NAME

       scrounge-ntfs — helps retrieve data from corrupted NTFS partitions

SYNOPSIS

       scrounge-ntfs -l disk
       scrounge-ntfs -s disk
       scrounge-ntfs [-m mftoffset] [-c clustersize] [-o outdir] disk start end

DESCRIPTION

       scrounge-ntfs  is  a  utility  that  can  rescue data from corrupted NTFS partitions. It writes the files
       retrieved to another working file system. Certain information about the partition needs to  be  known  in
       advance.

       The  -l mode is meant to be run in advance of the data corruption, with the output stored away in a file.
       This allows scrounge-ntfs to recover data reliably. See the 'NOTES' section below for recover  info  when
       this isn't the case.

OPTIONS

       The options are as follows:

       -c          The cluster size (in sectors). When not specified a default of 8 is used.

       -l          List  partition information for a drive. This will only work when the partition table for the
                   given drive is intact.

       -m          When recovering data this specifies the location  of  the  MFT  from  the  beginning  of  the
                   partition  (in sectors). If not specified then no directory information can be used, that is,
                   all rescued files will be written to the same directory.

       -o          Directory to put rescued files in. If not specified then files will be placed in the  current
                   directory.

       -s          Search disk for partition information. (Not implemented yet).

       disk        The  raw  device  used  to  access the disk which contains the NTFS partition to rescue files
                   from. eg: '/dev/hdc'

       start       The beginning of the NTFS partition (in sectors).

       end         The end of the NTFS partition (in sectors)

NOTES

       If you plan on using this program successfully you should prepare in advance by storing  a  copy  of  the
       partition  information. Use the -l option to do this. Eventually searching for disk partition information
       will be implemented, which will solve this problem.

       When only one partition exists on a disk or you want to rescue the first  partition  there  are  ways  to
       guess at the sector sizes and MFT location. See the scrounge-ntfs web page for more info:

       http://thewalter.net/stef/software/scrounge

AUTHOR

       Stef Walter <stef@thewalter.net>

scrounge-ntfs                                      April, 2004                                  scrounge-ntfs(8)