTFS partitions even if some filesystem corruption has occurred; more importantly, it will allow the user to copy whatever file data it can as well.
  • FAT: Improved heuristics to find the first FAT area during boot sector rebuild