Version 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix provides a robust yet lean system for data recovery and forensics. No graphical interface is used; the live system can boot and function normally on machines with very little memory or processor power. Following Ubuntu's six-month release schedule, all the software is up-to-date, stable and supported.

Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features a full command-line environment with the newest versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue, Photorec, The Sleuth Kit, Gnu-fdisk and Clamav.

This release features ddrutility, a new tool written by Scott Dwyer to identify files affected by unrecoverable blocks on a disk image.

Download the Rescue-Remix here:

Version 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix provides a robust yet lean system for data recovery and forensics. No graphical interface is used; the live system can boot and function normally on machines with very little memory or processor power. Following Ubuntu's six-month release schedule, all the software is up-to-date, stable and supported.

Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features a full command-line environment with the newest versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue, Photorec, The Sleuth Kit, Gnu-fdisk and Clamav.

Using the Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix metapackage, you can install the toolkit on any Ubuntu system as well. You can include it on your Ubuntu Desktop live USB with persistent data.

*** Download the live CD/USB ***

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. You can download it here:

Version 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This version features and up-to-date infrastructure and several new packages including Dump, a backup and restore solution as well as Clamav, the best in free-libre Antivirus software.

Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features a full command-line environment with the newsest versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue, Photorec, The Sleuth Kit and Gnu-fdisk.

*** Download the live CD/USB ***

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. You can download it here:

http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/files/URR/iso/UbuntuRescueRemix1104.iso
md5sum 3b5a692ee1080cc8ed8dfcedec09a321 UbuntuRescueRemix1104.iso
size = 224M

See this link for details about how to burn the ISO image to make a bootable cd. Those instructions apply to the original Ubuntu iso image but will also work with all other iso images.

Version 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

Same toolkit - updated infrastructure.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features a full command-line environment with up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue, Photorec, The Sleuth Kit and Gnu-fdisk.

*** Download the live CD/USB ***

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. You can download it here:

http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/files/URR/iso/ubuntu-rescue-remix-10-10.iso
2bde4144c02178bdb3f19fb686616783 ubuntu-rescue-remix-10-10.iso

See this link for details about how to burn the ISO image to make a bootable cd. Those instructions apply to the original Ubuntu iso image but will also work with all other iso images.

Version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features a full command-line environment with up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue, Photorec, The Sleuth Kit and Gnu-fdisk. Packages new to the Rescue Remix include aoetools, array-info, ext3-grep, gptsync, kpartx, and scrounge-ntfs.

*** Download the live CD/USB ***

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. You can download it here:

http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/files/URR/iso/ubuntu-rescue-remix-10-04.iso

MD5SUM: 2fce54ac4825aa305f1b68b61d2cb405 ubuntu-rescue-remix-10-04.iso

Version 9.10 (Karmic Koala) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue version 1.11, Photorec, LVM2, and GNU-Fdisk.

*** Download the live CD/USB ***

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. You can download it here:

ubuntu-rescue-remix-9-10-revision1.iso (2009/11/05)

0e7a1486e757df5b18f2b2982f84fa0f ubuntu-rescue-remix-9-10-revision1.iso

This iso image is compatible with the excellent USB Startup Disk Creator that is included with Ubuntu since 9.04 (System - Administration - USB Startup Disk Creator). Use it to put the Rescue Remix along with a persistent home on any USB flash drive.

Better late than never!

Version 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue version 1.10, Photorec, LVM2, etc...

You can download it here:

ubuntu-rescue-remix-9.04.iso

4c40d446111c0f559f354ee5c9239e38  ubuntu-rescue-remix-9.04.iso

This iso image is compatible with the excellent USB Startup Disk Creator that is included with Ubuntu since 8.04 (System - Administration - USB Startup Disk Creator).  Use it to put the Rescue Remix along with a persistent home on any USB flash drive.

The live Remix provides a full shell environment. If you prefer to work in a graphical environment, a metapackage is available which will install all the data recovery and forensics tools onto your current Ubuntu system.  To do so, add the following archive to your software channels:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/arzajac/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then, install the "ubuntu-rescue-remix-tools" package.

For help on recovering your lost data, visit the community documentation Data Recovery page, or ask on the ubuntu-rescue-remix forums.

If you want to expand the Rescue Remi's capabilities and features, please join in its development.  Any and all help is welcome!

Andrew

The 8.10 version of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue version 1.9.

You can download it here:

ubuntu-rescue-remix-8.10.iso

md5sum ef32541cb6f33dbe9840a9bc56e7cb27  ubuntu-rescue-remix-8.10.iso

A premade usb image is also available here:

rescue-remix-8.10.gz

md5sum 3f74a97faced716aba51baaa048f2303  rescue-remix-8.10.gz
 

To write the image to a usb drive, insert the usb drive, determine the device's name and run the following command:

zcat rescue-remix-8.10.gz | sudo tee /dev/sdXx >/dev/null

Where "Xx" is the appropriate device (for example /dev/sdc1). Be careful since it will erase the filesystem on the device's partition! You can partition the device any way you like. The rescue-remix USB version occupies 200 Megabytes of disk space on the drive. The partition to which you write it should be set as bootable and an MBR should be written to the device.

Alternatively, the image can be written to the entire USB drive (Example /dev/sdc) for simplicity. This avoids having to partiion the drive or set up an MBR. However, you will not be able to use the remaining space on the drive.

For help on recovering your lost data, visit the community documentation Data Recovery page, or ask on the ubuntu-rescue-remix forums.

Ubuntu Rescue Remix version 8.04 is out.

It features updated packages including Gnu ddrescue version 1.8.

Download the CD image here:

MD5SUM:
8c87d8f5931ffa763cd0a1f54abaa05f ubuntu-remix-804.iso

To burn an iso image, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Download the USB image here:

MD5SUM:
e480c4a72171203e1384c6a3e6990786 ubuntu-remix-804.usb.gz

To write the USB image to a flash drive, run:

zcat ubuntu-remix-804.usb.gz | sudo tee /dev/sdxX >/dev/null

where "sdxX" is the correct device (sdc1) for example.

Be careful to pick the correct device as writing this to disk will erase everything else on the disk.