This is the best video, thank you so much. Worked on Mac OS X Monterey. I used the command 'sudo' before pasting the photorec pathway which then prompted me to type in my computer login password. ie, in my situation I ended into terminal: "sudo /Users/Yourusername/Downloads/testdisk-7.2-WIP/photorec" Hope this helps someone.
@ChrisSantini2 жыл бұрын
helped me, thanks!
@bensimmons4626 Жыл бұрын
wow thank you so much for this. I was having trouble seeing any of my drives, specifically my SD card. Now I'm able to see them. Many thanks!!! I have a M1 Pro 14"
@thiagofvm Жыл бұрын
Hey @danob4261 I tried using sudo before or no sudo commmand at all and it didn't work. Without SUDO it says: "No Such File or Directory". And when I added SUDO before the pathway location it said: "Command not found" after asking for my password. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!
@Vanessa-cc5ow Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! I was going insane with the "no such file o directory" message...
@j-efaw4 ай бұрын
This finally got my hard drive to show up
@rubymoca3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this, Mr. Random Generator. Very easy to understand and I like the logical progression of information (from explaining how data recovery works to how to use the application.)
@jamesclarkeelliott2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much. You probably made this video to help people find beloved images/files that were accidentally lost, but I am using this to help recover evidence of a crime committed against me. Long story short, I was the victim of road rage and the perpetrator ripped out my dash cam and deleted the files showing his reckless driving. If I am able to recover these, I will have irrefutable evidence of his crimes. I hope I am successful!
@TheGitGuild2 жыл бұрын
I've never even thought about such use case. Thanks for sharing your story. Hope it helps, wish you the best!
@hardtymz2517 Жыл бұрын
HTF did they rip it out and just stood there and deleted it and you let this happen? Were you being a Mook or just a Tool watching all this?? Or did they rip it out and stole it but were nice and returned it without their portion on the video? This situation literally made no sense and caused brain hurted!
@beldewpie31747 ай бұрын
Heyy there's this hiren cd that I just discovered that chatgpt told me i basically you'll have to flash the hiren cd iso into a 4gb usb and then you can log into win11 (not your system) which has all data recovery softwares
@prdiptyak2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I THOUGH I LOST ALL OF MY STUDIES FILES BUT THANK FULLY I NEVER GIVE UP AND FOUND UR KZbin CHANNEL. IM SO HAPPY BECAUSE I FOUND TEST DISK AND YOUR GUIDE VIDEO AND YOU MY FRIEND JUST GOT ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER :D
@TheGitGuild2 жыл бұрын
That made my day, glad it worked out!
@InesLira2 жыл бұрын
@@TheGitGuild Hello! Thanks so much for this video. Really nice! Could you help me out. I want to scan a 4TB disk for a single month of pictures that i've deleted (don't know when, it was by mistake). Can I set it to look only for that specific month? I've selected the full disk but my 1TB laptop can't handle the space of all those recovered files. Or is there a way to preview/select the results before storing them in a folder?
@sarahw48192 жыл бұрын
Dude you are actually a life saver, thanks so much for making this 🙏
@Eleanorscatmom4 ай бұрын
You helped me recover 3000 of my lost 4500+ files. (At this point I do know some if not all of the missing were doubles so a way higher percentage than it looks). Thank you so much. I'm sharing this channel on my ig because I don't know how else to show my appreciation 😅
@schriertom2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining how to recover images. It helped me recover images from an old SD card.
@TheGitGuild2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that it helped you out!
@anapaolaperezarriola73719 ай бұрын
Amazing, thank you so much, I didn't understand anything after downloading the software and this video saved me and my pictures. YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!!
@cappuccino463810 ай бұрын
You are awesome in both explanations and quietness. Thanks broo 🙏🏽♥️!
@hongyuzhang5631 Жыл бұрын
Concise, complete, and informative, this is how it should be done!
@spencerhopkins8464 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know if I left a comment already but I’m just so grateful to you creating this video.
@musor7953Ай бұрын
OMG it's f**king work, love you so much
@MrSorianogab2 жыл бұрын
Awsome , it works great , Thanks a lot , keep the good work.
@Tanoaproductionsfiji2 жыл бұрын
Thank You for taking the time to make this.
