Recover overwritten or deleted data.
RecoverPy is a powerful tool that leverages your system capabilities to recover lost files.
Unlike others, you can not only recover deleted files but also overwritten data.
Every block of your partition will be scanned. You can even find a string in binary files.
🐧 RecoverPy is currently only available on Linux systems.
Mandatory: To list and search through your partitions, recoverpy uses grep
, dd
, and lsblk
commands.
Optional: To display real time grep progress, you can install progress
.
To install all dependencies:
- Debian-like:
apt install grep coreutils util-linux progress
- Arch:
pacman -S grep coreutils util-linux progress
- Fedora:
dnf install grep coreutils util-linux progress
python3 -m pip install recoverpy
python3 -m recoverpy
🔴 You must be root or use sudo.
➡️ Default save path is /tmp/
, click on Settings to edit configuration.
1️⃣ Select the system partition in which your file was. If you are out of luck, you can alternatively search in your home partition, maybe your IDE, text editor, etc. made a backup at some point.
2️⃣ Type a text string to search. See tips below for better results.
3️⃣ Start search, Results will appear in the left-hand box.
4️⃣ Select a result to display the corresponding partition block content in the right-hand box.
5️⃣ Once you have found your precious, select Save
.
6️⃣ You can now either save this block individually or explore neighboring blocks for the remaining parts of the file. You could then save it all in one file.
- Always do backups! Yes, maybe too late...
- Unmount your partition before you do anything! Although you can search with your partition still mounted, it is highly recommended to unmount your partition to avoid any alteration to your file.
Regarding the searched string:
- Be concise, find something that could be unique to your file.
- Stay simple, your string is escaped but exotic characters may affect your results.
- Try to remember the last edit you have made to your file.
When you have found your file:
- You might see multiple results. Your system often use different partion blocks to save successive versions of a file. Make sure you've found the last version.
- Use the option to explore neighboring blocks to make sure you do not miss some part of your file.
Thank you for considering contributing to RecoverPy. Any request, bug report or PR are welcome. Please read the contributing guide.