TestDisk + Photorec 6.6

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TestDisk + Photorec 6.6

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http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download


This release supports Vista.
General Improvements

Encase Expert Witness Compression Format is now supported, so Computer Forensic Experts can use TestDisk and PhotoRec more easily.
Under new Vista OS, harddisks are now being reported again.

TestDisk

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.

PhotoRec

A new method for handling fragmented data is now used, making recovery more reliable and faster.
PhotoRec can be set to search for files in FAT16/FAT32 unallocated space only; which avoids wasting time recovering files that are still accessible, making the recovery of 'lost files' much faster and more efficient.

New file formats have been added:
.3g2 (Mov video family)
.aif Apple Audio
.all .cpr Cubase Song
.blend Blender
.cam Casio QV Digital Camera Image
.flac Free Lossless Audio Codec
.mdf Microsoft SQL
.swf Macromedia Flash
.vcf VCard (not confused with .txt anymore)

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Re: TestDisk + Photorec 6.13

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The version number might be a little weird given that this thread started back in '07 with v.6.6, but now that both have been combined, I think they just picked one of the programs and went with that number.

We've already got Photorec 6.13 up, its just TestDisk that is at 6.12: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1114

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

What's new in TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.13:
November 15th, 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

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Re: TestDisk + Photorec 6.13

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webfork wrote:The version number might be a little weird given that this thread started back in '07 with v.6.6, but now that both have been combined, I think they just picked one of the programs and went with that number.
No, that isn't the case. TestDisk 6.10 followed 6.9.

I think it's not a good idea to maintain both TestDisk and PhotoRec entries any longer. IMO, one of them should be dropped.
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Re: TestDisk + Photorec 6.13

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SYSTEM wrote:No, that isn't the case. TestDisk 6.10 followed 6.9.
I knew that. *Cough*
SYSTEM wrote:I think it's not a good idea to maintain both TestDisk and PhotoRec entries any longer. IMO, one of them should be dropped.
Agreed. What should happen to the old PhotoRec or TestDisk entry? Just make it a placeholder and put a forwarding link?

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