When comparing TestDisk vs R-Studio, the Slant community recommends TestDisk for most people. In the question“What is the best data recovery software for Linux?” TestDisk is ranked 3rd while R-Studio is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose TestDisk is:
Including: creating an image of the drive / partition which is damaged in some way, and easily copy it to an external hard disk drive. Option available to see if bootsectors could be repaired.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Loads of options available for attempting recovery
Including: creating an image of the drive / partition which is damaged in some way, and easily copy it to an external hard disk drive.
Option available to see if bootsectors could be repaired.
Pro Very lightweight, but cmd line utility has tons of features available
Pro Fully functioning and powerful app with no Premium editions
Pro Easy to use interface despite lack of graphic UI
Pro Many supported file systems
Depending on the license: FAT, NTFS, NTFS, ReFS, HFS, APFS, UFS and Ext FS.
Pro Data recovery over the Network
Files can be recovered on network computers.
Pro Integrated Text/hexadecimal Disk-Editor
Any object can be viewed and edited in the Text/hexadecimal editor. It is also able to parse the data and represent data according to various data patterns. You may also create your own patterns to parse data.
Pro S.M.A.R.T. attribute monitoring
Display S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) attributes for hard drives to show their hardware health and predict their possible failures.
Pro Scan for Known File Types
Searches for specific data patterns (Microsoft Office documents, jpgs, etc.)
Pro Multi-Platform
Runs on Windows, Mac and Linux