It will also let you create a testdisk.log file. The output will give you a description of the utility. Use the following command in order to run the testdisk command-line utility: $ testdisk Or, $ testdisk -v Step 2: Run testdisk and create a new testdisk.log file You can verify if the utility is indeed installed on your system and also check its version number by using the following command: $ testdisk -version Please enter the password for sudo after which the utility will be installed on your system. Please note that only an authorized user can add/remove and configure software on Ubuntu. Then run the following command as sudo in order to install the TestDisk utility: $ sudo apt-get install testdisk Open your Ubuntu command line, the Terminal, either through the system application launcher search or through the Ctrl+alt+T shortcut. Here is a step-by-step process that will help me, and also you, in restoring a mistakenly deleted/lost file in Ubuntu. Or at least restore it to any location where I can access it and then move it to my required directory.

Now I have to find a way out through which I can restore the file to its previous location. So, the situation is that I mistakenly deleted, even from the Trash can, a document file (.docx) that was present in my /home//Downloads folder. We have run the commands and procedures mentioned in this article on an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.

In this article, we will explain how to recover your accidentally lost files on Ubuntu through the TestDisk utility.

It can also be used to repair some filesystem errors. TestDisk is a free data recovery software 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. One of such tools is the tried, tested, and extremely dependable TestDisk utility. Most of these tools recover the lost files from the previous images(memory state) of your system. Luckily the trauma is temporary and there are various tools available through which you can get your lost file back. We all know the feeling of losing a file, looking for it in the trash, and not even finding it there.

Sudo apt install testdisk