I dod use Linux in the past to recover files from my HDDs, and it had been more effective than Windows tools in doing so.

Now I have a similar program: a folder I deleted the files by mistake, and I want to recover the files.

My pick should be a recover program that is cost free, and one I found that seems promising is R-Linux.

The question is under which Linux OS to run it from. My last Linux CD I used was Linux Puppy, but I don't know if R-Linux will run with it. Will it?

So I have been looking for other OS to run from a USB stick, but my luck with Debian and Ubuntu has been dreadful. I can't seem to run the OS.

Is there other Linux OS I could use to run R-Linux that you would recommend?

Thanks a lot!

The download page for R-linux has versions for 32 and 64 bit Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora/RedHat so you should probably use one of those flavors of Linux.
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I've never used R-Linux, but I've had good results with PhotoRec. Should be in most distros repositories.

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I have very little experience with Linux, and both tries I did today with Debian and Ubuntu, installed in USB sticks, did not run on my PC. One seems to run, but shows no image. Where can I get some help on that?

It's HD videos I want to recover, 2TB of them, not photos.

From what I remember, it does much more, unlike what it's name suggests. I'd check the website just to be sure your files are supported. https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/File...ed_By_PhotoRec


Here's an online checker, never tried it though. https://www.cgsecurity.org/photorec/

carlmart,

You may be better off using QPhotoRec on a Windows machine.

Clone the existing problematic drive first and then operate on the clone as an external drive to the Windows computer.

This link may help:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...hotorec-37712/

List of File Formats recovered by PhotoRec:
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/File...ed_By_PhotoRec

Photorec is a bit of a misnomer - it handles almost everything, including most video formats. Has a good reputations in the open source world. I've used it on NTFS as well as Linux filesystems. But I'd be interested to hear your experience with R-Linux.

As for the USB issues, if you don't tell us what you did, we can't help. Typically I would simply download an iso and burn it to a USB stick, rather than try to install it per-se. Then boot that in live mode - runs entirely in RAM and is great for this sort of task. I don't use either Ubuntu or Debian, but can't imagine they wouldn't work - Mint certainly does.

- gotta learn to type faster ...

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What I did was try to follow the tutorial to install Debian and Ubuntu on a stick. Didn't try anything else because I wouldn't know how to.

First I formatted the stick, then ran Rufus and then burned it in the stick, the iso file itself, I didn't try to install it.

But something goes wrong in the process and the stick does not run as it should. That's the main thing I would like you to help me with. Then we will see which program may or may not recover the files.

Rufus is fairly simple, and easy to use. It also formats the disk for you and also puts the contents of the ISO file onto your USB for you, making it boot capable for the distribution of Linux from the ISO file.

Did you follow this guide from the Ubuntu site?

When you say:I'm assuming you meant you tried one or the other first and it didn't work, and then you tried the other, and it also didn't work.

Please provide links for whichever tutorials you have followed, and links to whichever versions of Debian and Ubuntu you've downloaded.

Isn't R-Linux a commercial product?

No. The answer is quite available via a simple web search.

And it seems to have some excellent blogs. May have to give it a try myself.

It would help to know what hardware spec you are trying to run this on. How are you running this, and how far do you get, can you boot at all?

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You know, if I had told that to a newbie you'd be all over me, criticising me for "developing a habit", threatening infractions etc.

Anyhow, I wonder where your web searches differ from mine because this reads commercial to me.

And I don't see a blog there either, maybe I got it wrong?