No. 10 of 33 ·Partition Recovery Software

SystemRescue

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Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

SystemRescue is ranked #10 of 33 in partition recovery software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

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SystemRescue Free Free Linux rescue toolkit · download is an ISO image system-rescue.org · 8 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Scan modes: both
Supported platforms: Linux
Partition table types: Apple partition map; GUID Partition Table; Humax; PC/Intel MBR; Sun Solaris slice; Xbox fixed partitioning scheme
Filesystem support: APFS; BeFS; BSD disklabel; CramFS; FAT12/FAT16/FAT32; exFAT; HFS/HFS+/HFSX; JFS; btrfs; ext2/ext3/ext4; GFS2; LUKS; Linux RAID; Linux Swap; LVM/LVM2; NSS; NTFS; ReiserFS; UFS/UFS2; XFS; ZFS
Bootable recovery media: Yes
Disk image recovery: Yes
RAID recovery: Yes

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The record

Purpose: SystemRescue is a bootable Linux rescue toolkit for administering or repairing systems and data after a crash.
Supported systems: It can be used to rescue Linux and Windows computers, including desktops and servers.
Boot media: It can boot from CD/DVD or USB without installation, and can optionally be installed on a hard disk.
Filesystems: Its kernel supports ext4, xfs, btrfs, vfat, ntfs, Samba, and NFS filesystems.
Partition tools: Included tools such as GParted and GNU Parted can create, resize, copy, move, format, and modify partitions.
Recovery tools: The included testdisk can recover lost partitions and repair boot sectors, while photorec focuses on recovering lost files.
Disk imaging: GNU ddrescue is included to copy block devices and is optimized for disks with bad blocks.
Networking: Included network capabilities include OpenVPN, WireGuard, OpenConnect, SSH, and file transfer tools such as rsync and rclone.
Customization: Users can customize the ISO, add packages, configure YAML files, create modules, and run scripts at startup.
Security: The download page provides SHA256 and SHA512 checksums and a GnuPG signature that users can verify.
Automatic mounting: SystemRescue does not automatically mount filesystems because that could interfere with block-level disk copying and risk corruption.
ZFS limitation: ZFS is not included due to licensing concerns, but the project provides a script to build a module containing ZFS tools and a kernel module.
Architecture limitation: The current download page offers SystemRescue 13.02 for amd64; 32-bit releases are available only among previous versions.
Memory requirement: The download page recommends at least 2 GB of memory for default boot options or 4 GB when caching the system into RAM.
Price from: Free

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Best Partition Recovery Software in 2026#10 of 33

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Sources

system-rescue.org· checked 8 Oct 2026
system-rescue.org/System-tools/· checked 8 Oct 2026
system-rescue.org/manual/· checked 8 Oct 2026
system-rescue.org/Download/· checked 8 Oct 2026
system-rescue.org/FAQ/· checked 8 Oct 2026