Magic Rescue
Magic Rescue scans a block device for file types it knows how to recover and calls an external program to extract them. It looks at "magic bytes" in file contents, so it can be used both as an undelete utility and for recovering a corrupted drive or partition. It works on any file system, but on very fragmented file systems it can only recover the first chunk of each file. These chunks are sometimes as big as 50MB, however.
| Tags | Recovery Tools |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
Recent releases
- 15 Feb 2009 23:15
Changes: Two new recipes were added, enabling extraction of Nikon raw files (NEF format) and 8-bit PPM files larger than 1000x1000 pixels.
- 17 Jan 2008 05:43
Changes: Support for recognizing Flac files and Canon CR2 RAW files was added. The configure script was fixed for compatibility with Debian-based Linuxes.
- 14 Aug 2004 20:05
Changes: A minor bug that could cause a file to be extracted twice in rare cases was fixed, and the configure script was improved a bit.
- 10 Aug 2004 16:51
Changes: This release features extraction support for the GIMP. A few portability issues and bugs were addressed. Experimental recognition of text files inside binary junk was added.
- 06 May 2004 15:15
Changes: The -O option for resuming interrupted sessions was added. The -I option for easier usage with find(1) and similar utilities was added. The source code was reorganized and cleaned up.