@Ixpriv1-pj2rm Жыл бұрын
I did all the steps but unfortunately it says 0 files recovered 😔
@nickduranleau21762 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the help! Great video.
@aryabhagat2840 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making such a detailed video on the topic. very straight forward and precise. But I was having a question that whether this program can recover an .iso file ?
@gAMERfr3AKS2 жыл бұрын
It doesn't work, it says ,,bad CPU type in executable'' how can i fix it?
2 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful thank you very much. However, there’s something I regret about finding delete photos on my parents camera. Oh god I need a brainwash because what I just witness is something indelible.
@Rahul-qu1xe Жыл бұрын
wow, you saved my data thank you so much champ
@neilcausey2412 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks so much. Worked perfectly even for someone like me who has never even opened terminal!
@Jordan-md3uc Жыл бұрын
HELP... I keep getting "Bad CPU type in executable"... Tried adding sudo before and still won't work. Tried everything listed in these comments.... Can anyone help?
@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752 Жыл бұрын
I am getting "photorec" cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified/ macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware in 2023 on macOS Ventura 13.4 do you have a solution for this
@k0d3143 жыл бұрын
thank you for the tutorial, however i got a problem on windows: when i have to choose my USB drive i can't find one with the same size as the USB drive i need, so i don't know which choose.
@Ytj99572 жыл бұрын
Can you not use the original USB drive?
@astridsaker11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Big help!
@ericdhoni45712 жыл бұрын
I get permission denied when i copy the path to the terminal in my mac. Plz help.
@mojoNoodlz Жыл бұрын
TestDisk and PhotoRec work, but if you're trying to recover a whole HDD/SSD then be prepared to spend a long long time for the process to not only recover the files but to also searching through the jumble of files that are recovered, you basically lose all your original file names and a load of useless files are also returned. I only recovered the data from my broken HDD over 2 days and then seeing the mess of unnamed files returned I didn't want to spend more time trying to sort out the mess, so I returned to trying to rebuild my HDD that went into a RAW state, the worst state possible. Luckily I managed to rebuild my HDD, complete with folder structure and files. The time I spent on recovering the data was just a backup in case I couldn't get my HDD out of the RAW state.
@thealchemists2 жыл бұрын
Hi ... can anyone help me? I can't seem to run the photorec on Mac Terminal ... It keeps saying " Bad CPU type in executable". How do I get around it? Thanks
@XiaoNiu9369 Жыл бұрын
I encountered the same problem. If you had already found the solution you mind share it here. Thanks in advance dude.
@thekeeperofthebeast2 жыл бұрын
I get "Bad CPU type in executable" in my mac terminal:(
@cubemaze97852 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful? I know it's been a while but if you could explain how to add your own custom file extensions on photorec it would be greatly appreciated!
@MichaelD8393 Жыл бұрын
I'm having trouble unzipping Photorec on my Mac; it says: "There was a problem extracting the contents of "testdisk-7.2- WIP.mac_intel_x86_64.tar.bz2": File is not fully supported" Am I doing something wrong?
@sa758 Жыл бұрын
It says "No such file or directory" when i paste the path
@tallkneea Жыл бұрын
this is great dude tysm
@RoniDesova3 жыл бұрын
Hi! When I copy the path into the terminal and put my password in I get 'command not found' and can't move on from that. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks!
@harveycostanilla60902 жыл бұрын
same here
@ChrisSantini2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever figure this out?
@apab33 Жыл бұрын
Hi, after copying the photorec path to terminal, it doesn't show my drive and it says "Some disks won't appear unless you're root user." I already gave the full access permission to the terminal however I get the same response. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks
@grizley8 ай бұрын
Is there any way to look at only a certain file in a certain ssd or do we need to look through the whole ssd?
@harrystoller41475 ай бұрын
It almost worked. Some of the recovered files aren’t how they used to be.
@raduszilagyi60553 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this well made and instructive video
@domingoaerden Жыл бұрын
I need to recover an mp4 file, but there is no option for that specific file type, only mp3 and mpeg. Could you add mp4 in the next update? Thanks
@kacperk72122 жыл бұрын
I have a question. Why in the disk selection window I do not see any other than the main one. Although I have a memory card inserted?
