Christophe GRENIER

Hardlinks are not valid for directories. Do you have the problem with copying both deleted and not deleted-files ? 'h' can use to hide deleted files.

If disk contains bad sectors, you should clone the disk to a new empty disk using ddrescue as described in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk_doc/ddrescue.html and run testdisk against the clone If you tried...

It's better to use TestDisk 7.1 or 7.2-WIP than 7.0. You can choose Stop in Quick Search and next choose Deeper Search. If you know where the partition is, after...

I have uploaded a new 7.2-WIP version (code not yet committed on github). Can you try it ? When searching for a partition, press the key "+" each time you...

I have added a warning in https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk_doc/photorec_custom_signature.html#run-photorec Please tell me if it's OK as it is or feel free to provide an alternative text ;-)

Which version of Mac OS X are you using (copy/paste "sw_vers" output) ? I have no problem on my old VM ``` $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.15.7...

Can you share a file sample where you have this problem ?

The message is misleading... I will have to fix it Currently testdisk can detect XFS partitions but TestDisk can not list the files from XFS filesystems. PhotoRec can recover files...

> Wait a minute.. Does this mean that photorec normally drops for good files that it thinks weren't deleted? For FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/exFAT/ext2/3/4/NTFS, PhotoRec lets you choose what you want to recover...

@Katkidnapped TestDisk can detect and recover btrfs and LUKS partitions. It can not list the files inside. PhotoRec can recover files from unlocked LUKS ( run photorec on the loop...