

The application’s main purpose is to recover lost disk partitions and fix bootable disks that are no longer booting correctly.

It is fully Open-Source software and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. TestDisk is a freeware data recovery tool developed and maintained by Christophe Grenier. In addition to relying on backups that you have taken to protect your system, there are a variety of data recovery tools available that can help you resolve the issue. In cases where the data is important, you may be forced to attempt a recovery. If you use computers extensively there is a good chance that eventually you will be faced with a situation involving data loss.
