Kernel Linux

Whether you're a Windows, Mac, Linux or any other OS' fan, you can't help but admit they all have their our procs and cons. This means that surely you either have friends using a different OS, you have multiple systems running a different OS or you have a single system running dual-boot for example. Whichever the case, all OS suffer from the occasional data loss due to corruptions, accidental deletion, etc. That is where an app like Kernel Linux can come in handy, allowing you to recover Linux files while running on your Windows OS.

Before starting the actual file recovery process, you'll first notice that the GUI can only be described as "simple." The icons and menus are self-explanatory and visible, which make this app an excellent choice for both veteran and beginner users.  This also means that the longest part of the actual data recovery is the search process and not you trying to figure your way around the interface. The recovery process goes as follows: you select the directory where the Linux files are located, enter the desired parameters such as start sector (this is optional, but if you know it, it will significantly increase the search speed).  After waiting for the app to search, you then select a destination directory where you want your recovered files to be saved, and you're all done.

Kernel Linux manages to recover Linux data files which are either damaged or corrupted by Group Descriptor Block, Super Block, or Damaged Inode Table. The tool can repair anything, including the Linux deleted partitions. The app supports various editions of Linux Operating Systems and drives. You can run the utility to recover data from Red Hat, Mandrake, Turbo, SuSe, Debian, Ubuntu, and SCO and perform the recovery from various drives including DE, SCSI, EIDE, SATA, PAN, ZIP, USB, and Firewire.

The app's intuitive interface that tailors to a majority of users along with simple operation process, but also the concept itself of recovering files from one OS onto another make Kernel Linux a good tool to have in your library if you frequently work with people running Linux.