@leahsmith2121 Жыл бұрын
I'm having the same issue :(
@jibo49582 Жыл бұрын
the program does not have the desired disk I want to recover. are there any tips to get the disk that needs to be recovered?
@grizley8 ай бұрын
for mp4 do i choose mpg format?
@benjamindbailey Жыл бұрын
Are there any additional steps for video files from the Sony A7III? (MP4 I believe.) And there is no danger of overwriting the desktop/Mac OS files by saving the recovery to the desktop?
@Vorticough2 жыл бұрын
how do i make it recover one folder?
@GeoNosiS262 жыл бұрын
Actually works, but still trying to see if the files that were actually deleted will show up as mostly files that I've never deleted are showing up.
@GeoNosiS262 жыл бұрын
@Chloe Price yeah I would like an answer for that since it seems like this program could of worked had I lost my files on a flash drive with nothing else on it but those files.
@iskiiwizz5362 жыл бұрын
Merci my friend !
@SergioPellico2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your manual, very clear and concise. I got a message when I stopped recording a 30 minute video...""Writing to memory card was not completed successfully, recover data?...I said yes. And then execute? It could damage the data added or edited with another device...and I execute "" With photorec and your method I have only been able to recover videos of a small weight of approximately 100KB each, and they appear black and without audio...the recording codec was XAVC HS 4:2:0 10bit. Any idea what I can do? Thank you very much, it is a very important video that I would need to recover. Any light you can send me is welcome...but I think I lost the video... :(
@darkdevil46172 жыл бұрын
I have 2 partition in my laptop. Accidentally One drive F format while I was in windows . I use teskdisk in windows to recover.. But It shows 0 file found. Can I use testdisk through Linux to get back those drive's file?? please help me
@thiagofvm Жыл бұрын
I'm on a Mac and when I try using exactly the same instructions within Terminal, it doesn't even run/open PhotoRec. When I copy the pathway just as shown and paste it, it says: "No such file or directory", which is bizarre once I actually have the Mac file downloaded from the official site sitting in a normal folder in my computer. Anyone have a suggestions? Thanks!
@sa758 Жыл бұрын
same problem here, were you able to fix it?
@JosephMarcc_2 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to recover a .rar file with photos and videos of a lifetime, it has +/- 50gb, however, every time I try (selecting only .rar) the program starts writing a giant file. The first time I tried it, I only had 80gb free on the second hard drive I arranged for it, I ended up running out of space. I cleaned the HD and got 202GB of space, tried again and the program created a .rar with more than 202GB and failed again. The problem is that it only creates 1 giant .rar and when you run out of space you lose all progress, and you don't even have access to the .rar to know if what you want is in it Does anyone know what I can do? Sorry for the poor english. I'm from Brazil.
@urbanskargren93102 жыл бұрын
Hi, I want to recover .braw files on my Mac, but the file type is not in the file type list, what can I do?
@jon-paularjoon1324 Жыл бұрын
Does testdrive only work for recovering files from external drives?...As I'd like to recover a file from my internal drive if possible
@ssmufc99412 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to recover image data such as created/modified date?
@9irban3 жыл бұрын
Is it recover exact file or decreases the file size ? Please reply
@TheBlackAbyss12 жыл бұрын
Can someone please help me understand how to add my own file extensions to photorec?
@smolbodybuilder16022 жыл бұрын
when I use it in mac it says: No hard disk found You need to be root to use PhotoRec.
@MichaelKingofficial2 жыл бұрын
Can I recover a file I also deleted from my a PC bin.
@fully.fledged3 жыл бұрын
I can't find heic on the list? will it work on heic iphone pics?
@danny.belanger2 жыл бұрын
Will it delete or mess with the drive if they're files in it?
@hadoey2 жыл бұрын
what should I do if it says no disk found? I did it as sudo.
@moshazza56842 жыл бұрын
Will this restore a corrupted open office calc file?
@rogerjin65792 жыл бұрын
Keep getting error bad cpu type in executable?
@RobertoFernandezmmpp2 жыл бұрын
Anyone knows how to use on a Mac on 2022? Currently not working on version 12.4
@josegeorge1991-pm33 жыл бұрын
How to add custom file extensions (i.e .con, .ai, etc.) when using PhotoRec/TestDisk?
