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SystemRescue (Previously known as "SystemRescueCD") [4] is a Linux distribution for x86-64 and IA-32 computers. [5] The primary purpose of SystemRescue is to repair unbootable or otherwise damaged computer systems after a system crash. SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent operating system.
The chkdsk command on Windows XP. CHKDSK can be run from DOS prompt, Windows Explorer, Windows Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell or Recovery Console. [10] On Windows NT operating systems, CHKDSK can also check the disk surface for bad sectors and mark them (in MS-DOS 6.x and Windows 9x, this is a task done by Microsoft ScanDisk).
The most common data recovery scenarios involve an operating system failure, malfunction of a storage device, logical failure of storage devices, accidental damage or deletion, etc. (typically, on a single-drive, single-partition, single-OS system), in which case the ultimate goal is simply to copy all important files from the damaged media to another new drive.
TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. [1] TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis.
The Linux version has no graphical user interface, although extensions created to simplify usage under Linux. [48] [49] In the Linux version of Hard Disk Sentinel, it still is limited like the DOS version. The Linux version can only be used in the Linux Terminal, and it also does not allow you to run any disk tests are repairs.
Hard disk reader. A bad sector in computing is a disk sector on a disk storage unit that is unreadable. Upon taking damage, all information stored on that sector is lost. When a bad sector is found and marked, the operating system like Windows or Linux will skip it in the future.
JP Software's 4DOS command line processor supports drive letters beyond Z: in general, but since some of the letters clash with syntactical extensions of this command line processor, they need to be escaped in order to use them as drive letters. Windows 9x (MS-DOS 7.0/MS-DOS 7.1) added support for LASTDRIVE=32 and LASTDRIVEHIGH=32 as well.
The GParted project provides a live operating system including GParted which can be written to a Live CD, a Live USB and other media. [8] The operating system is based on Debian . GParted is also available on other Linux live CDs, including recent versions of Puppy , Knoppix , SystemRescueCd [ 9 ] and Parted Magic .