--- title: TestDisk Reviews meta\_title: 'TestDisk Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 12 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how TestDisk works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 12 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Backup url: https://www.g2.com/categories/backup --- # TestDisk Reviews & Product Details TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software: certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy. * * * Seller [CGSecurity](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cgsecurity) Discussions [TestDisk Community](https://www.g2.com/products/testdisk/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![EaseUS Data Recovery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "EaseUS Data Recovery") EaseUS Data Recovery 4.8/5(424) ](https://www.g2.com/products/easeus/reviews) [ ![Wondershare Recoverit](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wondershare Recoverit") Wondershare Recoverit 4.3/5(59) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wondershare-recoverit/reviews) [ ![Disk Drill](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Disk Drill") Disk Drill 4/5(64) ](https://www.g2.com/products/disk-drill/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/testdisk/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 12 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/17/2023 "Best Disk Repair and Recovery" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? Helped in recovering data from a deelted partion from HDD which have saved a lot of information. Test disk helps to restore lost data without any breakage of data to it's origina form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? Recovery process is not that easy to complete In simple steps. Even though Test disk plays a major role in data recovery the initial set up and big data recovery requires some input and set up in command prompt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? Test disk is a great tool for lost or damaged data recovery. Due to accidental deletion of a system file which creates problem in boot up or a wrong deletion of partition, it not required to worry about data in the system with help of test disk entire data can be recovered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/12/2023 "Cross platform data recovery" 5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? Recovers precious data from drives which is accidentally deleted or partitioned. Since it is an open source software it's helpfull in data recovery across systems boot in various operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? Bit tricky to set up data recovery in large size and disk running open soure OS. It is required to get support from the technical team for proper setup in order to recover data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? Resolves boot up issues by recovering corupted files in the system due to software issues. It helps to recover the important files in unpredictalbleevents of disk failure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Javier T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Javier T.") JT Javier T. Engineer Consumer Goods Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/10/2023 "Repair partition tables" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? It is mainly free, open source to work with and repair hard disk partition tables of Windows partitions corrupted by viruses or third-party software mishandling. Rebuild main system to boot Windows and backup. Compatible with Windows and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? I have problems to detect partitions or rebuild with double erase, this option needs to be optimized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? Repair mechanical Hard Drive partition and boot Windows operating system. Copy entire partitions to save accurate data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Yinner V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yinner V.") YV Yinner V. Software Engineer Consumer Goods Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/26/2023 "Partitions" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? Perfect for finding partitions with failures and recovering data, disk analysis with a graphical interface and open source to use without restrictions. Compatible with all partition tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? Problems to recover data and lack of optimization on large disks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? Analyze partitions with defects and backup stored data, also repair boot system and do not erase the disk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ridham S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ridham S.") RS Ridham S. Business Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/30/2022 "TestDisk is a Opensource, Freeware and Powerful Data Recovery Software" 4.5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? The most things I like in TestDisk are as below: 1. It is completely free to use. 2. Recovery of lost data or lost partition process is quick and very easy. 3. I can also restore files from NTFS and FAT filesystems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? The below things that I don't like most in TestDisk are: 1. Initial setup and log creation are a little bit complicated. 2. It is a pure command-line tool so no attractive user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TestDisk: If you are looking for free and effective data recovery software then I will suggest TestDisk. Because TestDisk is a highly effective freeware program. It was created particularly to aid in the recovery of lost partitions and the re-booting of non-booting discs whenever these problems are generated by malfunctioning programs. It is appropriate for both basic PC monitors and notebooks, but you'd never rely on them to restore servers or specialized and company vital data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me a lot to recover my lost data or partition. One time accidentally I deleted the partition table but TestDisk helps me to recover it easily in just a few minutes. It also helps me to recover lost data from my hard disk. I am using TestDisk for the recovery of important data of my clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Airlines/Aviation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Airlines/Aviation") AA Verified User in Airlines/Aviation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/24/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Testdisk to change disk partitions" 5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? Ability to do direct disk partition edits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? Been using for several years and it keeps getting better. Have not seen anything I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TestDisk: It's been rock solid for several years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? Lost a exfat partition was able to recover and rebuild the partition quickly with Testdisk Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") AH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/12/2019 "Testdisk is a good free tool" 5/5 What do you like best about TestDisk? Good free tool for education staff. Simple command line window. Includes file recovery tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestDisk? I don’t really dislike anything, but I do sometimes wish it could do “disk editing” of the raw disk, like Norton DiskEditor used to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestDisk solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used TestDisk to diagnose problems, and determine if the hard disk is an issue or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/21/2019 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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