Recovery Is Possible

Recovery Is Possible (RIPLinux) is a small, specialized Linux distribution based on Slackware^[2] that includes system maintenance and recovery applications on a live CD or USB flash drive^[1][2]. The RIP disc comes in two flavors: one with the X Window System and one without. The X-capable version does not require X to be started at boot-up; it can be started at any time after booting without the server. The main purpose of X under RIP is to provide the capability to run GParted, a disk partition management program, and Mozilla Firefox, a web browser. Xine is also included for watching movies on DVD.

Common uses of RIP include: ^[3]

• TestDisk to recover deleted partitions, by ignoring the MBR and checking cylinders for known filesystem structures (such as FAT, NTFS, ext2/3/4, ReiserFS 3/4, XFS, etc.)
• PhotoRec to recover deleted files (not only photos) by ignoring the filesystem and checking disk blocks for known file types
• fdisk, cfdisk, parted, and GParted (with the X11 version) for partition management
• ntfsprogs (ntfsresize, ntfsclone, ntfsfix, mkntfs, etc.) in order to resize, backup/restore, schedule a CHKDSK at Windows boot-up, and perform other operations on NTFS filesystems
• GNU ddrescue to recover data from failed media by copying data from one file or block device (hard disk, CD-ROM, floppy, etc.) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.

External links

• RIPLinux home site — official website

References

• ^a "Recovery Is Possible!". Freshmeat. 2009. http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
• ^a "Distrowatch: RipLinuX". Distrowatch.com. 2011. http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rip. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
• ^a "RIP 6.6 Rescue System Has New Drivers and a Forum". Linux-magazine.com. 2008. http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/RIP-6.6-Rescue-System-Has-New-Drivers-and-a-Forum?category=13417. Retrieved 2009-12-04.