@nothinglessjustin49243 жыл бұрын
On Mac it keeps saying permission denied when I paste the pathname, PLEASE HELP AND ANSWER I REALLY NEED THESE FILES!
@TheGitGuild3 жыл бұрын
Add sudo in the beginning. Like 'sudo '
@nothinglessjustin49243 жыл бұрын
@@TheGitGuild now it says no such file or directory, any suggestions
@zadekeys5993 жыл бұрын
@@nothinglessjustin4924 Get a professional to help you :)
@anthonyrcoons2 жыл бұрын
check out my comment
@hardtymz2517 Жыл бұрын
I solved it!
@mikerichardson603 жыл бұрын
doesn't work UGH.. all I get is bad CPU type in executable
@willsayasenh91143 жыл бұрын
Mine says the same thing.
@giyu-sama3 жыл бұрын
type in the terminal, "sudo photorec"(without the quotation marks) it should bypass the cpu issue.
@rhyswalker1873 жыл бұрын
@@giyu-sama Yes this worked!
@pimentocheese6182 жыл бұрын
@@giyu-sama mine doesn't work :( i put sudo photorec, and then put my password and this shows: sudo: photorec: command not found. Help!
@rock_hyrax Жыл бұрын
@@giyu-sama Incidentally, this is what I had to do to actually see my SD card, opening the file normally did not show it.
@vali69 Жыл бұрын
thank you for this. I tried to move a folder from my phone's microsd card to my computer and it didn't work by connecting my phone to my pc so I took out my microsd card and used an adapter and did it that way. But for some reason when I put my microsd card back in my phone told me to format it. So I plugged it back into my pc and somehow it got corrupted cause now my pc wants to format it so I have to now use this program to mostly restore all my photos from my sd card. I don't know why it happened, I even ejected the thing from within windows after first getting that folder off it. At least I hope all my photos are safe.
@theo23952 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. My MacBook is no longer working, but I want to keep the photos however I only have access to my PC ( Windows 10), if I got the hard drive out of the MacBook, and connect it to my PC it won’t show up due to the different formats, using this application will the hard drive pop up so I can get the photos off the hard drive. OR could I use a virtual machine with MacOS and follow these same steps in this video? If anyone knows anything please let me know as there’s years and years of memories and photos on that hard drive and I was stupid enough not to use iCloud or back anything up. Thanks for your time.
@theo23952 жыл бұрын
Or simply enough, if I use virtual box and use MacOS would the VM detect the hard drive which from my old MacBook even though it’s been connect to my Windows 10 PC?
@0623MSN Жыл бұрын
Does it work on Mac OS 13?
@stone6326 Жыл бұрын
Is this really free or gonna pull us with some subscription options?
@murielpereira19702 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for the video. But I couldn't find HEIC file type in formats section. Pls help
@armandsuyvesbesnier32012 жыл бұрын
I don't find it too... does anyone have a solution?
@armandsuyvesbesnier32012 жыл бұрын
It's because that HEIC files format are represented by MPG
@KelpeeGee3 жыл бұрын
I have a Micro SD card that straight up can't be read by my phone or my pc and Idk what to do. I assumed this might help but since I can't even get to the sd card I'm unable to recover anything. PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP, I'm missing so many important pictures that id love to be able to access :/
@anthonyrcoons2 жыл бұрын
check out my comment - not sure if you have a mac or not
@hardtymz2517 Жыл бұрын
@@anthonyrcoons you never commented on anything ever. Don’t trust this lady!! She’s not a real “anthony”!
@anthonyrcoons Жыл бұрын
@@hardtymz2517 I think cause I posted a link in my comment it got deleted :(
@SkywareEntertainments3 жыл бұрын
omg you named your thumb drive "Dumb Drive" xD
@nikitaacoral2 жыл бұрын
I can't get past opening terminal as it keeps saying I need to root to use photorec. Mac m1.
@JackWhelan19882 ай бұрын
me too, and no one replies here. Did you figure anything out in the end?
@ivi_urrutia3 жыл бұрын
hello! it says "access denied" when I paste the pathname, can you please help me?