R-Linux

What R-Linux is

R-Linux is a free file recovery utility for Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems used in Linux and several Unixes. It can recover files after virus attacks or power failures, following a reformatted or deleted partition, and from disks with bad sectors. Listed sources include hard disks, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, Compact Flash cards, USB drives, ZIP drives, Memory Sticks, and other removable media. IntelligentScan can search for known file types on devices whose file systems are unknown. R-Linux can create disk or partition images, including compressed, split, or password-protected images, and scan objects during image creation. For bad-sector disks, it can copy a disk or part of it into an image for processing. Recovered files can be saved to any disk accessible to the host operating system, including network disks. Its help documentation lists support for Linux mdadm and LVM/LVM2 volumes. Linux and Windows host versions are listed, and file preview is available. R-Linux cannot recover data over a network, reconstruct RAIDs, or provide object copy; RAID recovery is not supported. The Linux version requires a kernel 2.6 or newer distribution able to install RPM or DEB packages, X.Org X server 1.7.6 or newer, and root privileges to install and run.