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is there a photo recovery tool for lost partition except photorec becuz photorec recovers all file extensions, I really need to recover photos, please don't tell me to use testdisk, I just need photo recovery tool.

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    Also related: askubuntu.com/questions/31450/… and askubuntu.com/questions/147367/… - there are some alternatives.
    – Takkat
    Jul 16, 2017 at 8:15
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    Actually, photorec will recover whatever file extension you tell it to. If you only want jpg and png, you can tell photorec (testdisk) to only recover and search for jpg and png files.
    – mchid
    Jul 16, 2017 at 9:33
  • @karel Thank's, I was just trying to let the OP know that so maybe they will give your answer a try. Also, I thought that I might get some clarification from the OP about that.
    – mchid
    Jul 16, 2017 at 10:34
  • @karel this what happens when I use testdisk - pastebin.com/p0CYJrtv
    – Glenn
    Jul 16, 2017 at 10:44
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    i have external drive 1tb
    – Glenn
    Jul 16, 2017 at 11:48

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With photorec before you start [Search] under [File Opt] you can choose the file extensions you wanna recover.

photorec is a part of testdisk project but photorec is for recoverying files while testdisk is for recovering and repairing partitions.

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  • Oh thanks I never saw it in my life you save my ass.
    – Glenn
    Jul 16, 2017 at 8:14
  • I have another problem, the recovered photos resolution was messed up please help me to recover the original files :(
    – Glenn
    Jul 16, 2017 at 9:07
  • @Glenn What do you mean messed up? If there was an error message, please post it.
    – mchid
    Jul 16, 2017 at 9:36
  • The resolution of image I mean size become thumbnail size
    – Glenn
    Jul 16, 2017 at 10:42
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