Ten Linux rescue tools for system crash

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10 Linux rescue tools for recovering Linux, Windows, or Mac machines

Author: Jack Wallen

We previously introduced how to use the Linux rescue mode. But when you face a system that cannot be started, you need a powerful and reliable recovery tool to help you. This article will bring you 10 excellent Linux rescue tools, for emergency purposes.

Recently, our company has encountered a series of serious computer problems, from Partition Table destruction to computer viruses that are highly destructive. Many machines cannot be started, we need an easy-to-use rescue tool to solve these thorny problems. However, because there are too many such tools, if you have insufficient experience in this field, it is difficult to find a suitable tool, so I decided to introduce some of the tools I have used to you. I hope one or two of them will be what you need.

　　1. Knoppix

Knoppix is one of the best tools to rescue data from paralyzed machines. It is a completely mature Live Linux release, and it has a powerful and friendly graphic user interface, you can easily mount a disk and copy data from the disk to an external storage medium. Of course, Knoppix also contains a complete Linux Command set, you only need to move your finger to rescue the data.

　　2. Trinity rescue Toolkit

When talking about the Trinity RescueKit (TRK), you may wonder, "why is there no progress in the development speed and scale of this tool ?", Although the development speed of TRK is slow, its existing functions are powerful enough to surprise anyone. You only need to install it into a USB flash drive and use it to start a virus-infected machine. Available tools include ClamAV, AntiVir, BitDefender, etc, all the tools in this toolkit are based on command lines. Therefore, you need to be familiar with some Linux commands before using them.

　　3. Avira AntiVir

Avira AntiVir is a command line-based anti-virus tool that features fast scanning, powerful functionality, and stable and reliable operation. The GUI is also available, but it seems troublesome to install it because it needs to install Java first. Although installing AntiVir on Linux is not easy, you certainly do not need to compile the kernel.

　　4. GParted Live

GParted Live is a Live Linux release that allows you to operate partitions on disks. It supports multiple file systems. You can adjust the partition size, create and delete partitions, you can run GParted Live from a CD or USB flash drive, so it is very lightweight and portable.

　　5. systemrescumcm

Systemrescumcm is a LiveLinux rescue CD, which contains many tools that can handle a large number of tasks, including partition operations, file recovery, hard disk testing, FTP and disk formatting, like most LiveLinux releases, you can install LiveLinux on a CD or USB flash disk. It also provides easy-to-use graphical user interfaces and a large number of tools.

　　6. Ubuntu Rescue Remix

Ubuntu Rescue Remix (URR) soon became one of my favorite Data Recovery Tools, just like all the excellent Live LinuxCD tools, it also provides an excellent graphical user interface (it is a Ubuntu variant after all) that can help you handle tasks that cannot be completed by other tools, you can use it to recover and rescue Mac file/file systems, recover data from non-standard external drives, restore deleted files, and so on, but unfortunately, URR lacks anti-virus software, however, it is a tool that can be installed on a CD or USB flash disk, so you can choose the appropriate anti-virus software to add it.

　　7. F-Secure rescue CD

F-Secure Rescue CD (F-Secure Rescue CD) is based on Knoppix. It allows you to check the integrity of installed applications and perform advanced data repair and recovery, and recovery from the destruction of terrible malware.

　　8. Ddrescue

Ddrescue is a Linux rescue tool designed to copy data from one file block device to another. When an error occurs on the drive disk, this tool can help you rescue the data. It is a bit different from the tool listed earlier. Ddrescue is not a Live release version, you need a Linux machine that can run normally. Therefore, to save data, you must connect a wrong drive to a Linux machine that runs normally.

　　9. Safecopy

Similar to ddrescue, Safecopy allows you to copy files from drive with I/O errors on the disk. It also includes a tool that allows you to read data directly from the CD in original mode, you can also reset the faulty device to simulate faulty media for testing and benchmarking.

　　10. Linux rescue mode

This is the only rescue tool that can be used without downloading. the Linux rescue mode is a Startup Mode for Linux to start CD, allowing you to repair damaged systems. In the rescue mode, you can recover the root password, fix it, or reinstall the boot program. When you start to rescue mode, it usually mounts your installed system to/mnt/sysimage.

　　More security tools?

These 10 Linux rescue tools can help you recover, rescue, and repair Linux, Windows, or Mac systems. Of course there are still many excellent tools not listed. If you have any good tools, share it with you in your comments.