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Re: RFS: foremost -- A console program to recover files from a disk or image



also sprach Niall Sheridan <niall@blacknight.ie> [2004.11.09.1030 +0100]:
> It's use is intended more for forensics than "my disk is dead, I'd
> like to try and recover my files". I have tested this app on ntfs,
> vfat and ext2 volumes. I can tell you for certain that it does not
> need the ntfs filesystem driver to work with an ntfs partition and
> yet it can read and restore files. Most of the files were a *lot*
> larger than 4kb, and were recovered intact. As the application has
> no idea of the filesystem, the filenames themselves are not
> preserved but the data is.

okay, if it's more for forensics that data recovery, please state so
in the description. i would offer to sponsor this package.

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