Scrounge NTFS

Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.

I wrote this program when one of my friends lost valuable data on an NTFS drive. It been used since then in several cases, but not thoroughly tested, especially not WRT the fact that it's a data recovery program.

You should have your partition information stored away in advance. This allows reliable retrieval of file info. If you don't however, there's some hope. You can guess at it in many cases.

Other similar programs I've found: Get Data Back for NTFS, Salvage NTFS.

Documentation

• Usage on Windows
• Unix Man Page
• Guessing Partition Sizes

Notes:

• Won't run on Windows 9x
• Not thoroughly tested on FreeBSD
• ChangeLog

Download:

Win32 Binary: scrounge-ntfs-0.8.6.zip
Source: scrounge-ntfs-0.9.tar.gz

Old Versions:

Win32 Binary: scrounge-ntfs-0.8.6.zip
Source: scrounge-ntfs-0.8.6.tar.gz

Win32 Binary: scrounge-ntfs-0.8.5.zip
Source: scrounge-ntfs-0.8.5.tar.gz
Win32 Binary: scrounge-ntfs.exe
Source: srcounge-ntfs_0.8.zip
Win32 Binary: scrounge-ntfs.exe
Source: srcounge_ntfs_0.7.zip

Development:

You can get a snapshot of the source with git:

$ git clone git://thewalter.net/scrounge-ntfs.git

Source code repository:
http://thewalter.net/git/cgit.cgi/scrounge-ntfs/

Todos:

• Very slow on exteremely fragmented drives.
• No support for compressed or encrypted files.
• Partition search not yet implemented.

Licensing and Support

Open Source BSD type license. Contact me when bugs are found.

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