File Recovery in Linux Mint

Reading and Recovering RAW Files.

Suppose you have a disk drive that gets an error that it cannot mount because of formatting issues.

Make note of the drive mount location and install testdisk if it is not installed.

Launch testdisk (by typing testdisk in terminal)

Choose create then choose the sudo option and input the password when asked.

Choose create again. Then choose the drive you want to recover files from. If you look at the first screenshot with the error you will notice the drive in my case is /dev/sdh1. Then choose proceed. When asked partition type if it is ext, fat or ntfs choose Intel then proceed.

Choose advanced then list.

Now choose a file or folder you want to recover then choose c to copy the source.

Then chose a destination then c again when the destination is correct.

The destination by default is your home directory,

so make sure that you have enough room to recover the file or folder.

When you are successful you will see Copy Done!

More information on un-deleting and recovering files here:

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